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blake murphy

On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:25:05 GMT, (Little
Malice) wrote:

>One time on Usenet, blake murphy > said:
>> On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:27:18 -0800, Mark Thorson >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Julia Altshuler wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I think the post office's rule comes from a desire to make sure giving a
>> >> Christmas gift doesn't morph into tipping. Tipping for good service
>> >> could morph into tipping for ordinary service the way it has in the food
>> >> service industry. That could morph into bribing the letter carrier to
>> >> do his job. Inappropriate for a public employee.
>> >
>> >My mom used to give the mailman a jar of homemade
>> >jam or jelly at Christmas. I suppose these days
>> >that would be officially disallowed because you
>> >never know when somebody would want to poison
>> >their mailman.
>>
>> my mother just gave him a joint.
>
>Beef or pork..?

jesus, you're nosy.

your pal,
blake