Another Line Item

The future isn't what it used to be.  I heard that so long ago.  As a young woman, I laughed at the simplicity of it all.

The United States Postal Service.  A mess.  I sent an undersized card to someone two weeks ago.  Today it came back in my mail with this attached on the front:

There was a time when letter carriers would fork over the requisite 21 cents and put an envelope out for their customer.  That was anywhere but here.  So, the card I sent never reached the intended person.  Embarassing, but maybe more for the USPS than for me.

I found this service incompetent.  Rude.  Lazy.  I am anything but impressed with the folks at my local post office.  Tomorrow, I shall go in and share my feelings about this.  Clearly, this is another line item on their budget.  They need competition!