Post Office Rant
This was my morning:
Okay, I had to go to THREE different post offices (one in Broolyn and 2 in Manhattan) to get the right info regarding the new postage requirements and to have the invites hand cancelled.
The first PO told me that I needed $.97 stamps for my pocketfold. They only had stamps with a clock on it! Didn't even ask about hand-cancelling because the woman was just nasty and told me I will have to wait to speak with the supervisor if 'i am not happy with their selection of colorful stamps'
PO #2 was by my office on 34rd/Park. They were very helpful but when they started weighing my invites, some of them were coming up as over 2 oz. which would require .75 stamps. I figured out that the invites with the extra insert were .75. They told me that are not equipped to do hand-cancelling and they also didn't have the wedding stamps. They told me to go to 34th St.
PO#3 at 34th St.. Purchased my stamps (they had the wedidng stamps). Woman told me she will hand-cancel for .05/envelope over the first 50. So, I stamp up my envelopes and they are about to be hand cancelled when another woman starts saying that my envelopes are considered 'parcel' and that she wouldn't do it. BTW, I have pocketfolds. The original woman tells me not to worry but says that some of my envelopes are coming in slightly above 2 oz which would mean more postage. She tells me not to worry, takes my phone number down, and tells me she will hand-cancel the invites. I told her that I will be back tomorrow with the second batch.
I am so aggravated. This whole saga took about 3 hrs. worth of my morning!!! And, to boot, I don't even know if this woman was right and is going to hand cancel b/c she didn't do it in front of me.
Okay, I had to go to THREE different post offices (one in Broolyn and 2 in Manhattan) to get the right info regarding the new postage requirements and to have the invites hand cancelled.
The first PO told me that I needed $.97 stamps for my pocketfold. They only had stamps with a clock on it! Didn't even ask about hand-cancelling because the woman was just nasty and told me I will have to wait to speak with the supervisor if 'i am not happy with their selection of colorful stamps'
PO #2 was by my office on 34rd/Park. They were very helpful but when they started weighing my invites, some of them were coming up as over 2 oz. which would require .75 stamps. I figured out that the invites with the extra insert were .75. They told me that are not equipped to do hand-cancelling and they also didn't have the wedding stamps. They told me to go to 34th St.
PO#3 at 34th St.. Purchased my stamps (they had the wedidng stamps). Woman told me she will hand-cancel for .05/envelope over the first 50. So, I stamp up my envelopes and they are about to be hand cancelled when another woman starts saying that my envelopes are considered 'parcel' and that she wouldn't do it. BTW, I have pocketfolds. The original woman tells me not to worry but says that some of my envelopes are coming in slightly above 2 oz which would mean more postage. She tells me not to worry, takes my phone number down, and tells me she will hand-cancel the invites. I told her that I will be back tomorrow with the second batch.
I am so aggravated. This whole saga took about 3 hrs. worth of my morning!!! And, to boot, I don't even know if this woman was right and is going to hand cancel b/c she didn't do it in front of me.
