[LoganDark]

> I just drop it off and other people do the delivery for me.

That's what I said. You have to create a physical letter and drop it off. Not everyone can just walk over to their mailbox and stick an outgoing letter in there for the delivery truck to pick up; I have the privilege, but it absolutely hasn't been common everywhere I've lived.

You don't have to drop anything off in order to make a phone call, you don't even have to get up if you already have your phone.

[akira2501]

The amount of time I spend doing things costs me opportunities to earn money. So, minimizing time spent performing a single accounting action by writing a letter, while systematically "inefficient" is actually the most efficient financial decision I can make for myself. I am uninterested beyond that.

The USPS maintains a pretty wide network of collection boxes. In a city you'd be hard pressed to not find one very close to you and most large apartment buildings have their own mail drops. There doesn't seem to be any "privileged" access issues here.

Point is.. the differences are so small.. that the decision is going to be made by subjective preference in most cases, and trying to suggest that there's an objectively correct solution is easily disproved.

[LoganDark]

I was originally addressing a comment that claimed it "often takes less time and way less mental energy than a phone call". I'm not pushing an "objectively correct solution" here, rather the opposite.

For me, as someone with ADHD, the time it takes to do something means absolutely nothing compared to the amount of mental energy it takes to even try. It's different for everyone.