I've put this in the Pub thread as postage and courier services are dear to the hearts of many home brewers.
Looks like privatisation is on the cards. I for one (coming from the UK originally) have always been puzzled by the ridiculous stranglehold and limited opening hours of Australian Post Offices, both Official and Franchised ones. Why the Hell can't I buy a 3k Satchel on Saturday Afternoon or a stamped envelope on a Sunday? Why do I have to stand in a line of thirty people snaking out of the door down the street (as was usually the case on Bribie Island)?
In most sensible logical businesses if you regularly get massive queues then .... hey.... our services are in demand, let's put on another staff member and look for a better storefront to lease and make some profits. This seemingly sensible approach seems to have totally escaped AusPost who can't see it as a problem that I have to wait up to twenty minutes in a germy queue while some bag peers over the counter at me like I've just crawled out from under a rock.
Bring it on.
Looks like privatisation is on the cards. I for one (coming from the UK originally) have always been puzzled by the ridiculous stranglehold and limited opening hours of Australian Post Offices, both Official and Franchised ones. Why the Hell can't I buy a 3k Satchel on Saturday Afternoon or a stamped envelope on a Sunday? Why do I have to stand in a line of thirty people snaking out of the door down the street (as was usually the case on Bribie Island)?
In most sensible logical businesses if you regularly get massive queues then .... hey.... our services are in demand, let's put on another staff member and look for a better storefront to lease and make some profits. This seemingly sensible approach seems to have totally escaped AusPost who can't see it as a problem that I have to wait up to twenty minutes in a germy queue while some bag peers over the counter at me like I've just crawled out from under a rock.
Bring it on.