The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-16
What the Bacoot Business Men Think Of the Public and their Methods

: hidden in the bottom of a handba
1 with other things on top of it s
. that when the stamps are laid GU
, 1t takes her some little time to &c
! at her money. She usually tries t
3 hand in the correct change; and i
s doing so she often takes up twice tn
+. amount of time it would take tn
clerk to throw the change out of tn
till, but she holds her place at tn
window till she gets it done the wa
she prefers, then re-fills her hand
bag, bless her heart, for it is he
: way of doing things. She doesn'
: blow smoke in the clerks face no
spit on the floor.
Write it Yourself
When you apply for a money ordel
at the post office you are expected
to fill out the blank yourself ant
hand it, with the cash, to the clerk
He is not allowed to fill it in ant
II you insist on his doing it because
you left your glasses at home or be-
cause your hands are cold, he may
do 1t, but it is in violation of the
rules laid down for him to work by
A few years ago clerk in the Black
foot office consented to violate the
rule in this respect for a man who
wanted to buy money order and
was not exactly sober. He was not
sober enough to be willing to do the
writing, and an inspector came thru
afterwards and claimed that the
money order was made for $3.50 and
the drunk man claimed that he had
paid for an order for SIS. The ap-
plication was in the handwriting of
the clerk, and whether the drunk
man paid him $3.50 or SIS was a
puzzle that it was difficult to deter
mine.
Bothersome Business Men
Many business man wanting to
send letter south in the morning,
knowing that the mails close for that
train at $50, waits. till about 9.25
to get his letters in. The same thing
happens before every train. 1t makes
rush at the last moment and de-
lays the pouches or delays the let
ters that come in at the last Regis
tratiOn of mail closes at O'Clock,
and at the same moment the en-
ployees are or should be ready to
walk out. AS matter of fact, the
directs them to begin at
8 and quite at 6. But there are
a lot of important things
that come in just before o'clock,
and the clerks do not like to shut
the window in anybody's face. If
there is run of registered packages |
from o'clock till 6, somebody has
to stay and make up the record of |
all these registrations or leave them /!
alone till the next morning, for 1t
takes quite a while to do it. The
says to quit at 6, and the
clerks dislike to work overtime for
nothing. when there was plenty of
time to do all the work if it had
been sent in earlier. People fire.
luently rap on the window after
closing, and ask to be waited on,
md clerks dislike to refuse, tho 1t
8 not their duty to respond. People
orget that there are great many
,thers besides themselves, and that
everybody dumped his mail in or
demanded service at $50 p. m. no.
,ody could receive good service.
Rapping on the Window
When the mails are being distri-
'uted it is advisable for all hands
o work till it is done. People who !
ay a good price for the large boxes t
re entitled to have their mail dis {
ributed promptly. People who have
% box at all, often appear at the G
yindow and expect the clerks to /
cave their work to wait on them. {
ONE of them rap and storm and {
re disagreeable about 1t. Other peo- /
lie who pay box rent may be stand j
lg around waiting, and they make
o complaint, tho they are entitled Q
} more prompt service than those Ii
tho pay nothing. 1t Is usually the s
erson who pays the least that de- I
lands the most. Many a well-to-dO b
armer with means to spare, pays no q
OK rent but has his mail come to b
eneral delivery. He receives i
lrge amount of mail and does not t
ome often. A few like him have II
n armful of mail and it fills up the t
oxes and spills over, but he lets t.
le matter grind along that way for p
ears and declines to spend cent to tt
,lieve the condition or to secure bet o
# service for himself. Il
Twenty Names About Alike s.
There are many families OF the II
me surname, as Smith, Brown, n
mes, Wilson, etc. Then there are r.
q various members Of the different 4,
miles. wives, daughters, sons, and 10
and children, and the postal clerks -
mot know how to place them cor 70
city unless there is box number q,
something by which to identify. q,
y to place a line in the address II
which the office can place it with NJ
For instance, il Gladys r.
mes is the daughter of Jones the n.
umber, address it, Care of Jones or
Q plumber" If that is the only dis or
action you can think of. Or if -
u happen to know that her father