I see a mailperson every day at work, sometimes twice a day. Though one is always occupied with her tasks of delivering the regular mail to us, the UPS guy is often more liable to hang around. One day last week, I had to sign the little electronic pinpad for a package we received, and he said, "Here, use this pen." "What, did your stylus break?" I asked. "Yes," he said sheepishly, and we talked for a minute about the heartbreak and hindrance of being stylus-less. He shook himself after a minute and said, "Well, I have to be getting on."