#0 - Feb. 17, 2009, 10:23 p.m.
For over the past four years, the goblins of the Steamwheedle Cartel Postal Service, an independent agency of the Steamwheedle Cartel, have worked tirelessly to deliver mail to denizens in all corners of Azeroth. It has been our responsibility to deliver every letter, package, and parcel to every known settlement across the world, and it is a duty that we have performed with utmost distinction and satisfaction in these past four years. From the last minute rush of presents and gifts sent out for Winter’s Veil to the more recent holiday event of sending romantic letters and candies during the Love is in the Air season, our members have always ensured that the postal service is fast, efficient, and on-time to the world’s citizens. This we pride ourselves on.
Given both the changing world economy and the recent expansion of postage routes in Northrend, however, the S.C.P.S. has been working harder than ever to uphold our mission of providing the world with a fast and efficient postage system. In the recent months, our agency has been forced to lay off hundreds of hard-working goblins simply because we have had to cut back on our annual budgeting and resources. As if this was not enough, we have also been forced to more than double the shifts of all our hard-working employees. Our goblins are now struggling night and day to keep up with the demands of today’s postage system. Yet, the greatest of our concerns and issues with the current postage system is as follows:
For all of our hard work spent delivering mail throughout Kalimdor, the Eastern Kingdoms, to Outland, Northrend, and beyond, our employees are still forced to endure the minimum wages of our profession. The average mailgoblin earns roughly 16.5 gold per month delivering mail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! 16.5 gold a month! There was a time when this salary was sufficient and reasonable to the average goblin household, but with the increasing inflation of gold in the world’s economy, this is no longer the case. Given what the common warrior earns per month by today’s standards, this number is just outright insulting!
Therefore, we, the goblins of the Steamwheedle Cartel Postal Service, formally put forth our request that the price of postage stamps throughout Azeroth be raised from 30 coppers to 40 coppers. By increasing the price of postage stamps, the S.C.P.S. will be able to raise our workers’ annual salaries as well as allocate more resources to both improve and maintain the world’s postal service system. It is our hope that both our parties may come to an agreement in the near future in deciding upon the necessary stimulus plans needed to maintain the Steamwheedle Cartel Postal Service during this economic crisis.
Sincerely,
The Steamwheedle Cartel Postal Service
P.S. – We would also like to suggest a new stamp design featuring baby murlocs (or more recently referred to by the term ‘gorlocs') of the Oracles and baby wolvar of the Frenzyheart Tribe that in no way, shape or form depicts the violent, aggressive, and hostile relations between both factions.
