Postman suspended for anti-junk mail advice

"A postman who advised people how to stop junk mail being delivered to their
home could lose his job after bosses suspended him for misconduct.
Roger
Annies composed and circulated a leaflet about the Royal Mail's opt-out clause
for unsolicited mail during his rounds in Barry, south Wales." - BBC NEWS

Postman's Side:

The postie wrote and delivered a leaflet giving customers details of how they could opt out of getting junk mail saying:

"If you complete the slip below and send it to the Royal Mail delivery office, you should not get any of the above-mentioned unwanted advertising."

Royal Mail's Side:

A spokesman said Royal Mail delivered less than a quarter of the UK's unaddressed mail - officially known as "Door to Door items" - and that "if we do not deliver this mail then rival companies will."

He added: "Royal Mail's future depends on competing effectively in all parts of the market and that includes unaddressed mail, a service which is used by a great many firms and people, whose businesses depend on it."

My Side:

As a postie I hate delivering leaflets as well as junk mail, but as Royal Mail point out - it's an important part of the business and if we don't deliver it someone else will. Without the leaflets/junk mail thousands of jobs would be lost because we'd lose a lot of business.

I can see why the postie sent the leaflet to his customers - he wants less work!

But it's just WRONG to turn away custom - imagine if the shop worker told you to shop at another supermarket or the car dealer told you to buy your car from the competitor?

Royal Mail would be right to sack this guy for trying to turn business away.