You've (Not) Got Mail

It's a tough time for the postal industry, what with these fancy new emailer machines around. They've got to figure out ways to save money. First it was raising the price of stamps every 48 hours. Now the Postmaster General is suggesting that mail delivery be reduced to five days a week, possibly cutting out Saturday or Tuesday. Postmaster General John E. Potter said:

"If current trends continue, we could experience a net loss of $6 billion or more this fiscal year."

Yowch.

It sounds like a reasonable solution to save money. (Although I do wonder about the post office employees and who is going to be fired/have to take a pay cut because of this.) Generally, these days people do so much with email that not a lot of people are waiting by their mailboxes on any given day. Plus, people are thinking greener, so they're not getting as many catalogs and choosing to pay bills online.

I'm still one of those people who doesn't pay bills online, so if this happens, I'll have to think more carefully about when I race to the mailbox to pay my rent.