vision2020
RE: Sat. mail delivery & tank tops
Well... our mail person does not cross-dress but she is very nice and
pleasant. I would rather see her comfortable and happy than in a uniform and
official!
There is a more fundamental issue here, however. I have been a student, a
businessman, and a college professor yet I have never dressed in a monkey
suit! Does this diminish my knowledge and expertise? I happen to be
internationally respected in my field... but on occasion when I have
instructed workshops or lectured in conferences I have always managed to do
it without a suit! The reason why we look at an individual who is in a suit
and consider them a professional is that our view of each other is extremely
superficial. We make the age-old mistake of judging the book by its cover! I
oppose this way of thinking... I reserve judgment until I have more
substantial information on a person before I deem them professional or not.
In fact in my experience those who are relaxed and comfortable with their
knowledge rarely have to show off! The more attention you give to "looks"
the less I trust you! I am not suggesting that all suited individuals are
hiding deficiencies but lets just say a large number I have known are! I
have seen them in all industries and professions. They are the IT (computer)
guys who cannot answer your simple questions; they are the people in an
organization who guard their limited knowledge to make themselves
indispensable. They are the ones who tend to pay less attention to what has
to be done and more to how they can get the upper hand in the situation.
These people are almost always fanatical about appearances and very careless
about Truth.
Then there are those who see uniforms and suits as a sign of pride and self
worth. I had an uncle who always wore a suit... even at home... I have never
seen him without a suit on! He was a great man... he just liked suits!
I wish you all a great weekend... lets hope it is a sunny one!
"Your brother in arms"
Shahab...
-----Original Message-----
From: TEX [mailto:tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 3:58 PM
To: Kacey Krehbiel
Cc: stuarthall@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: Re: Sat. mail delivery & tank tops
What is it with people who live in Moscow, a community which exists only
because of the University, always being down on college students? And
yes, I realize some people would live and work in Moscow even if the
University wasn't there, but it would hardly be the same community.
By saying that you assume a postal worker has low morale because he/she
dresses "like many of the college students," you are saying that there
must be something wrong with the students as well. Why not take the
opposite viewpoint and say, "Hey! That postal worker must love his/her
job! Look how comfortable they are allowed to be while carrying out their
deliveries! I bet the morale around their workplace is great!"
I don't care if my postal carrier is cross-dressed and singing show tunes
as long as my mail makes it to my box once a day.
Clint "Tex" Payton
email: tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu
>
> Stuart Hall wrote:
>
> > Cutting off Saturday delivery of mail seems like a resonable solution to
> > keeping the costs of mail delivery low.
> >
> > What bothers me more is that often my mail is delivered by someone
> > dressed very casually. Oftentimes, they are dressed like many of the
> > college students around here (e.g. shorts and tank-tops) instead of in
> > the typical postal uniform. It's not that I have such a strong dislike
> > for how someone who delivers my mail looks, but it seems indicative of a
> > low morale among postal workers. They don't appear to be professional
> > about their work. Maybe they don't understand the importance of mail
> > delivery to us and so struggle to take pride in the work that they do.
> > Is their dress indicative of the quality of the service they are
> > providing?
> >
> > I would appreciate hearing from anyone if the attire of our postal
> > workers has caught their attention or if they think I am being overly
> > concerned.
> >
> > Stuart Hall
> > 517 S. Hayes St.
> > Moscow, Idaho
>
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