[Photo by Gian G. via Yelp]
Remembering the P.O. branch that closed for good this past weekend… which no one seemed to like…
@RecruitingGeek @evgrieve Good riddance! Was the worst #USPS #PostOffice in America. Maybe now my mail will actually be delivered.
— Zr. King (@zoctorking) February 21, 2014"@evgrieve: Whoa, the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office on E. 14th St. closes for good TODAY http://t.co/7LZf3tYLku" amen. Worst post office ever
— John Gannon (@johnmgannon) February 21, 2014“@evgrieve: Whoa, the Peter Stuyvesant Post Office on E. 14th St. closes for good TODAY" @ashleyanndarcy ! Because it is a hell hole!!!!!!!
— Very Leah M. Buffalo (@Leah_Buffalo) February 21, 2014@evgrieve Worst. Post Office. Ever. Possibly in the world.
— CrossFit East River (@CFEastRiver) February 21, 2014Take a last look…
[Just an hour to go! Photo by Adam H. via Yelp]
Previously on EV Grieve:
The Peter Stuyvesant Post Office closes for good TODAY
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It always baffled me how long it took for the clerks to find a package especially on that had an attempted delivery the prior day. I had the urge to ask them if they would like my help in organizing and improving the system that they were using to store packages. There was a lot of space behind the public area and placing packages on shelves related to blocks and streets seemed possible however the clerks would sometimes disappear for periods of 10-12 minutes making me think they had to read the address of every box back there to find the right one. I never lost my temper with the clerks unlike so many people did, I realize they are part of a badly run system at this branch. It looks like going forward if I want to send a package it will mean ordering a pickup via the USPS website which means being home all day (yeah right) or going to a shop that handles UPS. I will say this sometimes what replaces something you don't like can be even worst so someday we might all think back fondly of this place.
Does anyone remember the tall black man with dreads who worked there for awhile a few years back? He was a really nice, friendly guy, and sometimes he would monitor the line. I was waiting in the line once, and a woman in front of me started yelling at him, blaming him for the long wait. He told her he was sorry, and he knew it sucked, but it wasn't his fault. He dragged me into it, asking me what I thought, and I said it wasn't the employees' fault that management only put a couple of people in the windows. The woman in front of me spun around and spat, "Thanks for standing up for me!" in my face and then proceeded to curse me out the whole time we waited. She made a head-butting motion toward me at one point. I kept calm and tried to soothe her, but she was livid. I remember feeling bad for her because she was sort of dressed up in a skirt and nice boots, and I was thinking she must have been having an all-around bad day or maybe had issues in general dealing with people that got her into hot water. I never saw her again, and I have never seen her around the neighborhood. I always wonder what happened to her. She is probably somewhere right now blowing her top. Maybe at the new post office. ;)
I remember that guy, 10:03 AM.
When I asked him about who to call in mgmt to complain about service there, he said that I needed to go further up the chain, to call my congressperson, which I did.
Regarding the good "riddance stuff" on twitter and here. Not sure these people realize that things just went from bad to worse.
I remember him too, also an African-American guy with a shaved head who was always polite, friendly and helpful. And I agree with Ken - better the devil you know. Decades of dealing with this pit had me steeled to always expect the worst, that way if service rose a notch I could be pleasantly surprised. But it was one-stop shopping, I did not have to run all over the place to fulfill my postal needs and wants.
Christ, who ever thought I would see the day when I would actually DEFEND the Stuyvesant PO?!?
The "new" Stuyvesant PO is going to be just like the West Village station over on Hudson Street—no better, no worse. You have brought this on yourselves—by not stocking up on stamps, by getting third-party mailbox instead of a genuine P.O. box.
No amount of whining will bring the good times back; I, for one, can't wait to see what goes in the place of the old Stuyvesant post office. My bet is that it gets demolished to make room for more luxury condos to match the "A" building on that block. (This neighborhood is starved for luxury housing, did you notice?)
Vincent Prince and Mark the lobby manager. Both great guys!
I'll miss that godforsaken wretched shithole (sort-of like the old LES that the Grievers all
bemoan and miss).
It's like the scene in Forrest Gump where Jenny throws rocks at her old abusive childhood home and collapses in a heap of tears.
What I'll miss most are the PO boxes. They were exquisite and nobody will ever put so much workmanship into a post box again. Unfortunately the reason I've stared at them so much was while waiting in line to pick up a package for hours on end.
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