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The sort of corporate communication you can get behind

08.12.2021 by David Murray // 7 Comments

Taped to each cash register at the local UPS store.

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  1. Bill Bryant says

    August 12, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    Hi, Dave. Most of The UPS Stores are owned and operated by franchisees, not UPS. So I doubt this dreadful language came from my former colleagues in Atlanta.

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  2. David Murray says

    August 12, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    I’m aware: Dreadful? DREADFUL?! Your former Atlanta colleagues could LEARN from the directness of this language. Well, except for Dean. And Janet. They might have written it themselves. They always knew a POS when they saw one.

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  3. Kitty Kurth says

    August 12, 2021 at 11:21 pm

    My only objection in to the acronym POS I am just not in with in crowd enough at UPS to know POS.

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  4. David Murray says

    August 13, 2021 at 3:42 am

    Kitty, it means Piece of Shit.

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  5. Craig Davis says

    August 14, 2021 at 3:53 pm

    😂 Love the plain talk!

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  6. Shel Holtz says

    August 15, 2021 at 5:08 pm

    Point of Sale.
    Doesn’t mean it’s not a piece of shit.

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  7. David Murray says

    August 15, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    Oh my God, Shel! I didn’t know that jargon—nor do most UPS customers, I imagine—and I even sort of confirmed it with the clerk, by laughing at the sign while saying “POS, I love it!” and taking a picture. I think he knew how I was interpreting it … and he didn’t correct me.

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