Post Shop
Greenwich High Road SE10
I know it's been open for a couple of months now, but it's taken me this long to get around to actually needing to post a letter from the main office - sorry Post 'Shop' in Greenwich High Road.
Gone are the grey carpets, gloomy outlook and sullen staff behind grimy counters, arrived is a slightly odd mix of newsagents, groceries and stationery supplies - of the office variety - photocopier paper, box files, in-trays and bubble wrap. The actual post office is right at the back, with new, open counters and cheery staff - but one thing hasn't changed.
The queues. One, giant Queue of Doom, in fact, snaking through the stationery isles, finally fizzling out about halfway down the store's length. So that's where all the people that have mysteriously disappeared from Woolwich Road have gone. I only had a letter to send but it took a good fifteen minutes to get to the front.
My only compensation was the jolly man who served me. An absolute joy, he was friendly, articulate and very helpful indeed. And as I left I got a happy smile from the lady at the desk too. I'm easily pleased...
On a different note, Geoff, our postman, who is the living embodiment of that Viz character Postman Plod the Miserable Sod, but of whom I'm rather fond, tells me that he's going on strike on Friday. I'm glad he warned me. I might not have noticed otherwise...
Does anyone else not get their post before 4.00pm at the earliest on a Friday?
I know it's been open for a couple of months now, but it's taken me this long to get around to actually needing to post a letter from the main office - sorry Post 'Shop' in Greenwich High Road.
Gone are the grey carpets, gloomy outlook and sullen staff behind grimy counters, arrived is a slightly odd mix of newsagents, groceries and stationery supplies - of the office variety - photocopier paper, box files, in-trays and bubble wrap. The actual post office is right at the back, with new, open counters and cheery staff - but one thing hasn't changed.
The queues. One, giant Queue of Doom, in fact, snaking through the stationery isles, finally fizzling out about halfway down the store's length. So that's where all the people that have mysteriously disappeared from Woolwich Road have gone. I only had a letter to send but it took a good fifteen minutes to get to the front.
My only compensation was the jolly man who served me. An absolute joy, he was friendly, articulate and very helpful indeed. And as I left I got a happy smile from the lady at the desk too. I'm easily pleased...
On a different note, Geoff, our postman, who is the living embodiment of that Viz character Postman Plod the Miserable Sod, but of whom I'm rather fond, tells me that he's going on strike on Friday. I'm glad he warned me. I might not have noticed otherwise...
Does anyone else not get their post before 4.00pm at the earliest on a Friday?
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posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
08:33
2 Comments:
Did you notice on your trip to the new Post Shop dear Phantom that there is no post box outside !! I went there last week and looked high and low, but no there isn`t one. I went inside and asked the chap behind the sweetie counter where I could post my letter and was told to hand it over and he would put it in the bag. How very strange. Apparently there is a big yellow cross on the pavement near the kerb where the post box should be but alas there is no box. I was also told that customers are getting a little, shall we say light fingered, in the Queue of Doom and helping themselves to various items on display.
I didn't notice the lack of post box. I hope that's going to get rectified quickly.
Shame about the light fingers in the queue of doom - but I guess if you're going to make people stand in line next to goodies, there are going to be some undesireables who will take advantage...
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