Reward for failure

My postman and me – aside from the fact that we both come out in hives whenever we hear the words ‘reform’ and ‘modernisation’, which have both ceased to have genuine meaning under ‘new’ Labour we know what it’s like to have Adam Crozier as a boss.  For Alexander (my postman) he is a remote figure, seen on TV or caricatured in cartoons passed around by protestors. He is Britain’s highest paid public servant and got a £15K bonus after only two months in the job, which is probably as much as some of the staff make. I encountered him at Saatchi &Saatchi. Within six weeks he was trying to close down Cause Connection, the unit established to promote ethical or cause related marketing.  Via the finance officer, he was demanding a profit before the unit could become operational. 
 
Now I read the Post Office is looking to expand its banking service, whilst its core purpose (or so we thought) delivering the post and er, running post offices, is being driven into the ground.