This is not a sketch. This is a documentary of what it is actually like going to the post office.

@tolumnia

11 ай бұрын

There's always at least one postal employee with unfortunate bad hair issues or body disfigurement

@mtwain1674

4 ай бұрын

I went to the post office this week. I can confirm that this statement is correct.

The employee grabbing her in the basement was the employee of the month on the poster upstairs.

@p_roduct9211

3 жыл бұрын

Never noticed that before. Good catch

@edp3202

3 жыл бұрын

Good job!

@celsiusfahrenheit1176

3 жыл бұрын

oh was it, what a riot

@fkooliofereal5974

3 жыл бұрын

I spat out my drink as I scrolled and read this comment. Thanks for that.

@kelseycoca

2 жыл бұрын

omg that's a great detail

This would be so relatable except there are more than two workers which is too many

@MaxOakland

5 жыл бұрын

Vienna Jordan Thanks to the constant budget cuts

@annateves8944

3 жыл бұрын

Lol indeed. I have two aunts that retired from Post office. They always had stories!

@annatevesbanzon1359

3 жыл бұрын

😆 I sent this to my 2 aunts that retired from PO.

@grizzthegreen4500

3 жыл бұрын

Big facts 👍🏾

@36degreesMars

3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

"DO NOT SHARE YOUR STAMP IDEAS WITH US" Wow, this was truly an inspired sketch.

@CapnCody1622

2 жыл бұрын

@@eagleoslo789 It is. Do not move here. We have enough of you awful people here already.

@CapnCody1622

2 жыл бұрын

@D. I doubt that’s a fact but even if it is then hopefully it helps keep people like you away.

@CapnCody1622

2 жыл бұрын

@@eagleoslo789 Good.

@CapnCody1622

2 жыл бұрын

@Keyzer Soze Is that suppose to offend me? Clearly that would offend you if someone said it to you. You must be easily offended.

I only wish my USPS service was as fast and friendly as this crew.

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

Fred Armisen’s entire face and expression, especially his dead eyes and fake smile, when he exits the parcel pick-up area fucking KILL ME every time.

@MaxwellBenson80

3 жыл бұрын

Pure genius!

@positivelastaction3957

2 жыл бұрын

He's very funny. I am glad he had an opportunity to really showcase his talents on this show.

@kishascape

2 жыл бұрын

The round eyes is hilarious

@yellowblanka6058

2 жыл бұрын

The bizarre balding pattern is just the cherry on top, lol.

@rustyjohnson7796

2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA

"Did I tell you Kurt showed up last night...my house?" what the fuck so random and pointless I cannot stop laughing

@Goldstar9428

6 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@PeepsILoveEllie

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was super important and Idk why haha

@WhoamI-su7pg

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

i know. it was so perfect and realistic.

@user-ko5ul7yi1x

2 жыл бұрын

This shit. This fucking useless banter while there are people on the line in the middle of processing something. God, really brings me to a stabby mood. >_

All of the notes taped everywhere is hilarious and absolutely spot on.

@PeaceManBro

2 жыл бұрын

DO NOT GIVE US YOUR STAMP IDEAS

@Qrayon

Жыл бұрын

ARE hilarious, not "is."

@Verdant02

Жыл бұрын

​@@Qrayon Grammar pedantry in the comments of a Portlandia clip. Lol

@Qrayon

Жыл бұрын

@@Verdant02 Of course! What do you expect?

@tootscarlson

11 ай бұрын

@@Qrayonthought I was the only one who notices that $hit

The hair is so terribly accurate.

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

I know. All of their hair, even the customers. LOL

@Britenus

2 жыл бұрын

I know! How do they do it.

@jude999

4 ай бұрын

That black lady looks like every postal employee ever.

I actually heard that new USPS hires go through a two week seminar that teaches them how to roll their eyes audibly.

@n.a.garciafamily

2 жыл бұрын

Tru.

@reheatedpizza7292

2 жыл бұрын

this made me laugh so hard i woke up my family thank you.

@omarveneno

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@Traderjoe

2 жыл бұрын

That was funny af! 🤣👍🏻

@johnpatrick5297

2 жыл бұрын

Untrue..there’s no postal exam, drug test anymore….reason is the managers had a hard time getting their kids jobs there🤣😂🤣😂 oh and now you can have a criminal record.

