How Do You Avoid Long Lines At The Post Office During The Holidays?
In December, you’re guaranteed to face a long wait at your local post office. Here’s how to minimize your aggravation. Buy all your gifts from stores that will wrap and ship them for you. Shop from catalogs or on the Internet and have all the items sent directly to the recipients. Take your wrapped presents to a store that will pack and send them. Call a shipping service, either air or ground, and have it pick up your gifts (wrapped and packed by you) at your home or office. Shop and mail early, ideally before Thanksgiving. Time your post office visits for nonpeak hours: early morning and mid-afternoon on weekdays. Avoid Saturdays, lunch time and the period between 4:00 p.m. and closing. Go to the post office at opening time if you can’t avoid a Saturday visit.
