Friday, November 30, 2007

DEX

I chased my tail today. I needed some information and since I do not know the number of the post office off the top of my head I had to look it up in the phone book. I tried Post in the business section, then Post in the government section, and then the white section. Then I tried United States Postal Service in business, government and white. I then went to the yellow section cause they are called SMART pages. I am a smart girl. Finally found something that looked like what I needed. Government Offices in every county-except mine! I picked a town close to me and asked for the Hudson Post Office. She told me I could only access that through an 800 number. Ok. I called that and shouted at a recording about post office boxes. The robot told me the information I sought was only available on the usps website. I was near tears by now.(No, really I wanted to shred the helpful book into a zillion pieces, but a kinder and gentler Carla sheds tears.)To the website, smart, kind and gentle girl. I typed in my zipcode and found my post office!! Finally. There in bold print was the 800 number.
I warmed up the van, bundled up the littles and drove the 2 minutes on the frozen tundra to the post office.

9 comments:

-V- said...

Smart, gentle and resourceful! I have no clue where the post-office is either... :-)

erin said...

I'm really sorry.
They probably wouldn't have answered the phone anyway.

theswamphare said...

I had to do the exact same thing on Tuesday! 715 386-0322

They are very nice when you do call.

Katie R. said...

Carla.... you mean to tell me the number to the Post Office is not memorized?!?

Carla said...

Sad to say I don't even know my own cell phone number. The brain cells are going....

Anonymous said...

You need to memorize medical billing codes. All other numbers are irrelevant.

Carla said...

Done. Boss. Sir. Sir Boss.

Kara Jo said...

I have had the same experience with trying to track down the post office phone number...they're sneaky and they hide!

Kara Jo said...

Speaking of the post office, I think I broke one of their rules. Went to mail my Christmas cards. Two big blue mail bins to choose from. One is marked stamped mail and the other "all other mail--DO NOT PUT STAMPED MAIL IN HERE!" Honestly, I don't know what they mean by stamped--hand stamped with rubber stamper/metered, or "has a postage stamp on it?"
Anyway, I think I picked the wrong bin. I wanted to call for my own information, but I knew I'd never be able to find the phone number!