postal worker syndrome

A popular term for a condition said to occur in postal workers, who ‘snap’ and shoot their colleagues in a bloody rampage. When such occurs, the worker is said to have ‘gone postal’

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postal worker syndrome

Forensic psychiatry A popular term for a condition allegedly more common in postal workers, who are said to 'snap' and shoot their colleagues in a bloody rampage

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