I was thrilled to hear a client of ours would be switching to paying us electronically, via the wire, through the air (you get the idea).

It’s true – they are now doing it. The money automagically appears in our bank account. Then I noticed some other things that appeared in our mailbox…

• a notice in the mail from the client’s AP department noting the transaction
• a notice from the bank in the mail noting the transaction (minimum two pages)

So – what used to be a check to us in the mail is now two separate mailings from two separate offices. What are we saving?

Thank goodness we’re not scanning in our snail mail and then printing it…

This is one more reason I think we need to reexamine a global system of pneumatic tubes.

Don’t laugh.