This is the last post in my “Ready or Not, Here It Comes” series. Every other post talked about changes already taking place that will fundamentally alter our way of life. This post, however, may be the most surprising…and scary.
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Ready or Not, Here It Comes: Goodbye, Landline Phones
We used to have no choice when it came to our phone provider. If we wanted to call people, we used our home phones. And we paid whatever astronomical charges the phone company charged. Local calls were reasonable. But long distance calls? Forget it!! When I moved to Florida as a teenager, it cost me an arm and a leg just to keep in touch with friends and family back home in New Jersey. Phone companies back then took advantage of you because they knew you didn’t have a choice…
Ready or Not, Here It Comes: Goodbye, Books
The signs had been there for awhile, but the announcement finally came last week: Borders filed for bankruptcy. The 40-year old retail giant will be closing 200 of its more than 650 stores and laying off of a large portion of its nearly 20,000 person workforce.
Did anyone NOT see this coming??
Ready or Not, Here It Comes: Goodbye, Checks
Who uses checks anymore?? Believe it or not, there are still plenty of people in America that actually do!
Like the post office, checks served an obvious purpose when they were first conceived: they were developed as a convenient way to make payments without being forced to carry around large amounts of gold and silver. Clearly, that’s no longer an issue in this country! When’s the last time you had a hard time figuring out how you were going to get all your gold and silver to the store? Sound ridiculous? It is!!
Ready or Not, Here It Comes: Goodbye, Post Office
Everybody knows times are changing – they always are. But there are several major changes taking place right now that you might not be aware of. And these changes will fundamentally alter this country as we know it.
First up, the post office. Yes, that’s right: The United States Postal Service (USPS). Most of us take it for granted that mail will be delivered to our mailbox six days a week come rain or snow. But do you realize that USPS is in SERIOUS, SERIOUS financial trouble?
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