Through Rain, Sleet Or Snow, The Postal Serice May Steal Your Netflix DVDs
from the that's-a-lot-of-movies dept
Netflix's (patented) red DVD envelopes are quite distinct and easy to spot in a mailbox. That's good for marketing purposes... but apparently also good for unscrupulous postal service workers. Apparently, police have arrested one postal worker and are investigating another for over 500 missing Netflix DVDs. Of course, it makes you wonder what these postal workers were thinking. With so many DVDs missing in one particular area, it wouldn't take a genius to figure out exactly where the problem is occurring.
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How much for Sleepless in Seattle?
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Not master-criminal's here
Well, it's not like a postal employment opportunity has exceedingly high intelegence requirements.
Besides, it's only the ones that get caught that we hear a lot about. And the best way to get caught is to be a moron.
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If the carriers want to steal something, they are welcome to the "Valpack" coupons, the "Gateway" catalogs and any bills they care to pay. I though civil servants were required to behave at a higher standard, but apperently I am wrong.
Should Netflix start using a "plain brown evelope"? It would possibly cut down on theft, but why should a company stop a marketing campaign because idiots can't stop stealing? I also thought there were/are a lot of cameras around the postal offices, should the cameras have caught everything?
Juts my two cents worth...
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A couple of times, I have suspected her of taking my netflix dvds when they have not arrived in a timely manner, but they have always arrived eventually (although one was opened once).
At least netflix understands that things like this happen and they offer leniency unless it happens often.
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Netflix
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It's Not Always The US Postal Service's Fault
Mail theft is a Federal crime, and it carries severe penalaties. All employees know this, but there will always be a few who think they can get away with it.
As for the intelligence of employees - sure, like any business - Harvard University for example - some employees are dopes. The majority are hard working, dedicated people who do a very thankless task. Curb your virtual tongue before slamming them. While you're at work, BSing around the water cooler, they do a job that few want to do, and are now exposed to many of the same dangers cops and firefighters face - hazardous materials. You wouldn't believe what some bozos send through the mail.
Finally, most mail you receive today is not sorted by the local post office. The USPS uses many regional sorting centers and mail is delivered to the delivery unit all banded and sorted. If there's an error there, very often it can be traced to a bad address or Zip code. It's amazing how few people truly know their own Zip code and how many more can't enter their address on a form.
Full disclosure: I don't work for the USPS, nor does any member of my family. My company uses the USPS extensively, and in many instances, they are better as a carrier than the high priced carriers like Fedex and UPS. And that's a documented fact.
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The two postal employees who were caught in Denver got 3 years probation. Not all that severe.
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To Me, there is nothing at the Post Office worth stealing for me to:
A. Lose my source of income
B. Go to Jail for
C. Go to Hell for!
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Postman always rings twice
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