10 fascinating filipinas in the us
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10 Fascinating Women
There is no doubt that women can do just about anything they put their
minds to. They can be lawyers, Tony award-winning actors, Pulitzer
Prize-winning photojournalists, acclaimed authors, savvy businesswomen
and even hosts of their own television shows. This is what the women in
the next few pages are all about. Filipinas has chosen ten outstanding
women (and there are many, many more) who have shown determination in
pursuing their endeavors, overcoming numerous obstacles, breaking the
glass-ceiling and shining in their chosen professions.
Judge Nina Elgo
There is a Filipina in the Connecticut judiciary and when she is not on
TV scolding deadbeat dads and scamming contractors, Judge Nina Elgo's
every move is adequately shadowed by the local press. She is
Connecticut's first Asian American judge.
"Elgo, with her youthful looks, is small in stature and sometimes only
her head can be seen above the massive bench!" says the Journal
Inquirer of Manchester, Connecticut in its coverage of her first jury
trial.
The article makes Elgo blush, but it eventually acknowledges that looks
do not an effective judge make, and that she brings a "plethora of
experience to the bench."
The Filipino American community is proud to claim Nina Frances Elgo,
one of 14 Superior Court (the equivalent of a trial court in most
states) judges nominated by Connecticut Gov. John Rowland before he
stepped down in June in the haze of a corruption scandal, and confirmed
by the General Assembly.
Elgo is one of about 200 judges in Connecticut, also known as the
Constitution State because it was the first region to have its own
governing Charter. As a woman and an Asian American, she is clearly in
the minority.
Her father Loreto Elgo of Quezon met and married Nilda Carreon of
Batangas as a Navy man stationed in Athens, Georgia. She was working as
a medical technologist there.
The couple moved to Connecticut where they raised a pair of brainy and
lovely daughters - Nina and her sister Christina, a businesswoman.
The girls grew up in what seemed like a picture-perfect Filipino
American home where the parents set the rules and the children observed
them. They went to public schools, turned in excellent grades, and made
sure there was no trouble for their parents when they arrived home
tired from work.
"It was a difficult life," she said before a gathering of Filipino
American associations in Connecticut. "My father served in the U.S.
Navy for 25 years and, growing up, that meant he was out to sea every
three months. My mother raised us like a single mother for most of our
lives."
As if to make up for lost time with their kids, Elgo's parents continue
to make themselves available when their daughters call for help. They
flew to Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Frances to sort out the
chaos in her sister's property and made sure their grandsons went to
school while she was in Europe on a business trip.
"Both of my parents have been there for my sister and I and for our
families. They have continued to make us a priority."
A career in law and government presented itself to Elgo when she was
looking around for a career that was "meaningful, challenging and
stimulating." She finished Law at the Georgetown University Law Center
in Washington, D.C. and returned to Connecticut where she litigated
family and juvenile cases for the Office of the Attorney General.
After 14 years with the OAG, Elgo was named Superior Court Judge. She
is currently assigned to the Criminal Division, presiding over jury
trials, arraignments and criminal matters related to illegal drugs,
domestic violence, assaults, youthful offender and motor vehicles
crimes. The assignments are rotated every year. When she is handling
arraignments and the regular docket, she can hear as many as a dozen
cases a day. When presiding over a jury trial, she hears only that
case.
"I was recently transferred to preside over habeas corpus trials, in
which incarcerated prisoners want a trial based on claims such as
ineffective assistance of counsel in the underlying criminal case," she
tells Filipinas Magazine.
Being a judge cloaks her with "a tremendous amount of power," she says.
Since the Rowland scandal, there has been a series of training seminars
for state and city officials regarding ethical issues, especially on
the matter of receiving gifts.
"Abusing power is one of the worst things you can do for yourself as
well as for the system," Elgo says. "The integrity of the process and
fairness of the system rides on how well the judge comports
himself/herself."-Cristina DC Pastor
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga (Filipinas, December 1993 and 2000) isn't one to let
success go to her head. Instead, she stays humble and down-to-earth,
giggling at the thought that she's considered an international star.
