July 4, 2023:
Moody, aggressive postal employee, smugly dismissive, sarcastic, at times confrontational. Said to be a local hero — a newspaper cutting on the wall labels her a "real-life superhero" — she's in my experience more like a ticking time bomb. You can't predict what will or won't happen.
This is difficult, with depression. Conflict is wearing, albeit obviously necessary at times. No matter the outcome you leave drained, sometimes hopelessly exhausted, sometimes requiring days of rest to recover. So that the thought of the post office becomes discouraging, and your packages pile up, and now you have even more reason to dread the hostility of the staff, who seem to think you're there for their convenience, rather than them for yours.