Smithdown Road Post Office

Perfect for a little trim in the cuts.
Went to the Post Office today, after Parcelfarce decided to drop off a box of dog food, addressed to my wife. Never mind, I though, I’ll kill two birds with one stone, and sent off a letter that I had been meaning to post.
First, I had wait for the only person behind the desk. There was one, and about 9 people in the queue. The shop was small with some laptop stand selling laptops, a cage with buckets and spades and some adverts plastering the walls advertising the latest ‘earn £1000’s from your lender scheme.
I felt incredibly sorry for the elderly lady being sold a core solo laptop running XP with 512MB of RAM by a gentleman working in the shop.
Anyway, got to the counter, and was met by a right grump. I greeted her, to be faced with nothing but a blank stare. Due to the plexiglass being closed, I she couldn’t understand a word I said, and I had to repeat myself several times.
Next, it came to asking for my wife’s parcel. She fetched it, brought it back to me, and asked for ID. Fair enough, a letter to the house I produced, with my name on, but the same delivery address. Anyway, I was told this was not a proper form of ID as it was not my wife’s, despite the same delivery address. The attendant refused to give me my wife’s parcel, and insisted she will only give it to my wife in person.
Great. I then had to go and buy the same dog food elsewhere, and take a right earful for not getting the parcel. Thanks Smithdown Road PO.
Please, whoever reads this, DO NOT GO THERE. Just walk down the road to Allerton Road PO, where the staff are much more friendly.

Yeah I have to agree, I was not very happy with this post office either. But I still think the one on The Vale in Walton is worse – at least for the clientèle you are surrounded by, rather than for the staff.
I wouldn’t say the staff here were mean or even unkind but they were certainly not as friendly as most of the other post offices I have been in in this country.

I have to review this Post Office because it’s honestly the worst one I’ve ever been in. I would literally rather catch the bus into town (which would take a good twenty minutes) than post my mail/​parcels using this hole.
After queuing for a good half an hour (in a tiny, ridiculously hot store) I was greeted with possibly the worst service I’ve ever received. I politely and smilingly placed my parcel on the scales only to be matched with a snarl from behind the glass window.
I left bemused wondering if it was just me the said worker had an issue with. But alas, four days later my friend encounters the same problems.
I can only hope they hire some new staff soon!