For Filipinos, Salonga is a household name. Making her stage debut at
the tender age of seven, the showbiz veteran never saw it as her
destiny to become a professional singer and actress. "I always knew I
could sing and act, but I didn't see it as my fate," she says.
Salonga initially had her sights on becoming a doctor, but all that
changed after she landed the role of Kim, a Vietnamese prostitute
involved in an ill-fated love affair with an American soldier in "Miss
Saigon." She earned critical acclaim for her performance, bagging
several awards including the Tony Award and the Drama and Outer Critics
Circle Award.
But success also came with a price. Salonga was once refused an
audition for a production because she was Asian. "It was strange to
hear that," she recalls. So when she landed the role of Eponine, a
street waif in the Broadway production of "Les Miserables," Salonga
made it a personal mission to prove that non-traditional casting works
by singing, acting and performing the role well. Competition with other
Asian actors is another challenge Salonga has had to deal with, but
it's just fine with her because "it keeps me on my toes."
Last February, the thirty-something performer kicked off her first U.S.
concert tour. When asked why she decided to do the tour only recently,
Salonga says that the timing felt right and "natural." The tour makes
its final stop in Los Angeles this month.
"God gave me a really cool job," Salonga says of her career. But
despite the accolades, she doesn't get star treatment from her
family, who gives her credit for keeping her feet solely planted on the
ground. When not in front of an audience, Salonga knits, plays
videogames and spends time with her family (which includes her husband
Robert Chien, a businessman she married in 2004).
At the moment, Salonga is auditioning for television roles and hopes to
continue performing in the Philippines and around the globe.-ML
Emme Tomimbang
Being one of the most recognized TV personalities in Hawaii, Emme
Tomimbang (Filipinas, August 1995) wouldn't be mistaken for someone
who spent part of her life in poverty. But, yes, the TV veteran
didn't always have it so good.
Host and executive producer of the television magazine series "Emme's
Island Moments," Tomimbang seems, to have been destined for the media
spotlight. The daughter of a pioneer broadcaster, Tomimbang began her
broadcasting career at age 10, hosting a 30-minute segment on her
father's Filipino radio program "Maligayang Araw."
After a long hiatus (she stopped doing radio when she turned 15), she
returned to broadcasting after graduating from the University of Hawaii
where she earned her degree in secondary education. Tomimbang worked
for KISA, the first Filipino radio station in the United States, which
at the time was being run by her father.
"We had such a diverse group of radio announcers speaking Tagalog,
Ilocano and Visayan. I was the English speaking deejay who played rock
music from Manila," she says.
Tomimbang made the move to television in the mid 1970s after landing a
job as a promotions director for KITV. It was here that she began
learning her craft "on the job." She started out as a feature reporter
before moving on to hard news and documentaries. Tomimbang found out
that adjusting from radio to television was no day at the beach. She
describes the change as "extremely challenging." It also didn't help
that there were no other Filipino women reporters on air. "I looked all
over the mainland to find someone to emulate but couldn't find anyone.
So I watched Connie Chung very carefully," she says.
Tomimbang spent 12 years at KITV before moving to KITV 4 in 1987. She
left the station after a burnout and got a gig as the "Island Style"
reporter for Channel 2. In 1993, she resigned to become an independent
producer, taking the concept of "Island Style" and expanding it into
"Island Moments," which Tomimbang says "has been a major journey" in
her television career.
Away from the small screen, Tomimbang is an entrepreneur who owns a
production company called EMME, Inc. (Emme Tomimbang Multi-Media
Enterprises). It celebrated its 10th year in 2004. She also owns a
clothing line, Island Moments by Emme. Up next: a documentary for the
YWCA on the top four women in Hawaii and a documentary project on the
Centennial of Filipinos in Hawaii, slated for showing in 2006.-ML
Irene Natividad
Hearing Irene Natividad talk about her activities, one can't help but
picture a whirlwind. This is one woman who is so dynamic, so
accomplished and such a multitasker that it is almost impossible to
imagine her keeping still. Her list of achievements is lengthy and
distinguished.
