Why letters and Posties are still essential on #nationalpostalworkers day
Letter writers have something to be thankful for even in times like these and that is the hard work that postal workers do.
Much correspondence that was until a few years ago sent by hand written or typed letter in the post now goes by e-mail, but the role of the physical letter remains essential to society as does that of those who deliver them.
While most have access to e-mail nowadays many don’t read their electronic mail all that often if at all. A considerable number, running into millions, do not have regular access to e-mail or the internet at all.
Of course there is no guarantee that people will read a physical letter but at the very least they have to pick it up and glance at it to see what it is about.
The role of postal workers remains an essential one to the social fabric of society and indeed to a democratic politics too.
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