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I just wanted to buy a stamp, but ahead of me at the post office were
• A young migrant couple with not enough forms of ID to get a passport, which took ten minutes to establish.
• A middle-aged white man having no problem getting his passport, but that still took ten minutes.
• A man with a shopping trolley full of identical parcels, handing each one over to the counter staff to be weighed and have a postage label attached. He was there the whole time I was there.
• A man with limited mobility being assisted by his wife/daughter, who we all let go in front of us, then being told that this post office didn’t have the forms he needed but a post office five km away probably did, yes, he would have to attend there in person.
• A woman showing a picture on her phone to a staff member who assured her that no, we don’t sell that (astonishingly, they sell air fryers FFS).

I just wanted to buy a stamp at the post office.

in reply to Deborah Pickett

tqft
tqft
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fortunately last time I was at a big post office the line was fast and many counters open.

They also have a stamp vending machine

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Deborah Pickett
Deborah Pickett
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@tqft Lucky. This was at a smallish post office with all three counters open. The stamp I needed was international and I didn’t see a vending machine, but I’d have definitely used one if I could.
@tqft
in reply to Deborah Pickett

Pilum::🌞
Pilum::🌞
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You get passports at the post office? 👀
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Deborah Pickett
Deborah Pickett
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@pilum You get everything at the post office. Except that one thing the woman with the pic on her phone wanted.
@Pilum::🌞
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Deborah Pickett @Pilum::🌞 does “everything” include the service of mail delivery?

(any reference to our own post are purely coincidental)

@Deborah Pickett @Pilum::🌞
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Bernard Sheppard
Bernard Sheppard
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FFS, this is why we need
a) digital postage (we've already got it for parcels, why not stamps?)
b) free postage for non-commercial purposes

I post, on average, one letter every two years, and have to buy supplementary stamps to top up the postage for the stamps I have since they are no longer the right value.

in reply to Bernard Sheppard

Elena ``of Valhalla''
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Bernard Sheppard @Deborah Pickett but digital postage is ugly

I mean, it gets the job done, but receiving a postcard or a personal letter with a nice stamp that matches your interests / matches the card / sends you on a wikipedia trip to learn more about somebody or something is so much nicer :)

(OTOH, here we have stamps for the most common formats that no longer have a value printed on them: whenever you have bought them they are valid for the current price of sending that format)

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Elena ``of Valhalla''
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Bernard Sheppard @Deborah Pickett of course if you're¹ sending non-personal mail, 100% go for digital postage, there is no need to do a trip to the post office just for a *company*

¹ generic you

@Deborah Pickett @Bernard Sheppard
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Allie
Allie
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I went into the local shopping centre yesterday, where our post office is, and the line stretched out the door and back in towards Kmart for two whole stores. I’d estimate at least 30 people in line.

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