The mail service
I heard the mail service may cancel service of mail delivery on Saturdays! They say it is because of the economy and it is expensive. I think I also heard that U.P.S. is getting a lot of their business so they have last money to them. Just think about what it would be like to get no mail on Saturday. All kinds of mail could be delivered late, like Monday or later. If something like Valentines Day or Christmas falls on a Saturday, there is more of a chance those cards could be later. Peoples birthday presents mailed and their birthday cards could be late or after their birthday. Also it seems Saturday is not be best day to cancel because that make two days in a row with no mail. Another thins is if someone orders something to be shipped or speed shipped, it will arrive later.In fact the change to no Saturday delivery may cause the end of over-night or two day fast delivery. It seems this would cause the postal system to lose money. Finally, the postal service worker will make less money if they don't work everyday!
posted by Leslie Lee @ 10:25 AM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
This would be good to present to kids as a persuasive piece - so they have an idea of what that would look like on the MSP.
Were you writing this just as something that occurred to you and you wanted to make a commentary, or are you actually writing a letter to an authority figure about it?
I am wondering if it might be good to cite some sources for this type of writing? Or is it strictly an opinion piece?
I agree, I think it is a sad thing to not have mail on Saturdays. However, I feel it is a catch, if they are going to increase stamps then I will continue to use email and post cards. I am curious what inspired you to write this? Was it for your students to think about? I wonder if you could take your feelings on this and turn it into your picture book?
I enjoyed reading your post, and it really made me think how different it would be if we didn't get mail on Saturdays. You had some great points. Like the fact that it would mean two days in a row without mail services. I too am wondering if you wrote this for personal reasons to vent your frustrations, or to use as a formal complaint. I could see you taking this further and talking about the consequences of the people working in this field. They too will be suffering for different reasons.
This was a very interesting topic you chose. There are times when writing is the best way to constructively vent about something that you are unappy about.I would be very curious to know why you decided to write about this.
I had an interesting thought about how you could expand this writing. It would be fun to write about the same issue from the perspective of the letter. How would the envelope feel about having to wait until the workweek to deliver its news to the recipient. This writing would be a great way to show students you can write about many different things.
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