LOL...if they did then they surely don't now.

I have to wait because the packages I mail require insurance, DOCs, etc... I mail out quite a bit of metered material for work and personal items.

An average wait is 30 minutes. I've stood longer.

As someone else mentioned, try the Main Street post office. There is rarely a line, the place is clean and the staff helpful. They even have a few off-street parking spots.

I second those complaints about the Ridge Avenue post office. Has anyone noticed that there is a Fed Ex box just outside of the post office?

On one occasion I had about 10 identical fairly heavy packages that needed no insurance or any other special handling, just postage. I informed the clerk that they were all identical and needed no special services. I got asked about dangerous materials, insurance, etc. for every single package. I guess the meaning of ALL is too complex.

The Mount Airy post office is just as bad and I avoid it if at all possible. I am reduced to tears if there is some circumstance that forces me to use that dreadful installation.

Ditto the Chestnut Hill post office.



But ... the post office on Main Street has been great. The clerks there know their business and have always been pleasant. On occassion I have had things to send to foreign locations. No hesitation what so ever on the part of the clerks.

I know it's a bit far for everyone living inRox, but I used to live in the Northeast (moved up here a few months ago) and the PO on Frankford and Cottman is great! The man there with the white hair (don't know his name) is very helpful and very friendly! Every now and then I'll go there just to avoid Rita!! I was unaware of the one on Main St., so I'll try that one now!

It's even worse during the afternoon hours when the soaps are on. The women set up a little tv on the counter, then they're totally useless. An older black man (I guess a supervisor) is forever telling them to shut the tv off & get back to waiting on customers. He really gives them heck when the line goes out the door. I can't understand why they haven't been fired. But I find the best time to go in there is before closing time.

I'd rather walk down the hill on Green Lane, and then back up that blasted mountain, than walk up the street to that post office. I agree with everyone here that those 2 ladies at the counter are terrible!

Yeah, Green Ln. is OK, but I'd really like to use the PO in walking distance of me.

If I am driving, I go to the Bala PO. They have stamp machines that takes only credit cards (therefore no broken coin slots or non-working bill readers).
It has a long line, but it moves quickly because there are 5+ people working there, and working very efficiently.


I never saw the soap opera tv though. So much for federal employees.

Bala is a great one, but gets a lot of people. The one in East Falls is okay too, and not that far away. Bala has an automated machine to send stuff out too.

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Where is the East Falls PO located?

That's fine, as long as you agree that Marty McFly went back IN time in the Back to The Future trilogy, and not back ON time.