For other uses, see Going postal (disambiguation).
Going postal is an American English slang phrase referring to becoming extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence, and usually in a workplace environment. The expression derives from a series of incidents from 1986 onward in which United States Postal Service (USPS) workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers, police officers and members of the general public in acts of mass murder. Between 1970 and 1997, more than 40 people were killed by then-current or former employees in at least 20 incidents of workplace rage. Between 1986 and 2011, workplace shootings happened roughly twice per year, with an average of 1.18 people killed per year.[1]
^Lee, Seungmug; McCrie, Robert (2012). "Mass Homicides by Employees in the American Workplace" (PDF).
Goingpostal is an American English slang phrase referring to becoming extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence, and usually...
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played Sacharissa Cripslock in the two part mini-series Terry Pratchett's GoingPostal. In 2011, she starred in the BBC/Showtime sitcom Episodes, alongside...
place Moist von Lipwig, who revamps the postal service without costing the taxpayers anything (GoingPostal). During this, he invents stamps, which are...
characters of the series, von Lipwig is the protagonist of the novels GoingPostal, Making Money, and Raising Steam. Pratchett does not provide an extensive...
was added to web sites' responses, a reference to the Discworld novel GoingPostal, in which "the clacks" (a semaphore system, used as Discworld's equivalent...
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implemented postal zones for 178 large cities in May 1943. Postmaster General Frank Walker explained that many experienced postal clerks were going into the...
concept album by Styx, released on 1 September 1978. In Terry Pratchett's GoingPostal, the antagonist Reacher Gilt (who physically resembles a stereotypical...
adversely affect or fraudulently use the U.S. Mail, the postal system or postal employees. With roots going back to the late 18th century, the USPIS is the oldest...
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