Natividad (Filipinas, May 1993), who has remained true to her passion
and commitment to women's empowerment through three decades of
activism, is president of the Global Summit of Women, an annual
gathering of women leaders worldwide; co-chair of Corporate Women
Directors International; and executive director of the Philippine
American Foundation. She runs her own Washington, D.C.-based public
affairs firm, Globewomen Inc. She's also a well-known commentator on
PBS, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, among others, a sought-after speaker and
a multi-awarded woman leader.
In 2004, Women's eNews recognized her as one of the "21 Leaders for the
21st Century." Working Mother Magazine named her one of the "25 Most
Influential Working Mothers" in 1997 and the Ladies Home Journal dubbed
her one of the "100 Most Powerful Women in America" in 1988.
Natividad's formidable credentials as a hotshot advocate for women were
established when she was elected for two terms as president of the
National Women's Political Caucus, a 30-year old bipartisan
organization that seeks to bring more women to appointed and elected
public office. She was also chair of the National Commission on Working
Women and, during the Clinton administration, was appointed to the
Board of Directors of Sallie Mae, a Fortune 100 company.
While her involvements keep her always on the go-she was in Egypt, New
York and San Francisco all in one week-Natividad is unequivocal in her
contention that exhaustion, fatigue and frustration notwithstanding,
hers is "very satisfying work." She says the downside is that she is
not rich monetarily; though she is rich in the things that really
matter: friendships with amazing women all over the world, fulfillment
in seeing her many projects come to fruition, and an already
unquestioned legacy.-GN
Jessica Hagedorn
Jessica Hagedorn (Filipinas, October 1997) belongs to the hippie,
women's liberation and rock-and-roll generation. It is also the
generation that saw black power, the Vietnam War and the declaration of
martial law in the Philippines.
Hagedorn is as fascinating as her generation. She's part of the
history that shaped today's world. When she was 12, she moved to San
Francisco, home of the hippies. The open-mindedness of her artistic
mother and her father's love of music molded her into a strong,
independent and versatile woman-artist. She works with diverse media
and genres.
For her work, Hagedorn became a recipient of the Macdowell Colony
Fellowship for three years. She won various awards including the
American Book Awards and the NEA Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Writers
Award. She was nominated for The National Book Award for her first
novel, Dogeaters.
Her avid readers are artists who bend the rules and reject the
conventional views society imposes on them. Dogeaters, the novel and
the play, is the millennium version of Noli Me Tangere, except Hagedorn
attacks the trauma of the Marcos era.
She's a highly regarded figure in the Filipino, Asian American and
mainstream literary communities. Some of her works include Danger and
Beauty, Dream Jungle, Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of
Contemporary Asian American Fiction and Charlie Chan is Dead 2: At Home
in the World.
Hagedorn's stories are inhabited by immigrant teenage girls surviving
the American city. She provided penetrating poems about the Philippines
and collaborated with photographer Marissa Roth in Burning Heart: A
Portrait of the Philippines.
As her contemporaries reach the second half of their lives, Hagedorn
still explores the world around her. She travels constantly, attending
premieres of her plays, collaborating with producers and directors, and
meeting young women who sneak their zines for her to read. Her second
play, "Stairway to Heaven," premiered in San Francisco last
February.-Shatto Light
Cheryl Diaz Meyer
If there's one thing people would be surprised to learn about Cheryl
Diaz Meyer (Filipinas, June 2004), it's that she has always wished
she had the courage to sing karaoke. She finds it easier to cover a
war.
A senior staff photographer for the Dallas Morning News, Diaz Meyer,
along with colleague David Leeson, won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for
covering the war in Iraq in 2004. They received the award for Breaking
News Photography.
On assignment there for three months, Meyer admits there were times
when she felt afraid for her own life. "There was always danger. One
false move, one unwise choice and I could've been dead," she says.
One particular incident was when she took a photo of men helping a
wounded civilian out of his burning vehicle. "It was a quick decision
made without much time, but with clarity of thought," she says. It was
this photo that helped win her the Pulitzer.
Born in Quezon City, Philippines, Diaz Meyer originally set her sights
on a career in international business but chose a different path after
realizing "there was something missing." She got hooked on photography
after a friend invited her to a photo shoot. So, while finishing her
bachelor's degree in German at the University of Minnesota, she took up
photography classes.
