smaller stations and post offices the work often does not allow you to take a break? In the multiply-duplicated, hyper-redundant Post Offices ‘round my home, the “workers” often seem to see customers as a break from the personal phone calls, internet surfing, and naps.
I was talking more about in the back out of public sight where the mail gets sorted and distributed. The window clerks are only the tip of the iceberg and not always the best advertisement for service. I think some people coming in to work at the USPS get the wrong idea of postal employment from seeing window clerks. They come in expecting a cushy job and are sorely disappointed when they are told to come into work at midnight on some grunt job.
To anybody who does not like the challenge of meeting dispatches and deadlines while working night hours, I would recommend looking for a less physically demanding job.