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Post by Bonobo on Oct 18, 2016 20:29:05 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Oct 18, 2016 21:23:26 GMT 1
At last! In Poland it is celebrated today! Hurray! Actually, it is called Polish Post Day. My husband was a postal worker for thirty-something years before retiring three years ago. Here he was called a "Letter Carrier." When I was a kid they were "mailmen," but that is no longer accurate nor politically correct! Are you sure this guy is a postal worker?...he looks more like an airplane pilot! The lady postal worker in the other pictures isn't dressed like he is! I'm suspicious of him...  that is, suspicious that he's not really a postal worker...! |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 19, 2016 18:17:08 GMT 1
My husband was a postal worker for thirty-something years before retiring three years ago. Here he was called a "Letter Carrier." When I was a kid they were "mailmen," but that is no longer accurate nor politically correct! Are you sure this guy is a postal worker?...he looks more like an airplane pilot! The lady postal worker in the other pictures isn't dressed like he is! I'm suspicious of him... that is, suspicious that he's not really a postal worker...! 1 Mailmen? I thought it was postmen, just like in my school books. 2 Those ladies wear semi-formal clothes, because they don`t deal directly with people. Letter carriers must wear formal garb. Here is a scene from one of the longest running Polish soap operas  After 25 years, he dies  |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 19, 2016 19:51:58 GMT 1
My husband was a postal worker for thirty-something years before retiring three years ago. Here he was called a "Letter Carrier." When I was a kid they were "mailmen," but that is no longer accurate nor politically correct! Are you sure this guy is a postal worker?...he looks more like an airplane pilot! The lady postal worker in the other pictures isn't dressed like he is! I'm suspicious of him... that is, suspicious that he's not really a postal worker...! 1 Mailmen? I thought it was postmen, just like in my school books. "Postmen" was probably British...they were definitely mailmen in the U.S., at least during my youth. Actually, back in the 1950's/1960's the U.S. uniform did look a lot like your Polish ones. The color of the material was a drabber blue, almost gray and it wasn't as stylishly cut! I'm not surprised...it's tough out there on the streets...biting dogs, ice in winter, sweltering days in summer...they really "earn" their living.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 19, 2016 20:22:13 GMT 1
Actually, back in the 1950's/1960's the U.S. uniform did look a lot like your Polish ones. The color of the material was a drabber blue, almost gray and it wasn't as stylishly cut! 1 Do you mean that later US post workers went to the dogs?? |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 19, 2016 21:36:26 GMT 1
Actually, back in the 1950's/1960's the U.S. uniform did look a lot like your Polish ones. The color of the material was a drabber blue, almost gray and it wasn't as stylishly cut! 1 Do you mean that later US post workers went to the dogs?? No, I mean that the uniform for the U.S. postal workers was/is not as fashionable as the high-couture Europeans'! The postal workers didn't "go to the dogs," but their administrators who chose their uniforms may have! And actually, later uniforms have become very informal...many wear tee-shirts with their uniform pants instead of shirts and ties. Seriously, though, dogs are a notorious problem for letter carriers. The dogs resent the carriers returning day after day to the dog's "territory," despite the appearance that they have repeatedly chased them away with their barking/threatening. Dog bites are one of the biggest threats to carriers. The U.S. Postal Service requires their carriers to sue owners when they are bitten by a dog. (My husband was once chased by a German Shepherd who gave him a good bite on his derriere  ) Is the same true in Poland? |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 19, 2016 22:04:50 GMT 1
No, I mean that the uniform for the U.S. postal workers was/is not as fashionable as the high-couture Europeans'! The postal workers didn't "go to the dogs," but their administrators who chose their uniforms may have! And actually, later uniforms have become very informal...many wear tee-shirts with their uniform pants instead of shirts and ties. Seriously, though, dogs are a notorious problem for letter carriers. The dogs resent the carriers returning day after day to the dog's "territory," despite the appearance that they have repeatedly chased them away with their barking/threatening. Dog bites are one of the biggest threats to carriers. The U.S. Postal Service requires their carriers to sue owners when they are bitten by a dog. (My husband was once chased by a German Shepherd who gave him a good bite on his derriere ) Is the same true in Poland? 1 One day Polish postal workers will also become less formal, it is just a matter of time. 2 Yes, I remember reading about dogs being the biggest nuisance for postmen and postwomen. nasygnale.pl/kat,1025345,title,Pies-rozszarpal-nos-listonoszce,wid,12266156,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=617ef6  But I am surprised it still happens in US so often, I thought Americans keep an eye on their dogs due to sueing, damages etc. |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 19, 2016 23:34:46 GMT 1
But I am surprised it still happens in US so often, I thought Americans keep an eye on their dogs due to sueing, damages etc. That is generally true, but it also depends on the area the carrier is servicing. In some urban neighborhoods there are tough-type guys who like to keep pit-bulls and rottweilers for protection. Often these dogs are trained to be vicious and will do everything they can to get out of restraint and go after the letter carrier. For some reason a majority of dogs are driven to distraction by letter carriers and cannot resist going after them. Even the most even-tempered pooches can turn suddenly and bite their enemy! As I mentioned in my previous post some experts believe that dogs hate the letter carriers so much because they invade their territory and while the dog feels it has vanquished them, they return the next day. Of course, many carriers carry doggie-treats to make friends with dogs and in a lot of cases that works, but you just never, never know what dog will turn on the carrier! |
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Post by pjotr on Oct 20, 2016 1:21:26 GMT 1
But I am surprised it still happens in US so often, I thought Americans keep an eye on their dogs due to sueing, damages etc. Excactly the same thing in the Netherlands. I probably wouldn't say this, and even a former black (Surinamese colleage called me a racist for it), but we have our white trash, trailer trash version of the American Southern rednecks and a-social white elements in the North, Westcoast and East coast of the USA. And these nasty fellow's have badly educated and trained pit-bulls (used for dog fights and intimidation) in general, and next to that Rotweilers, Doberman Pinschers, Neapolitan Mastiffs, Staffordshire Bull Terriers and the American pit-bull terriers. And criminals and just people with bad mentalities, characters, personalities and intentions unfortunately have dogs, and bring them up with their mentality, mindset and bad aims towards other people. Dogfight in Amsterdam. Dangerous situation for a Chinese looking mom and her child in a buggy |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 20, 2016 1:42:08 GMT 1
Hi Pieter,
It does look like these unfortunate actions are not just limited to my country!
The videos are scary...particularly the second one with the woman pushing the carriage and the man walking his dog!
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that is, suspicious that he's not really a postal worker...!
) Is the same true in Poland?
