They had better be hand delivering that shit

I have to go get something mailed via registered mail tomorrow - with insurance. I guess I don't *have* to. But it would be bad, bad, bad, if it got lost for any reason. Really bad. So, I went to look up how much it is going to cost, effing $18.10 to mail something from Boston to Minnosota. Minnasota!!!! WTF? That's a lot of money to mail something. A normal letter is only $0.42. What the hell do they do with registered mail to make it cost so much? It doesn't look like anything other than a normal letter. It's two sheets of paper. Two! What do they do? Hand carry that shit to minnosota in their beater 1988 Dodge Omni?

That's like paying a mid-level mail man for 0.5 hours of his time. 1/2 an hour! What the hell do they do for 1/2 with my two sheets of paper? Stare at it? Contemplate what's in it? Contemplate how they can charge more for sending two sheets of paper?

I have no idea. It's truely perplexing.

The people recommended that I send it via registered mail and insure it. So I feel like I have to do that. Like it's stupid not to. Is it really worth the $18 difference?

I don't think it will get there any faster and safer via registered mail as via normal post - but at the same time, the peace of mind that I would get from that $18 might be worth it.

Anyone ever had mail lost?

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