vision2020
RE: Sat. mail delivery & tank tops
Well... I am sure there was a point in his mind... it just did not
materialize in his communication! Evidently he was not pleased about
something... I just can't figure out what!!
"Your brother in arms"
Shahab...
-----Original Message-----
From: TEX [mailto:tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 10:49 AM
To: Shahab Mesbah
Cc: Sam Duncan; vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: Sat. mail delivery & tank tops
Shahab,
For something to escape, it must first be contained. Unfortunately, I do
not believe that first sentence contained a point.
Clint "Tex" Payton
email: tex@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Shahab Mesbah wrote:
> Could you rephrase this? The point of the first sentence is escaping me!
>
> Shahab...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Duncan [mailto:sduncan@turbonet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 9:06 PM
> To: TEX
> Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: RE: Sat. mail delivery & tank tops
>
> I don't know about the rest of you but if my mail delivery perosn
> showed up
> in a tank top and was not the guy that delivers the mail , I stand by the
> mail box just to say hello, talk about a mundane vision. this seems to me
> more like blindinaries. Somebody vot to change the name, there hasn't been
> any "visionary" discussions on this site for years.
>
> -----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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