Xref: utzoo comp.os.cpm:2267 comp.sys.ibm.pc:25523 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!blake!djo7613 From: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: postal disk problems (was Re: Commdore's poor service to its CP/M customers) Keywords: folded disks, postal mayhem Message-ID: <1025@blake.acs.washington.edu> Date: 2 Mar 89 17:14:32 GMT References: <6886@cadnetix.COM> Reply-To: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 27 As an ex-mail carrier, I thought I'd add a side note before irate postal customers thrash the wrong person inadvertently! You get mail six days a week, at least at your residence. Mail carriers work 5 days a week, usually with a rotating day off. This means that at least *once* a week (more during the flu season or summertime) a less experienced carrier is handling your route. These are professional "subs" who may carry five different routes each week, but sometimes are carriers just starting out who haven't the seniority to "bid" on a permanent route of their own. Point is, if you have a delivery complaint CHECK THE DATE OF DELIVERY before your call in the postal supervisors. They may mistakenly berate the regular carrier, when in fact the sub was "on" that day, and was responsible. Note: this is not meant to castigate the subs. When I was a 90-day temp as a lad in Illinois, the professional subs (T1's) were well-respected and paid more. It's no mean feat to memorize deliveries for five entire routes!! Dick O'Connor Washington Department of Fisheries Olympia, Washington 98504 Internet Mail: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu **************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: I speak only for myself, not for the Department. Here, anyway! ****************************************************************************