One of the Top 5 Portlandia skits of all time. Fred's makeup is hilarious

@ashihtaka

6 жыл бұрын

Nicholette Moore that's his real hair

@edp3202

3 жыл бұрын

Knocking on death's door.

"Did they tell you Curt showed up last night... to my house?" Lol while "working" with customers, the most inappropriate conversations take place lol

@sorryforpartying99

3 жыл бұрын

most hilarious part forsure...this episode/scene is the best out of them all without a doubt!

I don't know, I've never seen a post office this helpful and efficient.

The way Carrie's character in this sketch walks after she get locked out while she's pushing customers back in line had me dying! 🤣🤣😂😂

@yellowblanka6058

Жыл бұрын

And her hair, hahaha.

Every time I have to make a trip to the post office, I think of this skit. I always chuckle to myself; the painfully long lines, the hassles of buying the stupid bubble wrap, tape, or correct sized parcel, the one lady who always has an attitude and closes her counter right when it's your turn.....even the awkward shamble that some of the postal workers have.

@indiag89

6 жыл бұрын

FerrariCarr whenever I went to the post office in a large town or city it’s so true... I go to one in a small town and it’s so different, the post office lady was always so helpful and there was rarely anybody there. One of the few perks (there’s not many) of small town living.

@mickeydrago9401

6 жыл бұрын

if only the post office could work like fast food, when its fast of course ;) people steal tape all the time, its particularly annoying when u see PRIORITY tape on packages that are not PRIORITY, Mailhandler, USPS speaking here, 19 years - i work MUCH harder and faster than the zombie window clerks at our post office, i would try to move the line faster than about 12 window clerks that i've seen... its almost this conceit, this entitled federal job that they have no way of losing unless they kill someone, or steal - seen more than a few fired that way! the post office is polluted badly with corruption, from affirmative action for vets/blax, antiman genderism, to nepotism and simply lowering standards as to testing with no 70lb test anymore for mailhandlers... i'm giving u thumbs up, as the problem is wide and systemic...

@anonymous203020

3 жыл бұрын

And the weird balding pattern, so spot on

@Babesinthewood97

2 жыл бұрын

In my country, they closed all post offices 20 years ago. We have zero today. Parcels are sent to the nearest gas station or grocery store, so you have to ask a cashier to leave the till and go pick up your parcel. In Scandinavia, epitome of infrastructure

@Qrayon

Жыл бұрын

@@Babesinthewood97 Wow. Is that true in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland?

Fred's expressions here are great.

The giant keychain gets passed over the partition every single time I'm in line at the post office.

this skit is so accurate for any US post office around the country, not just in Portland. spot on.

@some______guy

Жыл бұрын

When we still had post offices, it was accurate in my country too. Now it's all in grocery stores. Actually works quite well now that I think about it

@ericpmoss

11 ай бұрын

Small towns are very different. And, to be fair, a friendly 'hello' goes a long way.

Best documentary ever!

Employee of the Month picture from 1994. Nice touch :)

I work for the PO and yes, we are miserable... Haha

@stevew278

7 жыл бұрын

well start being polite then

@trhone1978

6 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself lol

@mickeydrago9401

6 жыл бұрын

+steve, its hard, but i work at it, USPS employee :(

@daydrmnation

5 жыл бұрын

People don't realize how much work the postal service is... At all. Don't take us for granted. I'm always friendly tho.

@royery

4 жыл бұрын

Why is that?

when she says "i'm locked out" and just walks off. i could relate to that. i worked at p.o. for many years. it's like a mash unit. you get so tired and numb, beyond jaded. you don't really understand until you've been through it.

@braveheart977

2 жыл бұрын

So true

@lucasvance2644

2 жыл бұрын

I cried laughing at that part.. I too have been locked out several times and didn’t fight it and just walked around the building

Portlandia is the funniest show ever! Once went on a date with a girl who said she was from Portland. I said "No way! Is it anything like that Portlandia show"? She got really annoyed and said "yes". Haha!

