Gone Postal: A True Story

by David Gillespie

The true story that follows a letter carrier's 36 year career showing how the job and fellow employees touched him. Postal people touch everyone's life in some way and it gives new meaning to the phrase, Gone Postal.

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 4, 2010

About the author

David Gillespie is a recovering corporate lawyer, former co-founder of a successful software company and investor in several software startups.

He is also the father of six young children (including one set of twins). With such a lot of extra time on his hands, and 40 extra kilos on his waistline, he set out to investigate why he, like so many in his generation, was fat.

He deciphered the latest medical findings on diet and weight gain and what he found was chilling. Being fat was the least of his problems. He needed to stop poisoning himself.

His first book, Sweet Poison, published in 2008 is widely credited with starting the current Australian wave of anti-sugar sentiment.

Reviews

[Jerimy Stoll · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the ending. This is a true collection of gripes and malcontent of a 36-year career in the Postal Service. It kind of reminded me of the novel 1984 but was much less entertaining. I was a military postal clerk for 12 years, so I felt much of his pain, but it seemed like he was unhappy with his job, and his atmosphere, yet when the opportunity to make a difference presented itself to him, he simply passed it up and was content to be unhappy with his bosses, co-workers, and even some of his customers. I did enjoy the ending when the author admitted that he loved his co-workers, and his job, despite everything he complained about. The main thing I gleaned from this book was that if one gets an opportunity to change things for the better, it may be worth the initial adversity to go ahead and do it. Cowboy up, take the proverbial bull by the horns and twist its damn neck until you become its master.