Sunday, March 31, 2013

Anti-Atheist Discrimination at the Post Office

Good Germans that they are, the company decided to conduct A Serious Empirical Experiment. They sent 2 packages to each of 89 customers in 49 states, one sealed with the branded tape and the other with neutral. Sure enough, the ATHEIST-taped packages took an average of three days longer to arrive, and of 10 that didn’t arrive at all, nine were ATHEIST-taped.

MORE: http://marksilk.religionnews.com/2013/03/29/anti-atheist-discrimination-at-the-post-office/

See also...

Study: Packages Sealed with ‘Atheist’ Tape 10 Times More Likely to Disappear
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/03/28/study-packages-sealed-with-atheist-tape-10-times-more-likely-to-disappear/

'Atheist' shoe company claims U.S. Postal Service is discriminatory
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/27/atheist-shoe-company-claims-us-postal-service-is-discriminatory/

Shoe study: The USPS discriminates against atheist packages
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/brainiac/2013/03/new_study_the_u.html

Atheist Discrimination Alert: What's Going On With the USPS?
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981864680