FEATURE ARTICLES WORKPLACE DIARIES FREE ADVICE
STRESS-O-METER SPEAK UP ACTION GUIDE
TITLE PUNCHING OUT  page 1 of 3
SUBHEAD Weekly Answers to
Office Quandries
AUTHOR Professor
Peter Rachleff

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QuestionI have been receiving unsolicited mail from an ex-employee of the company where I work. He has also been calling me at work when I have requested him not to. I have sent letters and spoken with him telling him to please stop, but he continues. My boss has made it very clear that she does not want me to receive mail from this person and keeps prying into the situation. I don't want to make a big deal out of this, make enemies, or contact the police, mainly because I'm afraid of retaliation from this individual.

Recently he has become very discrete and doesn't put a return address on the letters he sends. But my boss still recognizes them. She said she realizes it isn't my fault that he's writing me, but then she contacted my other superiors. Now they want me to contact the police, sit down and explain my relationship with the letter writer, which I have done numerous times, and attempt to stop him forcefully. They have even intercepted my mail and returned it without my knowledge and are now requesting that I sit down and open my mail in front of them for examination. I don't feel they have a legal right to intercept my mail. Isn't that a federal offence? Also, I know this man may be suicidal and I don't want to encourage him to commit suicide or aggravate him. Help!

Mary
Midwest
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