Just wondering
2006-10-11 11:21:02 · 8 answers · asked by Amaya 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Oh, there was an A&E documentary on this this morning (you could probably go to www.aetv.com to find it) about violence in the workplace.
Several years ago, I think in the late '80's, there was a rash of postal workers causing violence among themselves. I forget, it wasn't a huge amount of people, considering the number of postal workers out there, but with it being United States Postal Workers involved, it was high-profile.
Jay Leno and other media outlets coined the phrase "going postal" as a joke, and the term stuck. At one point, the USPS put out a statement saying that that term is offensive and that it makes light of a very serious tragedy, since people actually died over that.
2006-10-11 11:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by CrazyChick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It originated with an incident in which a disgruntled U.S. Postal Service worker shot a bunch of his colleagues.
2006-10-11 18:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by camdenjohn2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Postal workers suffering job stress and working it off by shooting people at their workplaces. Happened a lot for a while. Hasn't now for some time, thank God.
2006-10-11 18:28:46 · answer #3 · answered by Baby'sMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from a postal worker shooting coworkers in Edmond, OK in the 80's.
2006-10-11 18:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a few years back some post office workers started killing people in a out burst of anger over being fired, so the slang for having a fit of temper and harming or killing people caused the slang going postal..........
2006-10-11 18:36:19 · answer #5 · answered by churchonthewayseniors 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weren't there a couple cases in the 80s, when disgruntled post office employees pulled out guns at work? Don't know if this is really true, or just urban legend.
2006-10-11 18:31:12 · answer #6 · answered by mymylookyhere 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It originated from the post office worker who had a shooting spree at his workplace many years ago.
2006-10-11 18:28:43 · answer #7 · answered by JistheRealDeal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im sure it was coined by a co worker of the man who went to his job at the post office and shot everyone to death in the 80's
2006-10-11 18:27:32 · answer #8 · answered by nonners1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