Crux

If there is one thing I am suspicious of the most, it's handwritten letters.

E-mail has done away with the tradition of correspondence, and has made the simplest conversations easy to have with a person thousands of miles away. There's no real need for pen pals as long as they have AIM. Long distance calls are practically free from charges now, even on cell phones. You could just call them on Skype if you were really technologically inclined.

So, on the rare occasion that a letter arrives, it's usually a bill you can't pay with online checking, or a greeting card. When it's an actual letter, it's almost a drag. You have to read the other person's handwriting, and you haven't read anyone's handwriting since grade school, not even your own. And of course it's sloppy because the other person has been typing everything for nearly 10 years at the very least. There you are deciphering a letter from someone who is probably in your Blackberry address book. You almost want to call them and ask for a summary of what they wrote so you can get back to handwriting a check for that refrigerator invoice.

This also goes for the people who write letters on greeting cards. It almost looks like the act of a crazy person, trying to fill all the space possible with words.

What's the point? Just e-mail me. That's easier to not read.