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Post office staff asks too many questions...is it a right to know?
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wishuponastar said:custardy said:soolin said:powerful_Rogue said:You want to use the postal service, you need to follow thier rules. Does it really matter?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_6
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General_Grant said:custardy said:soolin said:powerful_Rogue said:You want to use the postal service, you need to follow thier rules. Does it really matter?
What, when it's second class and they can see the address is in the same town?
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I now use 4 post offices depending on where I happen to be passing. Three never ask anything. The fourth will only ask if there is that same particular lady on duty which I mentioned in the link I posted above
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When asked these days I have made a point of explicitly what is in the parcel. Recent examples include:- "It's a 3DConnexion Spacepilot"
- "It's a Valjoux 7750 Movement"
- "It's a Landlite 54 Watt Ballast"
- "It's a Campagnolo freehub body"
From that I have to conclude that it is purely down to nosiness, or following the guidance to the letter (but not achieving the actual reason) for being required to ask the question.
• The rich buy assets.
• The poor only have expenses.
• The middle class buy liabilities they think are assets.1 -
custardy said:wishuponastar said:custardy said:soolin said:powerful_Rogue said:You want to use the postal service, you need to follow thier rules. Does it really matter?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_60 -
wishuponastar said:custardy said:wishuponastar said:custardy said:soolin said:powerful_Rogue said:You want to use the postal service, you need to follow thier rules. Does it really matter?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_6
If you have an issue with a person at a particular Post Office,then take it up with Post Office.0 -
It does sound like she starts with official questions and then carries on in what she probably sees as a chatty way. Have you told her you aren't as chatty as she is and just want a business transaction?
But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,Had the whole of their cash in his care.
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custardy said:wishuponastar said:custardy said:wishuponastar said:custardy said:soolin said:powerful_Rogue said:You want to use the postal service, you need to follow thier rules. Does it really matter?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_6
If you have an issue with a person at a particular Post Office,then take it up with Post Office.0 -
theoretica said:It does sound like she starts with official questions and then carries on in what she probably sees as a chatty way. Have you told her you aren't as chatty as she is and just want a business transaction?
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good result!
The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....0 -
Numerous people and machines are going to handle the parcel you're sending. If what's inside is something that shouldn't be there then it poses a real risk of hurting someone or breaking something. With that in mind, stop being a prat and tell the post office worker what's in your parcel when they ask.0
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