Am I the only one noticing and laughing so hard at 0:34 when Fred pokes his head out and makes the "oh shit" face before going back in?? XD i can't help but wonder if that was a blooper left in or part of the script lol

@edp3202

3 жыл бұрын

And she's locked out of her own work area.

@rocketdawg3000

2 жыл бұрын

lmao after looking more closely, I think it was a blooper! I think he opened the window too soon.

@elitestar

2 жыл бұрын

@@rocketdawg3000 Definitely not a blooper. He's a master of comedy

@erikbudrow1255

2 жыл бұрын

One of my FAVORITE parts of any Portlandia skit. You are not alone in your humor 🤣

@user-ko5ul7yi1x

2 жыл бұрын

This is accurate, these lazy ass leeches don't want to deal with it.

It's scary to think how close to reality this is. The first minute I am thinking this is EXACTLY my local post office. Like down to the trash pieces on the floor. The random printed signs everywhere. How you get to the counter and they make you go back and fill out another form! How the person closes their station (goes on break) at the most inconvenint times. Wow.

Do not share your stamp ideas with us. HAHAHA

This is so hilariously on-point for post offices everywhere unfortunately

@MilesBader

7 жыл бұрын

It _isn't_ accurate though, especially outside the U.S.... I guess some U.S. POs have issues, but even in the U.S. many are just fine. I've never had any problem more serious than long lines.

@stephenn6657

7 жыл бұрын

Miles Bader You have posted the most idiotic statement I have read in a while. You literally contradicted yourself

@MilesBader

7 жыл бұрын

Wait, where is the contradiction? My point is that his statement, which asserts that post-offices "everywhere" are the same, isn't accurate, because there are places where post-offices offer a very good experience (example: Japan). I've had many good experiences in U.S. post-offices as well, so "everywhere" isn't accurate there either. There are certainly cases where post-offices offer bad service, nobody denies that. The problem arises when people try to generalize their individual experiences and assert that they reflect something _universal_.

@stephenn6657

7 жыл бұрын

Miles Bader Ok

@peekaboots01

2 жыл бұрын

@@MilesBader this isn't a skit about Japan...mkay. US post offices are like this in big cities.

The dramatic sound effects!!!

This is By far the most accurate depiction of every post office experience I’ve ever had

Fred's expression at 1:00 is why dude is genius.

@WhoamI-su7pg

3 жыл бұрын

YESSS

Sigh it's crazy how 100% accurate this is lol.. Had to deal with that today lol

This is too accurate on so many levels. The lady’s hair style.. dead look on Fred’s blading face .. wow ☠️

This is beyond accurate - down to how the employees look

God this is so accurately the post office and it's workers 😅😂

Amazing that they have more than 2 people working at one time.

@edp3202

3 жыл бұрын

!!!

I lived in Portland for two years. It was the worst two years of my life. The coldest, meanest people on Planet Earth: dark, phony, and creepy. It was like living in an episode of the Twilight Zone.

@peekaboots01

2 жыл бұрын

Where do you live now? Curious.

@ByGriPhone

Жыл бұрын

This is how non-white people feel in the red states

@elitracewell3385

9 ай бұрын

@@peekaboots01Texas.

That Cathy cut-out by the parcel door was freaking great☺🤣

This is very funny but I have to say that my post office here is Emeryville is excellent. Seldom a long line, very efficient, and nice postal clerks. Just a plug, they are not all terrible.

@veep5712

Жыл бұрын

There are a few excellent Post Offices.. which makes the others all the more bizarre and inane.

Am I the only one who noticed the sign with the girl by the door changed from "Shipping...Priority? ...." 0:23 to "I got a package and it was this big" LMAO 0:26 Subtle.

@edp3202

3 жыл бұрын

No! I just noticed employee of month was in dungeon/package area.

@Andreas-ni2lt

2 жыл бұрын

@@edp3202 you mean employee of the month March 1994

@edp3202

2 жыл бұрын

@@Andreas-ni2lt yeah 😆

I went to fiag down my postman for a package in my neighborhood and he flat out told me he doesn’t deliver to my address, and I said I’ve seen you at my address every day, and then he said oh yeah that’s right. Then he looked for my package in the truck. Wtf?

