Post office staff asks too many questions...is it a right to know?

fifeken

A_Lert said:

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.

If there was an award for missing the point of a thread altogether I think you just won it.

wishuponastar

fifeken said:

A_Lert said:

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.

If there was an award for missing the point of a thread altogether I think you just won it.

Well said Fifeken, thanks, they do win that award...not only missing the point but they win a second award...actually not reading the thread...nowhere do i say i don't tell them what is inside in fact quite the opposite. So i feel they owe me an apology for wrongly calling me a 'prat' but i'm not holding my breath lol because if their last comment is anything to go by, they won't read this comment either haha.

Just_a_person

As long as its not on the prohibited list, if you dont want to say what it is then go in there with a pre planned answer of something with a similar size and weight. Job done.

simplyhannahm

I have a similar issue. In my local post office the self service machines are often out of use, so I have to go up to a till to do it. I do find it uncomfortable sometimes when they ask me. If it’s somethingI don’t want to share I lie and tell them it’s something else.