"The more I learned, the more I realized that I was very attracted to
photographing people. It took me a while before I put a finger on my
desire to study photojournalism," she says.
As a woman and minority in a field dominated by men, Diaz Meyer admits
she was a bit anxious when she first began her career.
"Later I learned that being a woman and a minority was an advantage
because there were and are still few of us in the business. Newspapers
realize that they can connect better with readers if they diversify
their staff," she states.
There is no doubt that the 36-year-old is passionate about her career,
but there are times when she finds it difficult to do her job. "At
times I have to talk and photograph people who are experiencing some of
the worst times of their lives. It kills me everytime I have to do it.
And sometimes, I can't help but cry with my subjects. It can be
incredibly painful."
Diaz Meyer is currently preparing to go on assignment in China. She's
been busy decorating her home and prefers to spend time with her
husband at home watching a good movie.-ML
Monique Lhuillier
Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson and Sarah Jessica Parker are fans of
her designs and now the rest of Hollywood is taking notice of Monique
Lhuillier (Filipinas, March 2002).
The Cebu native had a breakthrough year in 2004, with many of her
creations being paraded down the red carpet, landing celebrities like
Jaime Lyn Di Scala of the "The Sopranos" on the best-dressed list.
Allison Janney from "The West Wing" wore Lhuiller's green chiffon
creation when she won at last year's Emmys.
Lhuillier has established herself as one of the leading designers in
bridal design. In 1996, she launched her bridal collection much to the
delight of magazine editors and retailers. That same year, she and
husband Tom Bugbee established Monique Lhuillier & Company. To build up
their clientele, the duo sold Lhuillier's line at high-end stores like
Saks and Neiman Marcus. They now have shops in Beverly Hills and
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lhuillier's bridal clientele include singers
Natalie Imbruglia and Britney Spears. In an interview with Newsweek,
Lhuillier said that Spears was a difficult assignment because she
didn't want to come to the store in order to avoid the paparazzi.
Lhuillier credits her Filipino mother for influencing her sense of
style. She studied at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
in L.A. where she chose to specialize in evening and bridal designs.
After graduation, Lhuillier worked at Melivier, a posh manufacturing
shop where she learned the tricks of the trade, from buying to
merchadizing.
In 2001, she debuted her evening collection, which was well received by
the fashion public (newyorkmetro.com described her bridal and evening
wear as "feminine, sexy and timeless."). The line has evolved into a
ready-to-wear collection, which was launched in 2003. Future plans for
Lhuillier include a shoe and handbag collection.
So, the next time you watch an awards show, be prepared to hear Monique
Lhuillier's name when Hollywood starlets are asked, "Who are you
wearing?"-ML
Cora M. Tellez
When Cora M. Tellez (Filipinas, June 1998 and January 2000) tried
retiring three years ago, she had achieved what ambitious women aspire
for: a grand title (President and CEO) of a giant corporation (Health
Net of California, with revenues of $8 billion) in an industry that
helps people (health care). There were no more glass ceilings to break.
Previous to this, she was president of Health Net's Western and
Health Plan Divisions; president and chair of Prudential Health Care
Plan of California; senior vice president and national accounts
leader/regional CEO of Blue Shield of California; and vice president
and regional manager, Hawaii Region of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
and Hospitals.
With nothing left to prove and her children grown, Tellez, then 52,
decided to pursue other less hectic interests such as ikebana, the art
of Japanese floral arrangement. She also took real estate courses at
the University of California, Berkeley and planned to enroll in history
and anthropology classes, two fields she has been interested in.
But the adventurer in her soon beckoned her back into the business
world, this time as president and CEO of Sterling HSA, a start-up that
has become the leader in a new category of tax-advantaged health care
benefits called health savings accounts. The company is first in the
market to offer this "health IRA" type of product that allows clients
to pay for their health care while saving for the future.
Sterling is a new experience for Tellez, who is used to running
organizations with thousands of employees. With a staff of just nine,
she is putting all of her passion and 25 years of management experience
in health care finance and delivery into making sure the company meets
the targets defined in its business plan. "I'm loving it," she
declares. Since small companies have to be "incredibly agile," managing
one requires a lot of creativity, which Tellez welcomes.
