Were there any Lance Armstrong stamps produced? Or was it a publicity ploy to sell stamps to collectors watching the Tour de France?
I don't know how (well, I think I do)
Canada Post is doing it but they have had a profit the last few years. But we seem to pay more for sending a basic parcel within Canada than you pay to send one to Canada. I think they have concentrated on making money and increase the prices of the most-used services (by businesses) while keeping their public happy.
I think because the USPS is government run there is a confusion between the running of a tight ship, resources-wise, and serving the public.
If you do run a tight ship (money, personnel, resources wise) you Are serving the public by supplying them with a service that is dependable, efficient, timely, reasonably cost effective (makes a profit), friendly, did I say friendly?, and helpful.
There is also an issue with wrapping your love-of-flag and country and place of abiding up with a delivery service. That does not make sense if it is interfering with the functioning of the service.
Appreciating what you have while you have it and while you are here and able to appreciate it is a great and wondrous thing for a man to do, whether that be one's home, partner, cat, delivery-of-communications provider, or whatever and whichever you choose.
But I do not think one is entitled to something one does not appreciate and show one appreciates. That includes a postal service and it also, most importantly, includes appreciation of the users of that communications / postal service.
Making money is easy when you know how. Appreciating others has to be learned and practiced.
If you as a citizen are not feeling appreciated by your communications and products delivery service then someone somewhere is not steering the ship and directing the captain and crew in the way that would make that happen.
Oh, wait a sec, some guys in dark sunglasses are at the door, I'll be right back . . .
Posted 01/13/2011 3:24 pm
We need new stamps to collect up here.
