Campus post office workers keep Lee connected
Olivia Potts. All photos by Taylor Baker.
Student workers are a crucial part of keeping Lee University’s campus post office up and running. Daily tasks for student workers include scanning packages that come in, filling student and faculty mailboxes and delivering mail to different parts of Lee’s campus.
Aubrie Lucien, a junior early childhood education major, found herself working at the post office in an unexpected way.
“I met the previous manager while picking up a package, and after quite some time she offered me a job,” Lucien said. “I went in later that day and signed some paperwork, and started the next day!”
Lucien’s job varies between morning and afternoon shifts. There is always something different to do, which appeals to her as an employee.
“In the mornings I help scan packages … and we sort them out by last name so those who are helping customers can find them easier,” said Lucien. “In the afternoons, I am running the route, which consists of dropping off mail and packages to several buildings on campus.”
Aubrie Lucien.
Olivia Potts, a sophomore exercise science and athletic training major, has worked at the post office as a student worker for about a month. Potts describes her favorite part of the job as interacting with fellow students.
“Getting to talk to people and interact with them, I enjoy that,” Potts said. “You get to know more people.”
Potts found herself quickly forming new friendships while working — something she was not initially expecting.
“I thought it was going to be an in and out thing ... like come in, work [and leave]” Potts said. “I’ve actually made good relationships and met a lot of people just by coming to the window and helping people, asking them how they’re doing.”
Throughout their time working at the post office, the student workers build relationships by creating inside jokes and fun memories.
“We joke that we would make a TV show out of the post office, like a show that is like ‘The Office’, or ‘Parks and Rec,’” Potts said. “Just because of the people that come through, the relationships and the aspect of everyone that works there.”
Students find having a post office in the center of campus makes life a little easier.
“The post office is very convenient,” said Lindsey Duncan, a sophomore special education major. “It’s especially nice for those students who don’t have cars so they don’t have to drive off campus to another post office.”
From organizing packages to delivering mail, these friendly student workers are a vital part of keeping campus connected.
