US Post Office

Came here to drop off a package I wanted to mail to a friend in LA. Haven’t had to go to an actual post office in a while and I noticed a lot better process efficiency. I was in and out in less than 5 minutes even when going during my lunch hour. Credit card payment went smoothly. Only thing I wasn’t quite sure of is whether there was a parking lot nearby. I ended up parallel parking (with some effort) a couple blocks away although now that I know how quick they are I could have parked in the designated 15 minute spots in front.

Received great service at this location. Small parking lot mainly street parking for this location.

I agree with other Unilocalers that the service here is quite friendly, which really is wonderful. However, my experiences have been tainted by long, long waits. Perhaps I’m only visiting at peak times — I tend to come here on weekdays in the afternoon and early evening. Usually I end up waiting in the line for the counter around 30 – 40 minutes, which is enough to make me choose other post offices if at all possible.

Okay, I rarely let into a place like this, but some things just need to be said. This post office, hands down, is one of the worst fricken places on the planet. They were literally stealing my mail. Literally. I have fun stories to recount like: Whatever happened to those three checks, all sent the same day, that had a value of almost twenty thousand dollars? I know for a fact that my mail wasn’t tampered with after it got to the house. That’s impossible; nobody has access to the mail once it’s in the box. So, it’s not like someone was stealing my male once it got to my house.
In addition to stealing my checks, cash, credit cards, gift cards, and other various items, they also don’t give a crap about anything. For the last five years, they’ve had the wrong hours listed on the forms they leave at your house if you needed to sign for something but weren’t home. I also have fun stories about some of the people that work there like Mike, who goes home every day for a two hour nap all the while being on the clock. And to think that the post is having a money problem. I’ve been praying-​funny, I know-​for this place to close. I might just get my wish sooner than I ever thought.
On top of all this, they can’t even be expected to send the mail to the right places or even get it close for that matter. While in college, I worked at the old Mr. Movies on 54^th and Lyndale. As a coincidence, my house and Mr. Movies both received a special publication called Video Business. One day, while working, the mail shows up just like normal except for one thing: my magazine was part of the delivery along with the store’s VB. Now, I live over a mile away from Mr. Movies. Granted, we both get the mail from Diamond Lake PO, but come on! I neither live on 54^th street nor do I live on Lyndale. No excuse. When Mitt Romney, who I hate, said he liked firing people, I actually related to him. I would love to fire everyone in this place. Wankers!
Rot in hell Diamond Lake Post Office!
(Slight update on my post so as to be exact. The mail that was stolen from me and I know it was stolen was all normal mail. Normal mail is un-​trackable unlike insured, verified, and signature confirmation. We know someone who has worked in high-​up positions in the main downtown location; Diamond Lake post is a laughing stock, and, considering that’s the opinion of confirmed morons, it ain’t saying much. Make no bones about it; they were stealing from me. To be exact, I assume my old mail carrier was the culprit, but I’ll never be sure when exactly my mail was tampered with. I know it’s not unusual to think something’s up when three checks, sent the same day, totaling $ 20 000 all failed to reach my house. That coupled with repeatedly missing credit cards, gift cards, and other «valuable» items disappeared without a trace. Only the «valuable» items ever went missing. The regular BS mail always showed up like normal. I want to be clear about this. These people are swine; if they were dying of thirst, I wouldn’t even let them sip from my bong.)

I ran a heavy volume mail order business for over two years, selling items and receiving items of great value on a regular basis. This was the post office I dealt with on a daily basis.
Not once did I ever have a problem with this branch or bad service from anyone there.

What can I say. It is a post office. You do what you do when you are here, and then you leave. However, this may be a slightly more pleasant experience for you.
Unlike many other Post Offices I have been to, the people here are nice. They ask you about your day, not because they have to, because they want to. They also get to know the neighborhood people well (like many other Post Offices).
Usually, there is not too much of a wait either. It is in a neighborhood, but there are a lot of businesses nearby. So, at times you may have to wait a bit, but I have never had to wait more than 15 minutes.
If you are around this area and need some USPS services, stop in. It should be quick and should brighten your day!