So, I just returned from the post office where I was mailing a package and buying some stamps. The total came to $10.53. I had in one hand a $20 bill and some change in the other. As I was counting out the $0.53, the postal worker said “You know, you can pay by debit card or credit card.”
Do I look like I need payment options?
Did I mutter something like “Gee, how am I going to pay for this”?
Did it look like I didn’t have enough cash on me?
Did I not see the neat-o PIN keypad next to the counter pad that said “Pay by credit or debit card”?
I don’t give a shit about my other payment options. Obviously, I have decided how I will pay and I am happy with my decision. Fucking hell, lady. At this point, all you need to do is take my money, give me change, and let me leave. I don’t want to spend all day in the post office. I don’t want to waste any more time here (although there was no line and I was pleasantly surprised).
And don’t even get me started on the question “Do you want delivery confirmation?” If I wanted delivery confirmation, I would have a) asked for it or b) had a delivery confirmation form filled out.
Well, depends on what you mean by “counting my change”. The total I owed was $10.53. I gave her the $20 and started counting out $0.53 in coins (to make it easier - hah). That is when she informed me of other options.
If you mean “counting my change” as counting the money she returned to me when the process was complete, then no. She did it before then.
That fucking whore! Next thing you know, she’s going to ask you if you’d like to use festive stamps instead of the ol’ red-white-and-blue. Boy, I’d like to…
Considering that I’ve been asked that every time I’ve been in the post office recently, I suspect it’s a requirement. The ability to pay by debit card is relatively new and they’re probably under orders to promote it.
She was just doing her fucking job, asshole. They ALL say that. They’re trained to. Maybe that particular PO just got their credit/debit system hooked up. Whatever. There are probably many people who very seldom go into the post office that don’t know they accept credit or debit cards. Likewise maybe they are unaware that they can use Delivery Confirmation with whatever shipping option they’ve already chosen. If you get bent out of shape about an employee asking you a god damned question that just requires a polite “No, thank you” for taking an extra fifteen seconds out of your day… you’ve got problems.
Please never come in my store, lest you fucking pit me for asking “Did you find everything you were looking for today?” while I’m ringing you out.
Is this rant for real? You are so agitated by by the offer of an alternative payment option by a postal clerk that you just about crap your pants. Oh you can just feel the snide disrespect comng off her, attacking your very existence as you dutifully count your change and she flails you with the offer of a debit card option!
Are you on some kind of anti-paranoic medication? If so, up the dosage.
Well, I did ask for “Love” stamps. My wife refuses to use the good ole “Flag” stamps (except for maybe bills). She wants prettier ones. Heck, Old Glory is good enough for any letter I mail.
And KellyM, I’m sure it is a requirement but don’t tell me after I have obviously made my decision. It’s as if she is an automaton and not able to think.
inwicked, the credit/debit card machine has been active in that post office for about 4 years now. The questions she asked that were not part of the rant (or as far as I’m concerned are valid questions) are:
Anything perishable in there?
Anything hazardous?
You can mail it first class for $3.13 or 2-day priority for $3.85. Which do you prefer?
Will there be anything else?
If I came into your store (BTW, what do you sell?) and you asked “How will you be paying for that?” when I am handing you my credit card, you might get pitted. If you was me “Did you find everything you were looking for today?” when I just told you that I found everything I wanted, you might get pitted. The point, don’t ask me/tell me about something when the answer is obvious (i.e. I have my cash in hand).
…And we wonder why the go ‘Postal’. Fin_man, we Need the post office for the time being; can’t you use the stamp machine in the corner? Then you can go to McDonalds for lunch and beat up on the HS kids who has to say “would you like fries with that?” or be fired…
And how about the times at McDonalds when I order a Big Mac with large fries and the response is “Do you want fries with that?” This happens.
astro, it’s not the alternative payment options statement per se, but the whole asking before thinking crap.
Who said that??
quietman1920, I would if I could (use the stamp machine) but I had to get the package weighed. As for the “fries with that”, see the begining of this post.
If it upsets you that much, why don’t you go back to the post office and talk to the manager about it, because that’s where her orders were coming from. If it isn’t that big of a deal to you, then you have no justification for spewing venom in their general direction in a gratuitous waste of bandwidth here. I ship stuff several times a week and they ask me this EVERYWHERE except at the one where I come in most frequently and they know me.
Please let me know what you look like, so in case you do ever come in my store, I can be sure to ask how you’re going to pay after you’ve handed me your credit card. I sometimes get bored at work, and I think counting the veins in your forehead might be an interesting exercise to pass the time.
Fin_man, no, she’s an employee who knows that if she fails to offer the debit/credit option and her supervisor notices, she might not be an employee anymore.
It’s like the obligatory “Thank you for shopping at K-Mart”: don’t say it and you lose your job. Not a good thing to have happen in this economy.