Lazy People Epidemic
So I recently got in a new order in forever. I have a small business now, which is kinda kick ass, ngl. But my printer is my lifeline, recently found that out. It's a super old printer, like 15 years old. But it's super reliable - when I have ink. I printed the label and it was barely legible. But I decided to keep it anyway as a reminder to buy more ink.
So I thought out to myself, well I got this tracking number but I can't print a shipping label. My customer paid for it and all so I figured the nice people at the post office would help. Yeah, I'll just take a quick trip and get some fresh air and hopefully not covid infested air. I donned a mask and warm clothing and pounded the pavement.
So I went to go take a bus and hopped off as quickly as I got on. I went into the post office to see two employees at the receiving area. Or whatever it's called. They were both in mid conversation, they didn't look too pleased to have a customer. I told the one guy of my situation, the other one was on her cellphone acting like I wasn't even there.
I thought the post office was supposed to be all busy lately backed up the ass with outgoing mail and shit still. I guess not, they both acted like lazy bones who clock-in and out just for the paycheck. So anyways the guy hears me out and stops me at "I was wondering if you could help me print..."
lazy guy "We don't do that here"
me "Are you sure? I've seen you all print labels here for me before"
lazy guy "Nah, you gotta go to uhh... like... Fed Ex... uh Kinkos or uh UPS store for that"
me "Really? Because I have the tracking number here and it's already paid for"
lazy guy "Nah we don't do that"
me "Ok, I'll be back later then, thanks"
I wasn't going to complain to them or get pissed about it, since it's the post office. They essentially have a federal job, and what's a guy to do when it would clearly be two employees vs. some customer complaining. I understood this game was lost even though I've never had that problem with their employees like this before.
So I checked the bus schedule on my cell. One damn hour until that bitch would come to pick me up. Which is crazy, the bus at the time of day I was checking should have been running twice an hour and not once. What the actual fuck. I'm guessing a lot of their staff has been out sick with covid or something. God damn it, I hate covid so much. It screwed up so much stuff.
Anyways, I see that I'm gonna need to make a choice. I said fuck waiting in the cold, I'm walking. So I walked, it was cold but at least walking kept me warm. I didn't have my scarf because for some fucked up reason I couldn't find it. Walking back home with my package in hand like an idiot. In thirty or so minutes I made it back to my house to warm up. I decided that if they didn't give two shits, neither would I.
So I grabbed the barely legible label I previously printed, and slapped that bitch on my package. The next day I left it at my box to see if they would take it. I wasn't about to make any extra effort after the previous shitshow. The nice USPS delivery woman picked it up and successfully scanned it. I was like, YES! I don't know why I didn't try this first.
But I was so sure that the friendly workers at my neighborhood post office would be more than happy help a customer instead of telling me to go to another place unrelated to USPS. Like, y'all don't know that some people can't just zip around and waste time all willy nilly?
Like, no. I know you can print my label here, y'all just don't feel like making the effort. Why the hell would I go print it off somewhere else and then come back here? I'm already here. Y'all need to be retrained. This is what happens when the customer no longer comes first. Believe it or not, I still love USPS in general because they do get amazing things done. But damn, their employees sure are getting lazy.
Maybe the post master is still encouraging the workers to slow down the mail and chill. I don't understand why that guy is the post master. Seems like slowing down the mail is antithetical to the mission of the USPS. Oh well, I ended up buying more ink so that I won't have this be an issue ever again. I'm guessing what little ink I had left in the cartridge dried out before it had actually been depleted.
So I thought out to myself, well I got this tracking number but I can't print a shipping label. My customer paid for it and all so I figured the nice people at the post office would help. Yeah, I'll just take a quick trip and get some fresh air and hopefully not covid infested air. I donned a mask and warm clothing and pounded the pavement.
So I went to go take a bus and hopped off as quickly as I got on. I went into the post office to see two employees at the receiving area. Or whatever it's called. They were both in mid conversation, they didn't look too pleased to have a customer. I told the one guy of my situation, the other one was on her cellphone acting like I wasn't even there.
I thought the post office was supposed to be all busy lately backed up the ass with outgoing mail and shit still. I guess not, they both acted like lazy bones who clock-in and out just for the paycheck. So anyways the guy hears me out and stops me at "I was wondering if you could help me print..."
lazy guy "We don't do that here"
me "Are you sure? I've seen you all print labels here for me before"
lazy guy "Nah, you gotta go to uhh... like... Fed Ex... uh Kinkos or uh UPS store for that"
me "Really? Because I have the tracking number here and it's already paid for"
lazy guy "Nah we don't do that"
me "Ok, I'll be back later then, thanks"
I wasn't going to complain to them or get pissed about it, since it's the post office. They essentially have a federal job, and what's a guy to do when it would clearly be two employees vs. some customer complaining. I understood this game was lost even though I've never had that problem with their employees like this before.
So I checked the bus schedule on my cell. One damn hour until that bitch would come to pick me up. Which is crazy, the bus at the time of day I was checking should have been running twice an hour and not once. What the actual fuck. I'm guessing a lot of their staff has been out sick with covid or something. God damn it, I hate covid so much. It screwed up so much stuff.
Anyways, I see that I'm gonna need to make a choice. I said fuck waiting in the cold, I'm walking. So I walked, it was cold but at least walking kept me warm. I didn't have my scarf because for some fucked up reason I couldn't find it. Walking back home with my package in hand like an idiot. In thirty or so minutes I made it back to my house to warm up. I decided that if they didn't give two shits, neither would I.
So I grabbed the barely legible label I previously printed, and slapped that bitch on my package. The next day I left it at my box to see if they would take it. I wasn't about to make any extra effort after the previous shitshow. The nice USPS delivery woman picked it up and successfully scanned it. I was like, YES! I don't know why I didn't try this first.
But I was so sure that the friendly workers at my neighborhood post office would be more than happy help a customer instead of telling me to go to another place unrelated to USPS. Like, y'all don't know that some people can't just zip around and waste time all willy nilly?
Like, no. I know you can print my label here, y'all just don't feel like making the effort. Why the hell would I go print it off somewhere else and then come back here? I'm already here. Y'all need to be retrained. This is what happens when the customer no longer comes first. Believe it or not, I still love USPS in general because they do get amazing things done. But damn, their employees sure are getting lazy.
Maybe the post master is still encouraging the workers to slow down the mail and chill. I don't understand why that guy is the post master. Seems like slowing down the mail is antithetical to the mission of the USPS. Oh well, I ended up buying more ink so that I won't have this be an issue ever again. I'm guessing what little ink I had left in the cartridge dried out before it had actually been depleted.