400 Years of Postal Service Axed

I hate to say this, but the way the postal, ahem, service is going these days, it’s like the post office WANTS to be dismantled. We didn’t have all this automation when I worked there, and we managed a nationwide 97% delivery success. Today, with automation and advancements in all of the machinery, there are only FOUR locales in the entire country at 90% or above. And no, I don’t write letters anymore. When I go up to the VA today for my bone density scan I’ll get my prescriptions refilled and pick them up in person…because the last time they were mailed to me, the post office mis-scanned them and ended up not delivering them on time.

I think a lot of people will need to use postal boxes. They seem expensive too.

I have forever loved the postal service, but I realize people don't need to use them as much (especially with all the other options these days). The way it's been going - I wouldn't be surprised if they shut it all down - though it's really a shame. Our regular mail dude has been the best . . . he is smart to be retiring in the next couple months. I have written letters forever, but in the past couple or so decades it's been about emails. Otherwise it's texting.

I have feared for a good while that the postal system was falling apart.

It's extremely rare for Pretty or I to send anything by mail. We do get a few bills by mail during the month. We also get a few packages but those don't come via the regular mail service, they come via postal shipping services. The regular mail is so inefficient that they can dismantle it any time and it won't affect anything else going on in this country. (It took over a month for a package sent via regular mail to reach us here last month. That's ridiculous!) I can't even remember the last time I sent or received a regular letter through the mail. Most people call or text. (I prefer texts.)

I've never written a letter before. I'm surprised anyone does anymore, and I find that very cute. Denmark is trying to cut costs it seems.

I do get mail occasionally and hopefully they will not stop delivering here.

I still write letters occasionally but I have to admit that nowadays it's mostly emails.

Saw that on the news here. I guess it is coming to us all eventually. I know over here the number of letters posted had dropped considerably

I have not written a letter for a long time. But I do receive paper mail from time to time, from different companies, my apartment's management office. Don't think they will close down the postal office in the foreseeable future.