Going postal
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julianhj

Original Poster:

8,871 posts

293 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4665790.st

What is it about working for the US postal service that inspires the phrase? Is it really that bad a place to work?

Petrol_noggin

3,046 posts

251 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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woah, there hasnt been one in a while has there till now? apparently this is the deadliest workplace shooting ever in the US by a female.


"There is no consensus as to whether the incidence of workplace murder in the US Postal Service is atypical. Some defense counsels for perpetrators have suggested that a culture of poor or oppressive management leads to mental breakdown and loss of control on the part of employees. On the other hand, in 2000 the USPS released a study which refuted the belief that postal employees were particularly prone to this behaviour, concluding instead that workplace violence at USPS was around the average for comparable American workplaces."

anonymous-user

85 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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Ever watched Seinfeld? SAY NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!

R988

7,500 posts

260 months

Tuesday 31st January 2006
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obviously

pdV6

16,442 posts

292 months

Wednesday 1st February 2006
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Petrol_noggin said:
the USPS released a study which refuted the belief that postal employees were particularly prone to this behaviour, concluding instead that workplace violence at USPS was around the average for comparable American workplaces

So, about the same as other places where poor or oppressive management leads to mental breakdown and loss of control on the part of employees, then?