Postal

Gotta love post office efficiency.

Early this morning before work, I went to the post office to send the license plates to my deceased 1996 Saab (with only 89.000 miles- can you believe it?!) back to my insurance company in Braintree so the insurance can be officially cancelled.

This post office, on 38th and 7th, is one busy place. Go in at mid-day and the line is 20 deep. I wish I were joking. So I go in the morning to avoid the crowds. Except this morning, there's only 1 person working out of a possible 14 windows. One window open? Are they nuts? I got in line, behind 5 people, and by the time I got to the front there were a good 6 or 7 people behind me. I don't get it- if you have all those windows, and you know you're one of the busiest post offices in town, why not staff it accordingly, or at least have more than 1 window open?

At least this office is better than the one in Bushwick. In my neighborhood, it's the most ghetto, stripped down post office. Bring your own pen, because you're not gonna find one to use there. And you're divided from all the employees by thick, bullet-proof plexiglass. It feels more like a high-security detention center than a post office.