Royal Mail

The Royal Mail is none other than the national postal service of the United Kingdom. It pretty much runs the same as the US Postal Service (USPS), as in the mail is delivered Monday through Saturday, mail is carried on foot, by bike, van, train or plane, and there are convenient letterboxes scattered throughout cities.

The Royal Mail motto is "...with us, it's personal" and "best and most trusted". While the USPS unofficial but well known creed is a little more elaborate: "neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, nor the winds of change, nor a nation challenged, will stay us from the swift completion of our appointed rounds. Ever."

Interestingly enough, the term "going postal" is not well-known in England. The term was coined in the US after several fatal incidents in which USPS workers killed USPS managers, co-workers, and police. Fortunately, the Royal Mail workplace doesn't have such a horrible reputation. In America, if someone becomes aggressively violent in the workplace it's common to refer to them as "going postal".

^^^Ashley in the little mini-van outside the post office.

^^^These are all my postcards I'm sending out right now.
^^^This is the extra sticker I have to put on my international mail.^^^ These letter boxes are known as pillar boxes. The initials displayed are the Latin initials of the reigning monarch at the time of its installation. In this case, E II R stands for Elizabeth II Regina. Regina is Latin for Queen.
♡ - Kristen