After "flunking retirement," it will be a while before this 55-year old
baby boomer considers it again. "I think our generation has redefined
retirement," she contends. "[For us] it will mean moving on to
something else, exploring new frontiers. I will not retire in the
traditional, conventional sense."
That's good news for the health care benefits industry.-GN
Loida Nicolas Lewis
Loida Nicolas Lewis (Filipinas, February 1996) upholds values from her
Filipino background while running her billion-dollar corporation.
Having been raised in a business family, she champions the common-sense
approach of listening and paying close attention to the people she
works with, from the office executives to the janitors. In 1994, Lewis
took helm of TLC Beatrice, at the time the largest African American
company in the United States after her husband Reginald Lewis, company
founder, died of brain cancer. She rose to the challenge by
strengthening her management team, selling under-performing assets,
cutting costs and reducing the company's debt. "I've often felt, in a
manner of speaking, that I run the company like a household, with
fairness and clear expectations," Lewis says.
As a businessperson as well as an attorney and author, Lewis has long
advocated for the rights of underrepresented people. She is the first
Asian woman to have passed the New York State Bar exam without having
studied law in the United States. After serving an underprivileged
clientele base in East Harlem as a lawyer, Lewis became general
attorney for the Immigration and Naturalization Service for ten years
and also wrote three books on immigration law. Her other works include
a biography of her late husband, whom she married in 1969, entitled Why
Should White Guys Have All the Fun? How Reginald F. Lewis Created a
Billion Dollar Business Empire, which sold several hundred thousand
copies.
"I can't begin to explain the indignities my husband went through
living in this society," Lewis says about the racism her husband
experienced in his dealings with the business world. In 1987, Lewis
helped create the Reginald F. Lewis Foundation, which contributes
millions of dollars to educational, civil rights and artistic
institutions such as the NAACP, Howard University, Harvard University,
and the University of the Philippines. Lewis is a graduate of the
University of the Philippines College of Law and Saint Theresa's
College.
In the late 1990s, Lewis sold units of her company from France, Spain,
Ireland and Thailand, but currently chairs TLC Beatrice (China) and TLC
Beatrice Foods in the Philippines. She also remains committed to
supporting Filipino organizations in her homeland.
"You can get me out of the country, but you can't get the country
out of me," Lewis says. "Sorsogon. That's where I'm from.
I'll always be a Sorsoganon."-VL
Ruthe Catolico Ashley
The barrier has been broken. In 2004, Ruthe Catolico Ashley, 57, became
the first Filipina to be elected to the State Bar of California Board
of Governors. One of 15 members on the board, Ashley says that her
responsibility " is to represent women and people of color so we can
have a seat at the table." Calling the position a "two for,"
meaning she represents women and people of color in one seat, Ashley
strongly believes that diversity is the key to every governing board.
"My first goal is to really encourage diversity in the profession and
make the Board more relevant to the practicing attorney," Ashley says,
but her most important goal is to serve as a role model and mentor to
those that follow.
"When I leave, I want to make sure that someone that looks like me
takes my place."
Currently the director of career services and outreach for the
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Ashley's passion for
empowerment has deep roots in her upbringing in Glendale, California as
a member of one of the few Filipino families there in the 1950s.
They migrated there from Hawaii, where her parents worked in the fields
and where Ashley was born. Her parents, originally from Labu, Apare
Kagayat and Ilocos Sur, moved to California with Ashley and her older
sister, to work as custodians at the Glendale Adventist Medical Center.
Growing up, Ashley admits she had a real inferiority complex, which
fueled her desire to fit in. She joined every club and ran for every
office at the Glendale Adventist Academy, where she and her sister were
the only brown kids.
"I tried my best to be part of the greater community, to be American
and to blend in," she says. She worked extra hard just to prove she was
as good as everyone else.
"I was more ashamed that my parents were poor and uneducated rather
than of being Asian," she says. "It was then my mother, our source of
strength, said to me that they were willing to sacrifice everything for
me to get an education."
