That Post Office Scandal

This has been dramatised and so now everyone is on the same page about what happened. ish.

But it's too late. Many of the victims have already taken their own lives, so overwhelming was the effect of this shameful betrayal by one of our most prized and beloved institutions. Some folk just can't take that sort of pressure.

Here's what should have happened; the VERY FIRST time some postmaster (in whom, as an entity we have pledged our trust - they even signed the Official Secrets Act, ffs!) says, "No, I didn't take that money", we immediately begin investigating our IT system. IT issues can be fixed; as soon as they are brought to light, that is.

Zero percent of the fault lies with the coders. Code can get hectic, especially on a schedule. But so long as you have decent feedback, you can fix anything.

I haven't seen the TV show. I read an article about this a couple years back and remember thinking this would make a great documentary. So I'm glad that's happened. Or better yet, a dramatic reconstruction, or whatever they call it.

I don't know who's truly responsible for this insanity, but I hope they are brought to justice while they still live. This whole thing tarnishes my view of the Post office; of every warm memory of some "Postie" (a term the Post Office likes to use these days for it's warm and fuzzy feeling) walking up our path, maybe in the snow, to deliver some wonderful item.

Now I think "corporate behemoth in the pocket of unscrupulous IT company", or sometimes "The Peter Principle taken to extreme". Hmmm. I'd love to see a documentary examining the stresses folk endure when promoted beyond their natural level. I bet they buckle in odd ways. These may include the need to defend decisions as if they were actual created things, like children. And so clearly flawed infrastructure is allowed to proliferate.

I feel for the posties. That Postie is now also a victim. Think about it. We used to happily give every postie a thumbs-up. Now when I look at a postie I think of some elderly citizen hanging from a pair of tights in the bathroom, asphyxiating, while some corporate slag withdraws millions of ill-gotten gains.

Not a good look.

;o)