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US Post Office
Category: Public Services & Government Post Offices Post Offices [Edit]
950 Lincoln Blvd(at Hoffman St)
San Francisco, CA 94129
(800) 275-8777
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:30 am - 5 pm
6 reviews for US Post Office
6 reviews in English
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Review from Misha V.
2/5/2009
A little hidden secret.
This post office, although not very personable, is usually un-crowded, and there is easy parking. Don't even think about having the clerk take your envelope after you just put a stamp on it. "IT GOES IN THE BOX!"
They are open until 5pm Mon-Fri. -
Review from Dee C.
San Francisco, CA
12/15/2008
It's all about the PARKING PARKING PARKING... This one has it. The convenience of this Post Office makes up for any dreadful post office experience. Luckily, I have had somewhat pleasant service at this post office. It is obvious I entered on a good day.
I am now off to the post office, wish me luck. :) -
Review from Jingle Belle J.
San Francisco, CA
7/28/2010
*Zero Star Review*
I have to agree with a previous post here on Yelp and then some.
"If you see Willie at the counter, don't even bother."
I'm not a masochist so why would I PAY cash money for someone to yell at me for having the audacity to want to use their services. He makes up arbitrary rules on how or what you can mail depending on his mood. I would rather spend more time and wait in line at another PO then have to deal with this jerk again. How he is still employed while there are honest and hardworking people needing jobs is beyond me.
USPS, are you kidding me??? -
Review from Danielle Y.
San Francisco, CA
5/13/2008
The nice things about it are that it's small, there's ample parking, and it's handy for people who work in the Presidio.
There are so many things wrong with it, though. There's always a line of go-gettin' Marina moms before the doors even open in the morning. When the doors do open, there's only one person working at the counter (and it's only a two-person counter). The man I've seen there most often is competent but not very fast (and who can blame him?). They have a roll of packing tape displayed with a sign that reads, "Nice elderly lady left this. Keep" and it's dated 2/15/08. This roll of tape is still hanging there and it's now May '08. They also still have their decrepit pointsettia plants lingering at the counter from the holidays. It's not like you're at the Post Office for the amazing interior design and clever uses of space, but I just always contemplate that roll of tape that used to belong to a nice elderly lady and those Christmas plants and think, this is why this line is just not moving at all...no one here takes initiative... no one here looks around at the little things around them and attempts to make them better...
One important thing to know is that Post Office box prices vary by LOCATION. A size 1 PO Box at the Presidio Post Office is $66 for 6 months. At nearly Post Offices, for example, at one on Geary, it costs $43 for 6 months for a size 1 box. At the Post Office on Steiner it is $36. -
Review from laura a.
San Francisco, CA
7/20/2009
I never learn that "stopping through the Presidio post office quickly" doesn't exist! It amazes me how slow they are and what attitude they give. The people working there are ALWAYS unpleasant and really put off the vibe they hate their job. This morning it took me 15 minutes to send two items and when I walked in, I was the only person there. I can get through a full line in that time and have a pleasant interaction at my normal post office!
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Review from yelp s.
San Francisco, CA
6/11/2009
Avoid WILLIE like the plague. At the very least, this postal worker has a personality disorder; at worst--I don't even know.
I used to think the Presidio station was indeed a nice little tucked-away secret, with parking as a bonus. But I recently went there for something very simple: adding insurance to an international Express Mail package whose postage I'd already purchased online. After some hemming and hawing, Willie insisted that I needed to fill out, by hand, an additional Express Mail label--even though there was already an online label in triplicate, with all the info and with a tracking number, on the package. I was incredulous, asking if he was going to take the other one off. No, he said. "So you're going to send the package with both of them?" He gave me a blank stare. I protested again, "I've done this at many other stations and all that's necessary is to scan in the package, punch in the insurance amount, and issue the price sticker for the additional postage." While I was saying this, he interrupted me. "You don't want to fill out the form?" he asked. "Of course not," I replied. "All the information is already on the package." He pushed the package back at me, turned his head to the side, and said, "NEXT." I stood there, incredulous. Then I asked him for the manager or supervisor. No one else was there--just him. So I asked for a name and number of a manager or supervisor. He said: "YOU ARE HOLDING UP THE LINE." (!!!) I stood there until I got the info, then I reported him--twice--on the USPS hotline and also at the Marina Station, where I had to go to mail my package, and where they didn't have any bizarre mailing requirements.
I should note that while I was standing in line, I watched Willie practically refuse to take cash from two customers, insisting "Credit or debit is easier," even as they were handing him the cash. One customer had to assert, "CASH IS PERFECTLY GOOD" in order to complete his transaction. He ran the first guy through a 10-minute gauntlet of forms and rubber-stamps--I can't even imagine what would need that much paperwork--while a long line built up (the line I would later "hold up").
In my case, I suspect that the issue was not that Willie actually believed the package should be sent out with two Express Mail labels and two tracking numbers (which would be a level of incompetence even I can't conceive of, though maybe I'm being naive). It's more likely that he wanted to have me fill out a completely redundant form because he didn't want to bother processing the transaction at all (which is what happened) or to get some perverse satisfaction out of "helping" a few other customers in the meantime. Perhaps he hates his job so much he needs to make every customer as miserable as he is by insisting they jump through any postal-form hoop he can think of. Who knows? (I have to say this all reminded me of a certain Seinfeld episode involving soup--you know the one.)
I've encountered a few legendarily cranky postal workers before (anyone remember Edie at Clayton?), but Willie's passive-aggressive attitude is worthy of a psychological study. Clearly, there is something wrong with him, and if you have any run-ins with him, I would advise you to report him to the manager, supervisor, or postmaster right away. He is not fit to stand behind a customer service counter.