Raising a family on what Ashley calls "peanuts," her parents dedicated
their lives to providing the best for Ashley and her sister-private
schooling, piano, voice and speech lessons, on their meager custodial
salaries then.
Upon graduation from high school, Ashley took up nursing at California
State University in Los Angeles. Her high school sweetheart, Kenneth
Martin, was drafted for the war in Vietnam. Three weeks before he was
to leave, they married at the age of 21, despite his parents'
objection. Sadly, five weeks later, he was killed during the Tet
Offensive, and Ashley was left a 21-year-old war widow.
For the next 15 years, Ashley worked in the health care profession,
promoting women's rights as a public health nurse in the Los Angeles
area. At the age of 37, she made a purely emotional decision to go to
law school after seeing an episode of the "The Cosby Show," which had a
five-minute segment introducing the character of Claire Huxtable, a
woman of color and a successful lawyer. "If she could do it, then I
could do it, too," she says.
Fortunately, her husband Roger was very supportive and had means to
provide for the family on one income while she went to school. She
rationalized, "I'll be 40 in three years whether I decide to go to law
school or not."
Roger was set to transfer to Sacramento for work, so Ashley applied to
schools in the area. That same year, Ashley became a first-year law
student at Pacific/McGeorge Law School in Sacramento "as one of only
four students alive during John F. Kennedy's assassination."
Three years later, she received her jurisdoctor and was hired as an
associate in the litigation department of the largest law firm in
Sacramento. "For the first time I realized there are civil rights
issues I could have an impact on," she says.
Ashley practiced civil litigation, health care and employment law in
the Sacramento area for 14 years until returning to her alma mater to
teach. She has written numerous articles for health and legal
publications and was included in the American Bar Association's book,
Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters as a role model for women of color who
want to be lawyers.
I am always looking for potential leaders, people who want to be
molded," she says. Some of her students include: Raphael Vito, Ruben
Nocos, Melanie Bucat, Rozaline Pulmano and Lara Diaz Dunbar. Ashley
proudly describes them as future leaders she helped shape.
Ashley has passed on the value of education to her own children. Her
daughter works in human resources and her son is an architect.
Pace University Law School, KVIE Television, Union Bank, NAPABA and the
Unity Bar Association have recognized her for her activism,
volunteerism and empowerment. She continues to serve on many nonprofit
boards and commissions linked to minorities, education and law. She
actively serves on The California State University Sacramento
Foundation, Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) and
California State Bar Legal Services Trust Fund Commission
"A law degree is powerful. It opens doors and creates opportunity," she
emphasizes, recalling why her mother worked so hard so she and her
sister could go to school. "You must get an education, that's the
only thing that they can't take away from you," her mom would
say.-Monica Sagullo
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DirtySickPig
> not all filipinas are housemaids or japayukis
My Pinay wife in Berlin is. Bwehehehehehehehehehehehe! Ooops.
Herr Knoerr von Schweinelund
H Dickmann
"kwago" <ren...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1110264312.0...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> not all filipinas are housemaids or japayukis
>
Then there is a Filipino woman like my Mother in law, Living in a Nipa hut
she has brought up 8 children to be Hard working, God fearing, absolutely
honest and law abiding, non Materialistic, loving, kind and considerate,
Etc. Etc.
How do we measure success?
DirtySickPig
By the money she squirelled for years in those bamboo posts?
Bumbong Pig
kwago
Just JT
>
> Then there is a Filipino woman like my Mother in law, Living in a Nipa hut
> she has brought up 8 children to be Hard working, God fearing, absolutely
> honest and law abiding, non Materialistic, loving, kind and considerate,
> Etc. Etc.
>
> How do we measure success?
By how much welfare she gets from all her eight children.
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DalubYourKidsOweYou$100,000Each...NOT!!
kwago
pocket , forgetting that you cant take that into your grave.
Just JT
> some people shallowy equate success with just more money in your
> pocket , forgetting that you cant take that into your grave.
Yes, that's true. So all postal workers should get ACROSS-THE-BOARD PAY
CUTS.
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DalubHeckThey'reMakingMoreThanEnoughAlreadyFromPilferage
kwago
kwago
stealing. i think lots of rich yuppies have this sour attitude that
all other people are out to get em . as if they are the center of
the universe
Just JT
> there you go again accusing people you havent met or know of
> stealing.
