With technological advances come inconvenience!

Today, I wanted to post a letter. I went to the SAM machine to buy a stamp. First it was so complicated with so many functions, which is good for a all-in-one or one-stop machine, but I got lost in all the buttons and couldn't see the one for buying stamps.

When I finally found it, it didn't accept 1 stamp purchase. I had to buy at least $2 which is almost 8-9 stamps but I only needed 1!! There was no coin slot but NETS card slot. The good old simple SAM machine which accepted coins was gone.

In the end, frustrated, I went to the PO counter and I had to queue to buy just 1 stamp. Luckily it was not long but I still waited 5 mins, and counting the time I lost trying to find the button on the machine, I was there for about 15 mins just to get a stamp to post my letter.

So we have advanced to have a multi-purpose super machine, but the very basic need of consumers is forgotten and does not exist anymore. What a shame!