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# Letter: Closed for business
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-closed-for-business/
- Published: 2013-07-23T03:12:51.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:26:12.000Z
- Author: Daniel Archuleta
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

Editor,

I visited the new Seventh Street post office three times since they opened. Each time they failed to open at their posted time — 6 a.m. Once they opened 11 minutes late, once three minutes late. The last time I gave up at 6:16, their doors still shut despite my knocking (which sometimes gets their attention).

The old Fifth Street office usually (if not always) opened on time. But so far I've experienced a 100 percent failure rate at the Seventh Street office.

I asked a postal employee if the posted hours were accurate, and he confirmed that they were. Why post opening hours if they are routinely ignored? I can see why the post office is losing business to private mail boxes and carriers — they're more reliable.

Thomas M. Sipos

Santa Monica