14 January—It appears that etiquette has infiltrated the United States Postal Service. Last week this heartfelt letter from Bantam’s new postmistress was posted by Litchfield.bz:

To the Editor:

Jan. 9

As we turn the page on the holidays, I want to thank our customers in Bantam for the patience, kindness, and support you showed our local Postal Service team during the busiest mailing and shipping season of the year.

Our carriers, clerks, and plant teams worked hard to keep mail and packages moving for families, small businesses and neighbors who rely on us. Behind every delivery is a local employee who lives here, shops here and cares about getting it right.

Now that the holiday rush is behind us, our focus is simple: steady, dependable service every day — along with continued improvements that help us handle today’s mix of letters and packages more efficiently.

If you had a great experience with your local post office this season, I hope you’ll share it with our team. And if we missed the mark, please let us know so we can keep improving at usps.com.

Katie LaPointe
Postmaster, Bantam post office

And the Hearst RepublicanAmerican opinion editor found room for this heartfelt letter from Waterbury’s almost-as-new postmaster in today’s number:

Waterbury postmaster thanks community for support during holidays

As we turn the page on the holidays, I want to thank our customers in Waterbury for the kindness and support you showed our local Postal Service team during the busiest mailing and shipping season of the year.

Our carriers, clerks, and plant teams worked hard to keep mail and packages moving for families, small businesses, and neighbors who rely on us. Behind every delivery is a local employee who lives here, shops here, and cares about getting it right.

Now that the holiday rush is behind us, our focus is simple: steady, dependable service every day — along with continued improvements that help us handle today’s mix of letters and packages more efficiently.

If you had a great experience with your local Post Office this season, I hope you’ll share it with our team. And if we missed the mark, please let us know so we can keep improving at usps.com.

Tyler York
Postmaster, Waterbury Post Office
135 Grand St.
Waterbury, CT 06701

It’s really gratifying that at least two local USPS officials have taken the time and trouble to show their appreciation. May one assume that all the nation’s postmasters, acting postmasters, and officers-in-charge have in fact done the same, and if postal customers haven’t received hard-copy stamp-and-butter letters, they were probably lost in the mail?