2008 Cellar Secret Santa

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by wolf

Don't you guys have 24-hour automated post office kiosks?

I love that freakin' thing, and it's usually more courteous than the human.

Yes, I like them a lot. Perhaps it just reflects my own psychosis, but I never thought it was any great thing to deal with a human clerk, teller, etc. for routine stuff. As long as the machine substitute is well-designed and works. As you say, much of the time they're rude and/or clueless anyway. (To this day Mrs. Dallas is amused/concerned/horrified by the degree to which chatty clerks or waiters put me off. What I say: "Oh, OK." What I think: "I decided to buy the book. I really couldn't give a flying fuck whether you read it, or whether you liked it.")

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I though anything weighing more than 13 oz had to be handed to a postal clerk?

My understanding is that this only applies to STAMPED mail. If you're buying the postage at the kiosk, it's bar-coded and they have your credit or debit card info to track you down with if necessary.