Hand calligraphy & post office don't mix?

[Trek420]

I still think they do an amazing job for very little. Like the time I reused an envelope (tip, don't do that if it has one of those barcode things. Regardless of what you write it goes THERE. Duh Hey, I have an excuse; I was at the airport, had paid all my bills over the phone but needed to mail a check and had that one envelope).

They got it back to me with a lovely little personal note.

OTOH with all their losses to e-mail, autopayment, paying online, plus I think all of us are trying to reduce our carbon footprint, protect our privacy and get rid of junk mail ... so what does USPO do?

They try to compete with UPS, Fedex, DHL etc.

The one thing they have an exclusive on is letters. Nobody UPS's a holiday card that I know of.

Imagine if they got into the business of "bringing back the letter" with shops right inside the post offices with cards, lovely stationary and invites, local post cards, chisel tip pens and calligraphy books, real address books as opposed to ones built into your phone, those little lap top writing desks ....

when they make me Postmaster General that's what I'll do.