The first summer I became a postman I discovered something very strange. I was going along delivering to a string of businesses on foot when one of the receptionists stopped me and said, "Hey, nice legs.". I sort of laughed a mumbled "thanks" in response and got the heck out of there.
"Was I just womanized???" I thought to myself. Women don't check out men's legs...do they? I was dumbfounded. From that point on women continue to throw out comments on my gams. And it isn't just me, one of my coworkers confirmed that he also hears the same thing.
It just seems strange.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
What Will Happen to Our Postmen?
Arguably one of civilization’s oldest handicrafts, the modern day messenger still endures the natural challenges which his forbearers had thousands of years ago; rain, sleet, snow, cold, darkness and dangerous animals. Now one of America’s first jobs faces a new natural challenge…extinction.
The way of the postman is fast becoming a thing of the past. We all know who, rather than what is to blame. The Internet has been making life easier, cheaper and more efficient for a couple of decades and has been rapidly eliminating jobs globally. While going paperless is a fantastic concept, it’s a shame that paper is what USPS relies on.
The postal service hasn’t been in the black for many years. Instead, we’ve been billions of dollars in the red. Solutions are at hand, but will they come soon enough? The five day work week seems promising, yet companies are vying to fill in the vacancy we’d be leaving on Saturdays. Would that be the beginning of the end? Would companies thereafter demand access to the public’s mailboxes claiming that USPS cannot monopolize the market? Would the five day work week turn out to be a slippery slope to disaster for one of the nation’s largest work forces? Let’s hope not.
If the postman doesn’t go extinct, he will be put on the endangered species list.
The way of the postman is fast becoming a thing of the past. We all know who, rather than what is to blame. The Internet has been making life easier, cheaper and more efficient for a couple of decades and has been rapidly eliminating jobs globally. While going paperless is a fantastic concept, it’s a shame that paper is what USPS relies on.
The postal service hasn’t been in the black for many years. Instead, we’ve been billions of dollars in the red. Solutions are at hand, but will they come soon enough? The five day work week seems promising, yet companies are vying to fill in the vacancy we’d be leaving on Saturdays. Would that be the beginning of the end? Would companies thereafter demand access to the public’s mailboxes claiming that USPS cannot monopolize the market? Would the five day work week turn out to be a slippery slope to disaster for one of the nation’s largest work forces? Let’s hope not.
If the postman doesn’t go extinct, he will be put on the endangered species list.
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