Chris: I can't be sure. But IMHO, I think it was the tone of your posts, rather than what's in them, which is causing offence. We all know there are a minority (but 90%, come on! you must be joking!!!!!) who abuse the rules put in place to protect us. But to come on, and claim that it's the majority. That's going too far!
Allow me to clarify a few things here:
1) "Cutting off" is there to protect people from being taken advantage of. By being given rounds (or other duties for that matter) which simply can't be done in the time allowed. And forced to complete anyway, basically doing free overtime. It's not intended to give anyone an easy life. And quite frankly, I doubt that many (if any) are still getting away with going too slow, and cutting off. There are a large number of Posties who are being harrassed, because the Managers believe that they could go faster, but the computer assessment of their round is wrong (and they refuse to test the round, because they know this!). Making it impossible to complete in their duty hours.
2) If it's not a regular thing (e.g. you're just doing it because of the backlog), then I don't see anything stupid, about you giving your time for free, to give the Public a better service. Far from it! I think you'll find that the majority on here, have done exactly the same thing in the past. And that the only reason they don't still do it, is because when their rounds were assessed, by some fool with a PC. Their performance INCLUDING the free overtime, was used as a baseline. And that they were put under immense pressure to do it all year round. Which quite frankly, is dispicable!
If they choose to only work their duty hours, or claim overtime. It removes that ammunition from their Manager's arsenal.
3) If you ARE right about the quantity of p**s takers in your office. Then rest assured. They'll have the shock of their lives very soon, when the revisions reach you.
maybe you'll get the invite tomorrow because he's got to do something to thank you for all your selfless acts 
