Posted on 11/15/2007 7:05:52 AM PST by 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.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I hope the warden arranges for prompt mail service at the shooter’s next residence.
While resorting to gunplay seems extreme, a citizen really has no legal recourse to improve USPS service.
In any case, the enraged citizen will now have a very precisely timed mail delivery schedule in his new residence.
Darn.
How did the assailant unarm the postal worker?
This gives new meaning to the term “special delivery.”
“Peeved Patron Plugs Postal Worker”
How about
“Peeved Patron Plugs Postal *Proletarian”
*blue-collar worker
(ahem)
Regarding the article, unbelievable
And for Larry, “TOO MANY people got their mail!”
“No one’s ever cracked the 50% barrier!!!”
Wonder how long it took to come up with the headline.
It's all in how you look at things. The mailman is actually delivering the next day's mail -- really, really early!
I was thinking it’s one of those “man bites dog” headlines...
Since NONE of the people getting delivery paid for it, what, then, is the equity principle in this case?
I'd suggest that after a letter carrier gets shot on his route that all the people on that route, and in nearby areas, have delivery service withdrawn until the problem can be sorted out.
wer migh welfair chek bi-otch?!!!
What is ‘mail’?
Some arcane 20th century antique...??
Better late than never.
Seems the guy was doing everyone a favor by working late to deliver it all on a heavy mail day.
Instead of a thank-you he gets shot.
Our Postal Person used get by my home at 11:30AM everyday. Now it’s nearly dark............
This is what you call an Italian incentive program. Poorly performing postal people get kneecapped. Great incentive!!
I am an admitted layman in the field of postal engineering, but I would guess that the issue here is that there is twice as much sorting to be done - the number of recipients hasn't doubled nor has the physical area of the delivery route doubled.
Since NONE of the people getting delivery paid for it
None of them are taxpayers at all?
Not a single one?
I'd suggest that after a letter carrier gets shot on his route that all the people on that route, and in nearby areas, have delivery service withdrawn until the problem can be sorted out.
I'm not sure why a lunatic's neighbors should be punished for the lunatic's actions.
I'm sure he was being paid overtime.
Instead of a thank-you he gets shot.
Actually, I would guess that comparatively few citizens remember to thank their mailman.
I wonder if I can get the deposit back that I placed on the new car...
What earthly difference does it make what time of day one gets one’s mail. Somebody needs to get a life.
The shooter was probably upset that his government welfare check was late and he need to buy some crack hours ago.
I won a prize in the Clearinghouse sweepstakes about 25 years ago.
I got a check for 10 cents.
I deposited it much to the puzzlement of the teller.
But, but, but, but...how could anyone be shot in Chicago? That city has among the strictest gun control laws in the nation, just ask Mayor Dick (Turd) Daley.
OMG you mean he got his Bed Bath and Beyond coupons late? Oh, the horror!
Amen to that. People here need to get hit in the head with a 2x4 if they think that even being nasty at a late mail delivery on the first day after a holiday is justifiable, let alone having the mailman shot. Its not like the guy came around at 1 AM and it was thought that he was a burglar. COME ON!.
I once got an offer from Reader’s digest to get a book for ten cents, and it featured a cheque in that amount- the hook was that you get it for a dime and they pay for it- just endorse the cheque and mail it back. I cashed it.
Sometimes they switch our mailpeople. We had one that just couldn’t seem to deliver the mail for a solid month. That’s how long it took for the US Post Office to do anything about it; if they did at all. All we got that entire month was junk mail. I had a great time explaining to the bill collectors why my bills had not been paid. LOL
I wonder what this guy would have done if he hadn’t have gotten his mail for a month.
“6:30 PM is ridiculous.”
It is? Why? I don’t see what the big deal is?
If I receive a credit card statement or other bill that is erroneous and I don't get it until 6:30 PM, quite frequently the creditor's business hours will already be over by 6:30 PM and I will need to wait an extra day to rectify the situation.
How much tax money do you think the Postal Service gets - more or less than UPS or FedEx?
About a half-billion net, I believe.
While it simply isn't relevant - since neither FedEx nor UPS have any legal obligation to provide service under Federal law, unlike the USPS - what are the numbers you are claiming for FedEx and UPS?
"Too many people got their mail! You're a disgrace to the uniform!"
And don't even think about "opting out"!
My power company is the only one that doesn’t do online payments. All my other bills are online.
I empty out my mailbox maybe once a month to get my power bill. The mailman probably hates me. 99% goes right in the garbage.
They all get taxpayer support for infrastructure - roads, airports, etc.
None get taxpayer money for routine services.
The postal service is reimbursed by the taxpayers for some, but not all mandates - free mailing of material for the blind, overseas ballots, etc, but not, as far as I know, franked mail from politicians.
So if the person receiving the mail is a blind taxpayer, your point is well taken. Otherwise, it is not.
I’ve had the same post man for 15 years, his name is Mike. How many people get to know their post man?
My mail box is at the street and one year it got knocked down, I couldn’t dig a new hole because the ground was frozen, Mike delivered my mail to the door for a month, he didn’t have to, he could have told me I had to pick it up at the post office.
Furthermore, first class postage at 41 cents is a bargain.
Do online statements for credit cards. You can see all new charges instantly and your bill won’t get lost/late in the mail. You can also pay instantly by check and not worry if the payment gets lost in the mail or have to pay to mail it.
Late mail, shoot the carrier? I know you don't agree with that. Occasional late mail is not such a big problem You've been FR a long time, doesn't sound like the wideawake I'm used to reading.
Same here, I wonder why?
“If I receive a credit card statement or other bill that is erroneous and I don’t get it until 6:30 PM, quite frequently the creditor’s business hours will already be over by 6:30 PM and I will need to wait an extra day to rectify the situation.”
So? Is it really that hard to wait an extra day?
Our postal carrier is tortured in the section eight neighborhoods by kids and their parents running up to him asking if they have their check. It will be an ugly day when the checks stop coming.
As far as "sorting" is concerned, it is necessary for carriers to "sort" mail into their delivery route sequence, or where the mail is already pre-sorted, to insert it into the correct sequence so it is available for delivery in a workable order. They also co-sequence mail of different sizes. Recall from your cubscout tour of a major mail processing center that mail is worked as different types according to size, e.g. letters, flats, SPRs, parcels and outsides.
The consequence is that carriers have what is called OFFICE TIME, and that's where they assemble the mail into cohesive segments for delivery. They also have STREET TIME. Obviously Office Time is going to vary with the mail volume, but Street Time also varies since the carriers need to "finger the mail" to take care of tiny errors made earlier (by them, or by automated mail distribution systems).
We are getting into the Christmas Season so mail volumes ~ particularly advertising ~ is up, and Veterans Day was a regular business day although not a workday for USPS.
In effect this doubled the normal expected mail volume.
This generated additional carrier Office Time and Street Time.
That won't happen as long as tax takers out number and out vote tax payers.
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