I have my facts. I sent a box of chocolates on one occasion and a bottle of
red wine on another through the USPS. The goodies NEVER ARRIVED to their
destination. My parcels were pilfered, that's a fact. Can you blame me for
blaming the USPS?
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DalubOrTheUSPSDogAteMyParcels?
kwago
label attached to it or have insured or registered labeled to it[
that will make your item tracked and signed for where ever it will
go and its not even that expensive. in addition ,. what has usps
have anything to do with food coming from the australian post office
oz boy ? in transit its handled by all kids of people from the plane,
to the truck,, to the clerks, to the carrier. as if a usps carrier
have nothing better to do than eat somebodys cheap chocolates.
lastly i have handled millions of dollars in my old job many
years ago and had all kinds of opportunity to make it disappear
since i was all alone with those kinds of shipments. but not a cent
or a penny disappeared. my conscience is clear. to repat a foold
and his choco are sooon parted.
a friend who worked for fedex say they got problems with pilfirage
sometimes too .
Just JT
>
>i blame someone for not shipping something with a delivery confirmation
> label attached to it or have insured or registered labeled to it[
> that will make your item tracked and signed for where ever it will
> go and its not even that expensive. in addition ,.
Let me get this straight. I used a service. I honest-to-goodness paid for
that service. The postage was more expensive than the item to be delivered!
But the service did not deliver to my expectations. Now YOU'RE BLAMING ME
for using this service? Since when is it the customer's fault when a service
f*cks up?!?! You don't sound CUSTOMER FOCUSED at all!!
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DalubIfRegularMailCan'tBeReliedOnWhyNotJustAbolishIt?
kwago
kwago
DirtySickPig
But he's well-paid. Very well-paid.
> DalubIfRegularMailCan'tBeReliedOnWhyNotJustAbolishIt?
PrivatizeUSPS Pig
kwago
proper forum to ask that question. go to usps .com and go to the
proper person or department. next!
p.s delivery confirmation, registered, or insured does not cost
that much mr kuripot
kwago
DirtySickPig
An efficient and honest postal service will have NO NEED for delivery
confirmation or insurance. Certified and registered mail just satisfies
various legal requirements. Phacker.
kwago
DirtySickPig
> as if the fedex and others dont use these scanned packages
You are right, Fedex does use them. Your overpaying employer OUTSOURCES
post-office-to-post-office package delivery to Fedex. Part of the
payment is in front of, or inside, EVERY post office: A Fedex drop box
complete with supplies and a contract for efficiency. Eat that, bagger!
PrivatizeUSPS Pig
kwago
before the box outside is rented by fedex for a couple hundred
million dollars.
kwago
DirtySickPig
Fedex has to mail its bills and correspondence and buy U.S. postage.
You call that outsourcing? I call that patronage and providing
assistance to a sinking customer.
The couple of hundred million dollars is deducted by USPS from what it
owes Fedex. If that is rent, why can't USPS rent out boxes to UPS and
others? Is it because they have a contract with Fedex, hmmmm?
FYI1, genius, Fedex leased--both cold and hot--an entire fleet of cargo
jets just to handle USPS outsourcing.
FYI2, genius, unlike UPS which is a cargo forwarding company, Fedex is
an airline just like the old Flying Tigers. Its employees are
considered by other airlines as airline employees and enjoy limited
deadheading privileges. Many Fedex positions require FAA certification.
Can your brain handle this information overload, genius?
PrivatizeUSPS Pig
DirtySickPig
> privatize away i want to see if you can do it. do it do it.
It can be done because it doesn't take a bloated bureaucracy of rocket
scientists to deliver envelopes and boxes and sponsor cyclists who
refuse to sponsor America.
First thing to do is trim the fat, and that means getting rid of all
useless but overpaid fuckers like you. Then postage can be returned to
a reasonable level.
In Paris, genius, housewives mail their groceries so it will be waiting
for them when they get home using public transportation. "i want to
see if you can do it. do it do it." Bwahahahahahahahahaha!
PrivatizeUSPS Pig