@cq_tech wrote:
True, for what is purportedly considered to be an essential service, AP should remain open for considerably longer hours than it currently does. Have they forgotten that most business people still work 9 to 5? I somehow think they have. POs should remain open until at least 7pm, even if it means delaying their opening until 11am - I could wear that, and I'm sure most others would too.
At the prices being charged, which I'll wager are some of the highest in the world, we should be receiving a far better level of service than we do at the moment, but it seems that as prices rise, the service diminishes proportionately and it's simply not good enough. And it's not as if we have an alternative service we can use, either.
I have 2 POs in my town. The big one is in the main street and operates normal business hours. The smaller 'private' one is in a back street and has had extended trading hours for years. Weekdays they are open from 7am until 5.55pm. Saturdays they are open 7am to 11.55am. They heard the issues that shift workers and office workers were having, so have capitalised on it. I've used them quite a few times at 7am when I'm working a week of 7.30am - 6pm shifts.
The big one recently announced that they will be opening on Saturday mornings for a few hours......for parcel pick up. Big deal. it still won't get me to go there. Parking is a nightmare and they are as slow as anything. During the week you need to take a packed lunch because you wait so long. Sometimes I don't have a choice as the small PO only accepts delivery of small parcels. Larger parcels go to the big PO, so occasionally when I'm getting a bigger parcel I have to go down there to collect it.
The small PO, even if the line is running out the door, you are still in and out in 5-10 minutes. A line out the door at the big one could see you waiting half an hour (or more) sometimes.
