Peeved Patron Plugs Postal Worker (Mailman Delivers Mail Late, Gets Shot)

ABC News ^ | Nov 14, 2007 | The Associated Press

[DogByte6RER]

Peeved Patron Plugs Postal Worker

Resident Shoots Chicago Postal Worker for Allegedly Delivering the Mail Too Late

The Associated Press

CHICAGO

A postal worker in Chicago was shot in the leg late Tuesday after a resident along his postal route allegedly became angry that he was delivering the mail too late.

Police said Denny Robinson, 31, was delivering mail around 6:30 p.m. in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood when he was shot in the thigh. Robinson was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment for the non-life-threatening injury.

Authorities said witnesses reported hearing a person yelling the postal worker was delivering the mail too late and then heard a shot.

Police News Affairs Officer Tom Polick said nobody could say where the shot came from.

Wanda Shipp of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service said Robinson was delivering mail after the normal 5 p.m. quitting time because Monday was holiday, and volume was heavier than normal.

[OCCASparky]

You know what it means when the flag at the Post Office is at half-mast?


They're hiring.

[B4Ranch]

>With mailboxes equipped with scales it would be simple enough to weigh each delivery of mail and simultaneously transmit that information to the USPS to then forward to the IRS in the form of a 1099 form to be added to each mailbox holder’s account as imputed income for the year in which the mail was received.<

Myself, I would refuse the delivery of all junk mail and what would you say if your neighbor who didn’t like you sent his used cat litter to you? Would you mind paying to receive it?

The last thing I want is for the national treasury to receive any more funds. They spend enough on pork as it is.

[muawiyah]

But none of the senders shot the letter carrier. It was a potential recipient, who'd paid nothing, who made the complaint by kneecapping the carrier.

That is hardly equitible.

It's just another case of an ungrateful welfare recipient blaming the system for his own plight.

[B4Ranch]

We have trained our welfare recipients to expect nothing but the best from us taxpayers. At the least we should buy him a new box of ammo.

[aroundabout]

Good, probably cost the bank a buck to do the transaction.