Paper or "soap"? Mail Cartoons in the Internet Age

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The United States Postal Service, which accounts for 40% of worldwide mail, is in trouble. Yes, invoices, invitations, catalogs and leaflets are still sent in paper form. But in principle, this organization is unprofitable. She plans to get out of debt by laying off thousands of employees and stopping mail delivery on Saturdays. Foreign cartoons on the topic of future changes tell about the current situation.

Still, "soap" or paper? Of course, "soap", because sending letters by e-mail is faster and more convenient. And, of course, paper: equally faceless emails don't give you a sense of belonging. God is with them, with business documents: nothing personal, just business. But the more paper letters from loved ones, the better, even if the text is full of apologies for the uneven handwriting.

1. Beware, evil laptop!

The Internet is attacking. So the laptops bared their teeth at the peaceful employee of the post office, and then, waving their tails and mice, rushed in pursuit. You cannot envy the postman: if the Internet pack catches up with him, it is possible that he will be infected with email frenzy. Hope only for a tall tree or a fence, behind which no wi-fi catches. The heartbreaking scene was watched by Nate Beeler.

2. Pawed-up

Continuation of the story from picture number 1. Laptops still caught up with the postman and snatched, so now the werewolf with a thick bag on his belt also finds out the news from the Web, noted Rob Rogers.

3. "Soap sneak"

“If you don’t like that stamps have risen in price and there is no delivery on Saturdays, write to the postmaster general by email,” the post office employee advises. And faster and more accessible, and there is a reason for caricatures on the absurdity of the postal service. And Jimmy Margulies bread.

4. Two news: good and bad

“The bad news is that employees are being sent layoff notices. The good news is that they are being mailed. This will greatly increase the turnover of letters. The only pity is that the event is one-time. Although … if this continues, then several thousand more workers may be laid off. What can't you do for the prosperity of your native mail, Bill Schorr sneers.

5. Go crazy!

The idiom "going postal", common in the United States, means that a person gets into a terrible rage and cannot control himself. Most often, the "mail rage" begins at work, so that in a state of passion, people grab a weapon and start shooting at colleagues and visitors. The expression came after a series of very nervous breakdowns among American postal workers.

The post-rage caricature shows how things have changed in 20 years. If in 1990, employees went crazy with an avalanche of letters, then in 2010 - from boredom and idleness, says Joe Heller's humorous drawing.