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In reply to the discussion: Most Approve of Ending Saturday Mail Delivery [View all]question everything
(47,476 posts)you disagree?
Sunday is an official holiday in this country. Most businesses are closed. I am ambivalent about the ones which are open wondering whether employees there are forced to work on Sundays to keep their jobs - on the one hand - and realizing that it provides a second jobs for many who need it.
I can only wish for you that when you are getting old, that you will not feel lonely and isolated at such a point that you welcome a friendly letters carrier or any other person knocking on your door.
We have been leaving "Holiday gift card" for our mail carrier for many years. Not knowing the name, just writing "letter carrier" and leaving it in our mail box. And out mail box is down the road, not at the end of our driveway.
The other day I was outside, collecting the trash container when the mail jeep was entering the intersection. He stopped, saw me, and drove all the way to deliver me the mail to save me walk down the icy road.
Yes, I now know his name.