The Chilling Story Of The Post Office Shootings That Inspired The Phrase ‘Going Postal’

[Ruralinfo]

The phrase “going postal,” which means to become uncontrollably angry, appeared as a slang term in American English in the 1990s. It emerged after a spate of shootings at post offices carried out by employees who were angry about their working conditions. The first recorded use of the term came in 1993, when a Florida ... Read more

 

[hunchback]

The phrase “going postal,” which means to become uncontrollably angry, appeared as a slang term in American English in the 1990s. It emerged after a spate of shootings at post offices carried out by employees who were angry about their working conditions. The first recorded use of the term came in 1993, when a Florida ... Read more

Can't help but think of Dublin Ohio Christmas Eve 2017

 

[DB.Cooper]

Can't help but think of Dublin Ohio Christmas Eve 2017

In just the last year or 2, there was another shooting in a PO, that was sort of similar to the Dublin double murder... that guy ended up getting ruled insane in Dublin... seemed he clearly got pushed over the edge tho.... by the PO....

 

[DB.Cooper]

Found Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity according to an AP story September 25 2019 about the Dublin Killer.

I thought he got committed to a mental institution for the criminally insane tho, I think I read somewhere....

 

[hunchback]

OOps Wrong DeShaune Stewart

 

[DB.Cooper]

OOps Wrong DeShaune Stewart

Yeah, those dates don't line up...

 

[DB.Cooper]

Here's one where the guy emptied a .40 caliber handgun into his supervisor last October...

Postal worker with apparent mental health issues shot his supervisor five times

 

[LEFTINGUTTER]

The phrase “going postal,” which means to become uncontrollably angry, appeared as a slang term in American English in the 1990s. It emerged after a spate of shootings at post offices carried out by employees who were angry about their working conditions. The first recorded use of the term came in 1993, when a Florida ... Read more

I remember it being used back in the 1980s when I worked at the plant

 

[DB.Cooper]

Here's on from a processing plant last month....

USPS employee arrested after killing coworker inside postal facility in Missouri City, Texas

 

[Gotrope]

You'll notice the author says the most celebrated event

Workplace Violence in the U.S. Post Office

Homicide was the third leading cause of occupational injury death in the United States between 1980 and 1985 (NIOSH, 1992). One-third of these workplace homicides occurred in retail trade establishments, and most involved patrons who killed employees during robbery...

link.springer.com

 

[Gotrope]

Here's one where the guy emptied a .40 caliber handgun into his supervisor last October...

Postal worker with apparent mental health issues shot his supervisor five times

I wonder if he had issues prior to hiring

 

[Worve]

I wonder if he had issues prior to hiring

Anyone who has or does work for usps has issues. I will be the first to admit it freely.

 

[DB.Cooper]

I wonder if he had issues prior to hiring

They said they found about a dozen casings from his .40 caliber Smith & Wesson... but from there it seems the USPS hushed up the details.... seems to happen a lot in these situations.... I wonder how many are completely hushed from the media....

 

[Gotrope]

I attended a few of these " events" over the years. I know of a few directly that never made the news because of threats by mgmt. I think it's harder now to cover up stuff with social media.during events, many post live to record event and just in case they fear they don't live.

Personally, I think it's somewhat a good thing the public is more aware now. Not that they care but, they have more access to inside terrors.