The James Farley building in New York City , which served as the Main Post Office for decades, has this saying inscribed wrapped around the facade:
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
This has been attributed -- wrongly -- as the Postal Service's official motto.
What do you think? Comment here.
19 comments:
If it was not to be the postal services motto,who was it intended to be for?
BUT COMMON SENSE ..........
It may not be official, but it certainly is true! I think they should adopt is as official...why not? It sure beats "Fly like an Eagle"!
We need a resolution to formally adopt this and then can have a full ad campaign on this- especially after all the snow we have had this winter all over the eastern part of u.s.
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor politicians indecisions nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
I've always loved that line. It's descriptive of the importance placed on the service we provide.
Ditto on all of the above. What was the original intention of that saying, and why can't we adopt it?
If I remember correctly this motto has been attributed to the Ancient Greeks, describing the couriers they used to run messages from town to town. It describes the Postal Service, too, as our carriers do an incredible job of delivering the mail in adverse conditions and mail is sorted & transported 24 hours a day. I know sometimes people poke fun at us when we can't deliver due to extremem blizzards or if an error is made & they quote this motto, but in the majority of instances our employees uphold this unofficial motto better than anyone else in the world!
It belongs to the USPS only because no one uses it for anyone else. If we keep this one do we have to keep "Going Postal" ? We need to really think about how we want slogans attached to the USPS in an offical capacity. "Fly like an Eagle" was a marketing thing but I like the previous one better
"We Deliver"♥
At least this is a motto that people identify as belonging to the Postal Service. In most instances I think we do a darn good job of working to accomplish our jobs under these conditions. What other motto do we aspire to achieve? Snail Mail?
Excellent!
It's been attributed to us long enough that I think it's time to make it official!!
That is correct. Herodotus. Sometimes our customers use it against us unfortunately.
That is correct. Herodotus. Sometimes our customers use it against us unfortunately.
It fits us well. Unfortunately the only time people manage to quote it is when we caouldn't reach their mail box due to snow or ice. Adopt it, use it, make it ours.
It just seems to be so fitting, why would we want to dispute it.
We couldn't have written it any better!
Snow Motto Has Ancient Source
Sometimes considered the motto of the United States Postal Service, even used to refer to the Pony Express rider shown above, this is in fact a translation of a line written in the fifth century BCE by Herodotus, the Greek writer known as “the father of history.” His master work was On the Persian Wars composed between 500 and 479 BCE. In this famous passage, Herodotus praises the stamina and persistence of horsed messengers in the service of Xerxes, king of Persia.
Now you all know the truth
Officail or not when someone hears the quote they think of the Postal Service so why not make it OFFICIAL, it sure beats SNAIL MAIL as someone has already said
In Sept. 09' I was able to visit the Big Apple & I took pictures of this very motto... What an IMPRESSIVE & MASSIVE structure!! AS for the motto, I recently commented about it WHEN Northern AZ. received SOOOOO MUCH Snow, that the Interstate 17 & Interstate 40 were closed & NO mail got through..so, the weather DID keep the couriors from their appointed rounds.... But only once in 30yrs is a pretty good score !! I'd say the motto fits us to the "T"
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