On one of the postal routes near me, the regular carrier has Fridays off, so there’s a substitute on Fridays. I was taking a walk yesterday afternoon, and encountered this week’s sub as he delivered mail on the other side of the street. He was not happy.
He was muttering the whole time I could hear him, and none too quietly. At first, I thought he was talking on a mobile phone, but when it got to where I could understand what he was saying, this is what I heard, which I typed into my BlackBerry verbatim:
Fuck this. Fucking torture, putting the mail in the fucking box. Fucking pricks. They can give this fucking job to the [didn’t get the word]. Mother fucker! Fucking infested shit-hole.
And then I walked out of ear-shot.
Not happy at all!
Update, 12 Sep: See here to find out what happened when I tried to report this to the post office.
5 comments:
That is waaay over the top. I hope you let the local postmaster know. He or she may very well have someone ready to go postal, in one way or another. Not to mention that that is just not acceptable public behavior ... let him mutter in the bathroom if he must.
I’ve thought about whether I should call the postmaster. I’d hate for the guy to get into trouble if he was just venting. But, yes, I’ve also thought that if he’s ready to snap, his supervisors ought to get a warning.
Let us know how it turns out...
I think we had that guy as a sub in Pleasantville for a while. I thought he had Turrets syndrome.
I believe that Tourette Syndrome (note spelling) sometimes manifests as foul outbursts, but not as extended foul "conversations". But I've been wrong before....
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