Bizarre postal bonding (Goofy games cost public millions as stamp prices soar)

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If you think the Postal Service is alone among Government agencies...

I personally in a 6 month series of team building exercises had to draw what animal I was most like, had to carry a bag around with me for 90 days that had all "prejudices" on it including religious affiliation and answsers to certain personal questions, I had to build a structure from PVC while blindfolded, had to learn the Macarena, and had to march through a hotel lobby wearing hats we made while trying to avoid the curious stares of onlookers. I also had to procure at taxpayer expense meals for the working lunch. When lunch arrived several people refused to work while eating so it essentially was a paid for non-working lunch. This was supposed to make as work as a well oiled machine, but it divided the group.

Disagreement was not tolerated. For instance we were told to make a list of all the reasons why moving employees 50 miles away was a good thing, while not being permitted to make the case why it was not a good deal.

After deciding I had had enough, I took a job elsewhere and subsequently every problem that has occurred over the last three years was attributed to me.

Good move Gramps, at least you saved your sanity and your dignity.

On the link I read this, among MANY goofy things the postal employees where instructed to do, "let the phone ring an extra time before answering it." Gee at my post office they take the phone off the hook - all day, every day. We have the laziest postmaster anywhere.

Hope Senator Grassley rattles their cage, big time.

Bump.

One of our Cub Scout mothers works in a large postal sorting facility, here in Sydney. The mail is sorted electronically, with scanners reading postcodes on the envelopes. She told us that, due to the fall in mail volumes caused by the popularity of e-mail, some nights the same mail is put through the machines six times; in order, to make it appear that everyone's still busy. I'll bet that scam's happening Stateside, too. Post, take note?

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