La Poste ou la banque?

Well.. they make me laugh..
An average day (of an ebaying mum) involves a trip to La Poste, not the quickest establishment in the world as you can imagine.. open with very strict hours and as im finding rules too...
You could be in line for up to 40 minute while people pay in 50 euros and draw out 20.. its incredible....

The gucci lady at the post office down the hill says she CANNOT send anything other than a letter at letter price... which involves a colissimmo at 4.30e minimum but the older lady at the village up the hill one can send whatever for whatever... to a point, so i may send a couple of items for 3 stamps.. like 1.62e or whatever.

Then... the next time i have to pick up an item and it happens to be down the hill so i decide to send my 2 parcels while im there... madame gucci sets some rules.. she is going to be on her own behind the counter like every afternoon and one morning so dont be coming here with more than one colissommo at a time, none of my usual 10 parctels to send... i always arrived totally organized having got the slips the last time and filled them out prior to my arrival, all she has to do is weigh and scan and add and take the money - its really not rocket science, and SHE IS A POST OFFICE AFTER ALL - but it IS too much to ask!

At this point i pinch myself and check, yes I AM IN THE POST OFFICE, and yes I HAVE WAITED HALF AN HOUR, and most of the people before me have in fact been dealing with their POSTAL bank accounts.. it hardly seems fair.

I want to send parcels and now i will be restricted to only some afternoons to do this!?

Now, mostly I only go to La Poste up the hill be i feel that they may have had their xmas lunch or met up as she has stopped accepting parcels as letters and i now have to pay the full price.

So.. i have a new scam.. i buy stamps and put them on and post things in the box outside after i have paid for the obviously too large to fit through the post box slot items. I know its silly but somehow I have to stand up for my principles and my mum always said count the pennies and the pounds will come.. though im not sure about how true this is! LOL