That's a lot of stamps

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/05/postal.service.relocation/index.html

Thanks, guys, for showing so much class.

Corrected

David S. Wallens wrote: Thanks, guys, for showing your ass.

How the hell does a Post Office small fry worker make enough money to live in a $1million house in the first place?!?!!!?

1. A postmaster is not quite a "small fry"
2. Who knows what his wife does. $$$?
3. How long has he had the house? 10 years ago it would have gone for half that.
4. Recent home loan sittuations allowed people to borrow more than they can afford.

Take your pick

Not to say that this isn't berkeleyed up, because it is.

Here comes another increase in the price of stamps.

On the surface, I agree this looks bogus, but think about it.

Let's say that you've worked hard for your company for 15 years and you've done a great job. During the same time, you've purchased a nice home, fixed it up the way you like and are raising your family in relative peace.

Your company comes and says that you've done such a good job, they want you to go replicate it at another location. So they are transferring you to some godforsaken hell-hole like, oh I don't know... Ormond Beach FL. It isn't voluntary, and you have to be there, let's say Thursday.

If they want you to go that much, shouldn't they at least hire one of these companies that takes care of selling your house and give you the appraised value?

You could make the case (I guess) that the transfer itself is wasteful, but this deal just doesn't seem that outrageous to me.

Wow. I wonder if there's an opening for his old job, it ain't far from me at all. They can relocate me a LOT cheaper than 1.2 mil.

No big deal, I know 5 or 6 people who have had similar situations. Next door neighbor worked for IBM down south. IBM wanted him in the DC area ASAP. He wanted his kids here to start the school year and not move in the middle of the year.

IBM gave him an interest free loan to purchase and renovate a house until he could sell his house down south. They also paid his moving expenses and for him and his wife and their four kids to live in a motel for 2 months till renovations were done on the new house.

Funny how people get all bent out of shape when a government official who actually provides a service gets compensated, but no one seems all that upset about the fat cats in Washington flying around in private jets, eating steak dinners every night, and only showing up for "work" to vote themselves a raise, grease the palms of their lobbyists, or find a myriad of other ways to flush my money down the toilet.

poopshovel wrote: no one seems all that upset about the fat cats in Washington flying around in private jets, eating steak dinners every night, and only showing up for "work" to vote themselves a raise, grease the palms of their lobbyists, or find a myriad of other ways to flush my money down the toilet.

Now who would that be? I've never heard of anyone like that. That sounds like Science Fiction or would it be a cartoon?