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...bedroom, two-bath home near the beach. And how Rose Lahey's timid boyfriend won't drive down from California because "he's paranoid about Mexican bandidos." Says Lahey, 55, a retired letter carrier: "You're safer here than in L.A. any day--and it's better than going postal...
Some of the standard questions on these personality tests are, I suppose, justifiable. Management probably has a right to ask, for example, what you would do if you caught a fellow worker stealing, or whether you have ever gone postal on the job. But other questions bore no discernible relevance to the task at hand: Do you consider yourself a loner? Do you often think other people are talking about you behind your back? And my personal favorite, this from a test for a housecleaning job paying $6.63 an hour: Do you suffer from "moods of self-pity...
...Raise postcard rates by 1[cent] b) Issue Legends of Porn stamp series c) "Go postal" on Fed-Ex d) Take away Mr. Zip's corporate card...
...Even beyond the horrifying flaws in the postal service?s long-term budgetary planning, I have to question the methodology by which they came up with the latest increases. I can just see the brainstorming process now, somewhere in a dank basement office on Capitol Hill: "Hey, I have an idea! Maybe no one will notice if we raise the rates on postcard stamps!" Yeah, that?s a great idea. Because who sends postcards? Two demographic groups who are going to feel the pinch more than anyone: Old people - "What do you mean, you want 22 cents to send this...
...There are better ways to run a postal system, people. Granted, I don?t happen to know what any of those ways are at the moment. But I can offer this advice. As the Bush administration looks for a replacement Postmaster General, I think they ought to consider one important screening device: For heaven?s sake, find someone who?s capable of simple math. Maybe even long division - or, heck, fractions, if we really feel like pushing our luck...