http://digg.com/business_finance/United_States_Postal_Service_Considers_...

"It probably has to be done, but it feels so wrong: on Wednesday, the U.S. Postal Service asked Congress for permission to deliver the mail five days a week instead of six. "

"Naturally, this all comes down to money. Americans don't have a lot these days, and making matters worse, we're using the postal service less with the advent of email and online bill paying. And then there's the little matter of a postal service study conducted last year, which indicates that by skipping a day, the U.S. Postal Service might save $3.5 billion a year."

The writer of this article seems to love the idea of the Postal Service, but hates the application of it to his life.

"Once, the postal service took 10 days to deliver a paycheck of mine from California instead of the typical two or three. It rattled me so much that for a full year, I had the magazine send me my checks via Fed-Ex.

And a couple years ago some guy came over to my house when I was mowing the lawn. He told me, "I have this check here, that I've had at my house for a few weeks. Sorry I didn't bring it over here. It looks kind of important."

(I'm still fantasizing about duct-taping that moron to a ceiling fan, and turning the switch on full speed).

Still, overall, the postal service has been very good about delivering my paychecks, which come mostly from writing magazine articles and the occasional book or corporate writing project. But now I'm being told that either Saturday or Tuesdays, there's going to be no mail."