Reader’s Opinion | In Helsinki, mail travels at a snail’s pace

Opinion|Reader’s opinion

I got it a postcard that had traveled from Jyväskylä to Helsinki Käpylä for no less than 26 days. Postal shipments moving at a snail’s pace are nothing new in Helsinki anymore, but this time there was a sticker stuck over the address saying that the card had been “address verified at Posti on 4.8.” i.e. three weeks after its postmark.

One wonders why it is necessary to “address” an address that is written in clear handwriting, with a blue ballpoint pen, and which is exactly correct. Easily readable at a glance.

It would be great if Posti told us what an ordinary citizen could do even better so that the mail would arrive in a reasonable amount of time.

Timo Teräsvuori

Helsinki

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