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Another British postmaster comes forward. He had been given bravery awards for confronting two armed robbers, but ended up selling his wedding rings and living
by nonrandomstring 3y ago
Another British postmaster comes forward. He had been given bravery awards
for confronting two armed robbers, but ended up selling his wedding rings
and living in a caravan because misplaced belief in faulty software.
- tentacleuno 3y agoI really don't get how they keep getting away with this -- this is one of the worst systematic failures I've ever seen.
- phone8675309 3y agoIt's the _royal_ post office The royals don't keep going because their subjects think they're fallible.
- eynsham 3y agoBritons aren’t as inane and simple-minded as you make us out to be. > it’s the _royal_ post office No it’s not. Perhaps you have confused the Post Office with Royal Mail. > The royals don't keep going because their subjects think they're fallible. The hysteria about Diana suggests otherwise. This is also quite irrelevant. Attitudes to arms-length public bodies are not in fact parasitic on attitudes to the royal family. On this logic, HM Treasury would be regarded as infallible. It isn’t. Britain has fiscal debates like everywhere else.
- solumunus 3y agoQuite simply, no it’s not. The Post Office is a private company and has nothing to do with the royal family.
- citrin_ru 3y agoPost Office officials knew about flaws for year but decided to cover up and continue with prosecutors. It was belief in impunity, not software.