world's fastest snail

[calimac]

Sometimes things go better than expected.

It's last Friday morning. I'm standing at the automated postage dispenser at my local PO, with a large envelope that has to get across the country real soon now. I have a choice: regular mail for less than $2 for three-business-day delivery, or Priority Mail for over $5 for two-business-day-delivery. Overnight is even more expensive, but it doesn't need to get there that fast.

I decide one day isn't worth an extra $3, so I plump for regular mail.

The envelope arrives on Monday. That's one business day, or two if the PO counts Saturdays. I've saved money and gotten probably better service.

The previous day, Thursday, I'd mailed another such envelope only as far as Texas. It too arrived on Monday. Maybe it's something about Mondays.

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

It might be -- my understanding is that even on non-delivery days, there's still a lot of sorting and routing that happens.