The Transcendence of the Postal System

Park University

CS 300

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents ……………………………………………………………………………… .2
Introduction………………………………………………………………………….. 3
The Postal System………………………………………………………………………….. 4
Email………………………………………………………………………….. 7
Challenge………………………………………………………………………….. 10
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….. 11
Works Cited………………………………………………………………………….. 14 INTRODUCTION It was a very long day at work. As I pull into the driveway I realized no one was at home. I looked at my phone and noticed my wife left me an e-mail letting me know that she and the kids would be delayed. I open the door and Jack, my golden retriever, is nearly doing cartwheels his way of asking me to take him outside. I take him out to do his business as I head for the mailbox. Undoubtedly there will be the usual bills and solicitations. As I open the box there was only one item – a letter. I think to myself that no one writes letters anymore. As I look at the sender’s address, it was from my grandmother. I began to wonder, what would my grandmother think about email today?
Today the norm is to communicate via electronic mail or as it is more commonly known – email. There are several other forms of electronic communication but none have changed the game as much as has email. Email is the precursor to all our technological communication modalities such as texting and instant messaging. This mode of communication has become so pervasive that there are schools of thought that it will spell the end to the postal system as we know it.
The United States Postal System is a very deliberate system which assures “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” (USPS) As reliable as the system is to get an item to its