@keithcollard2217

3 жыл бұрын

I love that shit.

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

We go crazy working there.

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

LOL I'll tell you something though being a long time mail carrier. It is really difficult to deal with people flagging us down to go find their packages. Everything is basically in order and we are on a tight schedule. We often then have to dig it out from under and mountain of other packages. It's best to wait until it is delivered to your house. If 5 people come up and ask for this during the day which can happen, it puts you behind by about 1/2 and hour or so which is a significant delay on the street. Just fyi.

@yellowblanka6058

Жыл бұрын

@@wordswordswords8203I do think there is a sense of entitlement some people have towards federal employees because of the whole “our taxes pay your salary” thing, without considering that this is another person just trying to do their job. Not a federal employee, just an observation based on how people treat police etc.

@wordswordswords8203

Жыл бұрын

Very true. @@yellowblanka6058

This is almost EXACTLY what it's like at the post office. WHY???

@TVisTheRetina

6 жыл бұрын

Lack of competition? You never heard of UPS, Fed Ex, DHL?

@edp3202

3 жыл бұрын

Low pay, low budget, the apocalypse

@danielc1978

2 жыл бұрын

@@edp3202 actually, very high paid, not low budget: it's all due to management style and the work culture, which is horrible...

@edp3202

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielc1978 since she is a federal job, the pay is good. But they're overworked?

I bring a novel to read every time I go to the post office...

@maxwellspeedwell2585

2 жыл бұрын

Start your novel on page one. You’ll be finished by the time you get to the front of the line… that is of course your novel happens to be “Gone with the Wind, or possibly, “The Gulag Archipeligo”.

Scary how accurate this is. But in reality her package is still out on the truck for delivery. They’ll do the same thing tomorrow.

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

"Do Not Share Your Stamp Ideas With US"1 Brilliant! :)

How can the haircuts be so accurate to post office workers all over the country? Somebody should do a doctoral dissertation on this.

This is soooooooo real life true. There's always "that one lady" who's 80 years old in front of you that's mailing 50 things somewhere and takes 20 minutes.

This is surreal expressionism lmao. It's too high concept to even be funny I love it

Somehow, the entire Postal System has contracted Seasonal Affective Disorder from Portland, Oregon.

How is it that every post office in the US is just like this? Amazing!

I live in Portland, one time I forgot my bike on the bus and I went through this exactly. I went to one warehouse and they didn't have it, even tho I called them a bunch of times, then it had to go away out to the bus hq and get it, was so sketch! Straight up resident evil.

@rigogasio2200

7 жыл бұрын

lol resident evil

Our post office has a portal to another world,its closed due to cutbacks

The hair is soooooo on point!!! No one has left since 1991

I thought just my post office was like this....

oh my god, just like my postoffice. I mail a lot of packages so I print postage at home. The first time I went I asked if they could scan the labels so I have proof of mailing. They told me " we dont do that" . Love this scene.

This isn't just Portland this is every post office. It's scary accurate

LOL the employee of the month picture!

I just got back from the post office and this is almost exactly what happened.

I can’t believe how accurate this is. Is there something about working at a post office that causes people to become this way?

@asong4thedead

Жыл бұрын

Monotony

@PM-tc6sl

Жыл бұрын

Bureaucracy

@ 1:10 the photo of Employee of the Month from March 1994, James Ferguson 😂 so. accurate.

lmao all the signs

@saintjabroni

6 жыл бұрын

Everest Zak lol

I died of laughter. Spot on!

At 0:34 when Fred opens the window and realizes he'd have to help! LMAO!

LOL I worked at the post office for decades and it really is like this. Except that back is WAY more full and disorganized. The "kill me please line" is on about every postal workers mind, believe me. You think you are suffering when you go there, it's 1000 times worse for us. TIP YOUR MAIL CARRIER AT CHRISTMAS.

The truly scary thing is, about half the people watching this video will continue to hold the view of "Yes, I would like the government to control even more aspects of my life."

