[Copernicus]

One of the many joys of life on "official" government mailing lists is to receive threatening letters from non government public/private corporations who will sell you (at a hefty price) laminated posters with all the latest employee/minimum wage/discrimination policies etc.

There are several of these corporations, most from California, some more local, all of whom seem to have a bottomless supply of "new" regulatory posters for both Federal and State policies.

Apparently, the day is not far off when an entire wall may need to be dedicated to the display of these Orwellian tracts.

The topic for a satirical skit you will never see on Saturday Night Live or elsewhere.

I may post the text from one of these letters if I get a chance.

Best regards,

[brazzaville]

Good morning.

Failing to post TPTB's latest decrees is a crime and will cost you money if they choose to make it so.

Michael Frazier

[spinestein]

[...a bottomless supply of "new" regulatory posters for both Federal and State policies. Apparently, the day is not far off when an entire wall may need to be dedicated to the display of these Orwellian tracts.]



Uuuuuuum....that day is already here.

The small factory I work in has a wall by the time clock completely covered with the laminated posters issued by the state and federal governments and MANDATED to be displayed prominently where employees can see them.

They cover OSHA rules, minimum wage, employee rights and some really stupid stuff like how to behave if a fellow employee becomes disgruntled and starts waving a machine gun around and threatening to kill everybody. It recommends: "Don't panic." and "Stay calm." and "Don't focus on the weapon." (Really! I'm not making this crap up!)

I can see this happening in my workplace. I'd have to say to the crazy person waving the gun around, "You'll just have to hold on a second, pal. I need to go check that poster over there on the wall and see what some federal government committee thinks I should do in this situation."

But my favorite one is the sexual harassment policy poster. It says in great big red letters across the top:

SEXUAL HARRASSMENT IS A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW!!

Yes, it actually does have two exclamation points at the end. It goes on to define all the possible ways that sexual harassment can take place, and the serious consequences to the individual who engages in it, but mostly how much it's going to cost the company which employed him.

[Churchillspirit]

I tried, unsuccessfully, to get these posters direct from the Government.

What a racket.

[x_plus_one]

Join the NFILB. You can download for free all required govt postings and print them on your paper for free.