March 19, 2009
The Communication Workers Union has got its knickers in a twist over a poster campaign from Southeastern Trains which advertises 'Season Tickets Sales by Post' illustrated by a postie being attacked by a dog and the strap line: "good news for you - bad news for the postman".
This is not funny, according to Dave Joyce, CWU health and safety officer, as an estimated 6,000 postmen and women get attacked, bitten and mauled by dogs every year.
In the past two years, Dave claims, two posties have nearly died when attacked by dogs.
Dave grumbles: "It's unforgivable for a major rail company to depict the very serious problem of dog attacks on postal workers in such a light hearted, flippant way. It's no joke and this type of thing simply encourages those irresponsible dog owners to continue not taking their responsibilities seriously."
No it doesn't; it's a poster Dave, get over it.
The union has even got a 'Bite-Back' campaign to seek government support for changes to the Dangerous Dog Laws along with harsher court penalties. Guru proposes harsher penalties for union officials with a sense of humour failure.
Guru's Tweets