[lacrew]

“odds are good no USPS cash drawer has $1000 in it”

Well, I found one that had $900 in it....after 2.5 days of trying.

Now what you are telling me is that I should have been savy enough to know that the USPS employees (several employees from four different post offices, different people every day for 2.5 days), who sit at the counter, and are responsible for money transactions with the public....were completely bullsh$tting me.

And (armed with the knowledge that I was treated so poorly) that I should have walked away from this experience, not with a bad taste in my mouth about trusting govermnent sponsored institutions, but with a to-do list to bone up on my ‘how to get USPS employees to do their job’ skills.

I disagree.

[muawiyah]

I spent many years handling a collateral duty called 'collect the money' ~ reviewing appeals from people who claimed they didn't really think the rules said they had to pay the postage rate they paid. I also spent many years actually researching processes and behavior in the field and WRITING those rules.

Sometimes they'd use the old 'but the employees told me' trick ~ alas that doesn't work with me. They'll drop a dime on a customer in a second ~ 'cause we got ways of watching them work ~ and will instantly refer inquiries about 'how much yo got in yo cash drawer boy' questions to somebody who is NOT sitting at a desk!

Did you see the guy with the gun?

Much of your difficulty is you asked a question that didn't trigger the response you think you wanted ~ ...... bet they've got your picture too.

[djf]

Years ago, and I think it was a legal requirement at the time, you could actually pay your debts with stamps. I vaguely remember my mom sending stamps in to partly cover our electric bill.