On Mon, 04 May 2009 19:07:32 +0100, St. wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:49ff240e$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Mon, 04 May 2009 17:59:11 +0100, St. wrote:
>>
>>>     In my job, we're always sending packages to works addresses, and
>>>     some of
>>> those addresses are Govt. departments or big companies like the
>>> BBC/ITV.
>>
>> Interesting.  I think maybe my job in college had that, but that
>> doesn't really count.
>>
>> My current employer strongly discourages having personal packages sent
>> to the office, and I seem to recall the one before that (a Fortune 50
>> company) also did.  Before that the memory gets a little fuzzy.
> 
>      Hmm, I wonder if it's because of the 'security' issue now?

Could be, I'll have to ask some coworkers who have been with the company 
longer if that's relatively new or not.

>       As for the packages that we send, the people receiving them are
> usually 90% women receiving their wedding rings, so I wonder if it's
> more a case of "The Boss better not dare say anything!"  :)

Sending isn't a problem, because we take it to the mailroom and pay for 
it - it's just receiving that's a problem because it adds to the delivery 
load (and possibly other reasons).

Jim

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