> I have
> always found that I get excellent service from my carrier when I treat him
> or her with respect and as a professional. I wonder how our system compares
> with postal systems around the world.
 
In my country before WWI there used to be 5 deliveries per weekday, 3 on
Saturdays and one on Sunday. The mailbox was emptied many times a day. In
Amsterdam we had lewtterboxes on every streetcar that went to Central
Station, waranting every letter to get on the train within the hour.
Any letter posted would be delivered the next day. Gradually got worse.
Nowadays they claim that if you post your letter before 1800 hours it
will be delivered the next day only in major cities, otherways it may take
an extra day. Automatizing the system results in less postmen to deliver,
so the time of delivery becomes later and later. Now they sort the mail
in the morning and bring it to you late in the late afternoon.
It is not, however, the postman who is to blame. When somebody
complained he got a letter saying: you should get a P.O.box and realize
that THE WRITTEN LETTER IS AT THE END OF ITS PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE.
So we all should get used to email and the web.
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