Missing the Snail Mail: The traditional way of communicating

What is snail mail? That was my question 6 years ago when I watched myx Philippines in the television. Some of us might not be aware of what it is, like I was. So before we continue, let us define what snail mail means.

Snail mail is used to refer to letters and missives carried by conventional postal delivery services.  Technically, it is a postal mail and not the literal snail delivering mails. Funny, but I really thought it was like that. I hope you learned something from this blog. 

So again, snail mail is the term used to letters being sent or delivered. It is also the term used for penpalling. When we say pen pal this are people writing to each other. Most of the youths nowadays doesn't engage themselves in writing letters through paper and pen. Instead they sent e-mails or text messages when communicating with their family and friends. Well, e-mails and text messages are faster to receive than snail mails. Plus, it is the most common medium in sending messages in our current time especially if someone dear to you is in far place (other country perhaps). 

But do you know that snail mail has more advantages than emails? Maybe you wonder why. Well this is according to an article I've found here in the internet written by Mr. Ryn Gargulinski. Although it takes time for us to receive snail mails, we could have a guarantee that we can have our privacy and security. According to Mr. Gargulinski's article, it is a federal offense to steal or open other people's mail while emails has no such laws. That is why, if our emails are not secured there is a high risk that other people might intercept and read the emails that we sent and received. The worst thing is if someone use our personal information, present in our emails, to hurt other people.

Moreover, mail carriers are responsible in delivering the mails in in worst cases which is not the same in email. In some cases, if our computer crushed or our email access is down, we will lose all the file or messages. With snail mail, we could have a hard copy of the important letters or documents that we want to save. The snail mail item is also limitless. It can accommodate anything as long as it fits the box or the envelope that can be shipped. In the case of email, some of it only accepts text files or there is a size restrictions on files that you will send. 

After explaining the advantages of snail mails, it made me realize that doing things in an easier and faster way is not always a good thing. Sometimes taking things slowly and waiting for the right moment (like waiting for the letter from someone important) can also give us an excitement and treasure its message even more.