Care Package Options
Hi! I had a rough time at the post office the other day so I'm looking for some advice or ways to make sending out care packages easier. I've been sending homemade cookies to my fiance weekly since he gave me his address. Everytime I go to the post office, no matter how well I think I have the customs form filled out and the package ready to go, I'm always there for at least 20-30 minutes. I do send more than one box each time so that he has enough to share with the rest of the guys over there too, so I realize that could add on to the time it takes for the post office to get it in the system.
Is this normal for sending out of country, or is there anything I can do to simplify or help out the postal workers? Honestly, I never got the feeling from the postal worker that I was a pain in the ass, they've always been so helpful and patient with me... But this past time when I was in the line behind me was getting annoyed and being very vocal about it. With him gone, things are getting heavy and hearing people complain about me holding up the line just made me feel awful. Normally, I can shrug off stuff like that, it like I said things are heavy and I don't have all the patience I once used it. I ended up crying and tearing up pretty good in the post office. All I wanted to do want turn around and say to the people complaining that I'm sending my deployed fiance cookies and I'd much rather be baking and handing them to him when he is home rather than shipping them to God knows where and holding up this line. All I could do in the moment was freeze and tear up. I want to make things easier for the postal workers, that includes dealing with awful people that would complain to them as well. I know it's not my job, but I still feel bad. If that makes sense.