tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post5753940745645620742..comments2023-07-04T04:04:29.158-07:00Comments on Your Postal Blog: "Going postal." What do you think about the expression?Benjamin "Benny the Blogger" Franklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16836872570822325355noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-78735082387127385322010-01-25T22:59:32.510-08:002010-01-25T22:59:32.510-08:00I am not offended by "going postal" near...I am not offended by "going postal" nearly as much as I am by hearing or seeing "snail mail"!!<br /><br />Letter Carrier, Salem, OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-53997275497773888622010-01-25T21:48:33.911-08:002010-01-25T21:48:33.911-08:00adopt the phrase as our own? marketing tool? use...adopt the phrase as our own? marketing tool? use it with taste and respect? take things too seriously? does anybody remember how this phrase came about? how do you think friends and family of employees that were killed or injured in these incidents feel every time they hear going postal. think they take it to seriously? I think it would be disrespectful to adopt a phrase that came out of so much grief for so many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-63074396982403832912010-01-22T07:01:40.364-08:002010-01-22T07:01:40.364-08:00I love the "Goin Postal" it's a joke...I love the "Goin Postal" it's a joke in my office, my customers may come in and say well she's "Goin Postal" this morning. You know sometimes we just take things TOO serious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-61157810891185444202010-01-21T06:04:02.578-08:002010-01-21T06:04:02.578-08:00It doesn't really bother me, people call other...It doesn't really bother me, people call others names or whatever and I just ignore it or, since I have sardonic sense of humor, run with it and make a joke, like "and we know where you live." But I think it would be great if we could use if in some positive marketing - why not use the term in some commercials? We may be the brunt of jokes by Leno or Letterman then, but people know those are just jokes. I also agree with the commentor who aluded to these very tense, changing times possibly causing a lot of stress that some employees may react to in a bad way. It's so important that every employee be given the violence awareness training and that management learn how to handle problems in a caring manner. Don't forget we have an EAP program that can really help when things at work or home are stressful - I've used it and am grateful for the program.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-28466965505369016442010-01-21T04:31:57.360-08:002010-01-21T04:31:57.360-08:00Going Postal:
Now is used in humor.
I like it!
Bew...Going Postal:<br />Now is used in humor.<br />I like it!<br />Beware or we can change your day :)<br />Good news/Bad news.<br />Your choice.<br />Your view on things.<br />Bad news can always be used to make positive changes;<br />Like working on a problem area.<br />Resolving issues. RR 17 D.Carey Hudson Station Modesto,Ca.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-87980671342830524072010-01-20T20:12:59.779-08:002010-01-20T20:12:59.779-08:00When I got my first job with the post office my da...When I got my first job with the post office my daughter said with a big smile "It's the perfect job for you, Mom. You've been going postal on us for years".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-17774877477754803562010-01-20T15:56:26.907-08:002010-01-20T15:56:26.907-08:00Terry Pratchett wrote a wonderful novel called &qu...Terry Pratchett wrote a wonderful novel called "Going Postal." It is part of his huge Discworld series, but it can stand alone (with some patience from the reader in understanding Discworld is sort of like our world, but flat... and on the back of four elephants... who are standing on a tortoise). It's a fun story about the running of the Discworld postal system.<br /><br />I would love to see USPS take that expression and turn it around to mean something really positive. I'd be their biggest cheerleader!PostMusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10577063129345816693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-90243535288056956512010-01-20T15:28:01.450-08:002010-01-20T15:28:01.450-08:00I think another round is coming... the more microm...I think another round is coming... the more micromanagement, and the less outlet for the frustration, I just don't see it getting better soon. When management is allowed to do whatever it wants without accountability or punishment, what do you expect? GOIN POSTAL... the term doesn't bother me, but the cause does. If ya don't screw with people, they "WON"T GO POSTAL"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-81194667509567373472010-01-20T14:38:20.289-08:002010-01-20T14:38:20.289-08:00I agree ... use it with taste and respect, and tur...I agree ... use it with taste and respect, and turn the term that some deem negative into a positive/asset for USPS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-5092788429819428612010-01-20T12:59:06.798-08:002010-01-20T12:59:06.798-08:00I agree...let's take a negative and make it po...I agree...let's take a negative and make it positive. When someone I know uses that phrase I like to reply...Yes I'm going postal......are you? Buy more stamps!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7427238665701917635.post-71943937776987211672010-01-20T07:30:56.803-08:002010-01-20T07:30:56.803-08:00"Going Postal" is a great marketing tool..."Going Postal" is a great marketing tool, if used with taste and respect. We should use it and market it for all its worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com