@yellowblanka6058

Жыл бұрын

I’ll take a government body, accountable to regulation bodies and the public over an anarchistic/corporate centric hellscape any day. Yes, some government institutions are mismanaged, but that’s why you reform them. The irony is that your ability to even make your comment is due to government research grants, infrastructure grants, oversight etc. that would not exist if corporations/individuals had their say. You think you don’t want government “meddling”, what you mean is you don’t want to pay your fair share of taxes/pay your employees a fair wage or provide health benefits and so want to lessen govt oversight.

That wig on Carrie.

If this was accurate 6 years ago, imagine what the experience must be like today.

@calebfuller4713

2 жыл бұрын

They use this as a training video!

Best post office skit to ever exist!!!

"DO NOT SHARE YOUR STAMP IDEAS WITH US." Too funny😂

Fred’s makeup in this skit lmfaooo I died when he came out

@yellowblanka6058

Жыл бұрын

It’s funny because I saw him in a more recent interview/round table thing and he really kind of does have that front of the head balding pattern in his actual hair now.

Vanessa Bayers is such a great actor

1:32, the "we do not give tape sign" I got yelled at by a postal employee about this once. Some of them get upset if you dont have your own tape

Last 2 times I went to the Post Office was because they left notes for me to pick something up and every time I go, whatever whoever sent me is never there.

Everyone in front of me in line are always applying for passports or have some issue that requires several long forms. They also have endless questions. I notice when the customer starts to chit chat that the employee pauses whatever they are doing to respond.

this is so accurate. I miss Portlandia

Vanessa should be a massive head liner above title actor star by now. She is superb in everything I've ever seen her in. Her management and agent team sucks.

This is actually a very effectively written horror story.

My friend works for the post office and thought this was an internal training video.

Wow... Vanessa Bayer is really good.

Freds face at 0:34 always gets me!

This is EXACTLY what post offices in Australia are like.

The post office makes most people shudder and sigh. And I include myself in that number.

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

I worked there. It goes way beyond a shudder and sigh when you are actually part of it.

Ah, so the show solidified its documentary status with this episode. 😂

LMAO Fred's face when he gives her that "hold on" sign

yep. it's definitely a nightmare visiting the post office for any reason. word of advice: if you ever make a complaint at a post office make sure you don't give your real address or real name. they WILL retaliate and you will find yourself suddenly receiving a notice that your mailbox is inadequate even though it's the same one you've used for decades. Your packages will also start to be mishandled and you'll end up with broken items. Your letters will end up at someone else's house and their mail will be sent to you. i'm convinced that it's a requirement to be a dirtbag in order to work for the USPS.

@MaxOakland

5 жыл бұрын

????? I know people who work for USPS and they’re really nice

Except there’s also a guy holding up the line because he has to ask 10 different questions about stamps and envelope sizes.

Spot on! It's like they're in my local Brooklyn post office!

Why is this literally every time I’ve had to go to the post office in Hollywood 😭😂

That's exactly what you go through when go to any Post Office locations in DC. Especially one on Wisconsin Ave.

"Do no share your stamp ideas with us" 😂😂😂

"DO NOT SHARE YOUR STAMP IDEAS WITH US"

Why is this so accurate

"Kill me please."? With an attitude like that, he's unlikely to get Employee of the Month again.

I actually had a similar experience at the Sellwood post office in Portland. I don't know why my package got sent there, it's like 3 post offices away from my residence, but I had to go there multiple times to try and convince them to give me the package they failed to deliver 😬

This is the truth in spades.

The dread you feel when getting one of those notices on the door... "you mean I have to go TO the post office?? I changed my mind, I dont want the package anymore..."

THANKS RONALD REAGAN

@arthurharrison1345

2 жыл бұрын

You can equally thank that last a*****e we had as a president, too.

This is every different post office I go to.... EVERYTIME!!!

I’m terrified about how accurate this is

If Fred hadn’t chosen the acting route, I swear he was born to be an employee of the USPS!!

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

that's is so true!

@wordswordswords8203

2 жыл бұрын

this is so true. carrie too. they both would fit in great. lots of p.o. employeses actually ahve a great sense of humor. we have to to survive all this shit

@mesmith2526

2 жыл бұрын

@@wordswordswords8203 foreal!

Dear God, a customer on the work floor!? A package leaving without a delivery scan? What a nightmare.