'Stress' led postman to dump mail

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 05 Apr 2008, 13:23

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tay ... 331220.stm

A postman who dumped 3,644 letters and cards in less than a week has told Perth Sheriff Court he was too stressed to deliver them.

Aaron Thomas, 20, from Crieff, admitted two charges of intentionally delaying mail in November last year.

Royal Mail bosses discovered 2,000 missing letters in the grey boxes which postmen use for their deliveries and others scattered in different places.

Sentence has been deferred until next month for reports to be prepared.

Thomas said: "I cannot explain the remorse I feel and no doubt it will haunt me for many months. I do not consider myself lazy at all.

"It was not the job as such that was stressing me out - I could cope with the work.

"But there were other things going on in my life that I'm not prepared to go into. Things got out of control."

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 05 Apr 2008, 13:25

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scott ... -20372857/

A POSTMAN who dumped nearly 4000 letters and cards in less than a week claimed he was too stressed to deliver the mail.

Aaron Thomas was suspended from his job after bosses discovered 2000 missing letters hidden in grey boxes used for deliveries last November.

The 20-year-old told Perth Sheriff Court: "I recognise what I did was wrong and the amount of anxiety I have suffered has affected my life greatly.

"The only reason I'm still here now is that my new wife would be heartbroken. If I lost my wife, I would be better off dead.

"I cannot explain the remorse I feel and no doubt it will haunt me for many months."

Thomas, of Crieff, Perthshire, admitted two charges of intentionally delaying the mail in the town.

Sheriff Robert McCreadie deferred sentence until next month for reports.

dounome · Post by **dounome** » 05 Apr 2008, 21:56

unfortunately this is happening more and more, every week it seems we read about yet another who cant handle the amount of mail they are required to carry, when are RM going to wise up to the pressure they are putting us under.

mailsort6 · Post by **mailsort6** » 05 Apr 2008, 23:53

When viewing a posties jobs on delivery it looks easy because you only see the postie carrying one bag of mail at a time, but the reality is that they have loads of bags to carry and some new posties cannot cope. Instead of speaking to a union rep or their manager, they are taking matters into their own hands.

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'Stress' led postman to dump mail

'Stress' led postman to dump mail

Postman claims he hid 4000 letters because of stress