Thing #17 that I love about Geneva - La Poste

Maybe I have had one glass too many of wine to be getting all sentimental about the the Swiss Postal service, but I have to say that I have been very pleased with them lately.

First thing I love about La Poste: I sent several letters to the US the other day. I was in a bit of a hurry so I just slapped the postage on them and slipped them in the mailbox. One of these letters was my absentee voter ballot. Anyhow, about five days later I get a little card in the mail from the post office saying, "Hey! You didn't put enough postage on these three letters. We sent them anyway, so now all you need to do is put the stamps on this card equalling what you underpaid and mail it back to us." I mean, how civilized is that?!

Thing number two that I love about La Poste: I had a birthday last month and was very lucky this year to receive lots of greetings and good wishes from loved ones. So lucky in fact, that I didn't notice not getting a card from a usual suspect. So, here I am two days ago going through the mail when I open and envelope from the post office saying, "Here is a letter of yours. We are so sorry it took so long to get it to you but someone was caught tampering with it. We had to delay sending this to you as we used your letter as evidence for when we prosecuted the person who was messing with your mail". Efficient! And honest, too!

But the biggest reason that I love La Poste, is their motorcycles that they deliver mail with. They are like little yellow letter delivering Hell's Angels! Absolutely the best!