Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Greensboro's Wayne Rinehart, a model employee

Greensboro's Wayne Rinehart is Alabama District's latest edition to an exclusive club of employees: winners of the National Safety Council's Award of Honor. Nominees for the award must, at the very minimum, have driven as a part of their regular Postal duties for 10 years or 100,000 miles without being involved in an at-fault accident.

Only half of one percent are able to achieve this status.

Greensboro Postmaster Vicki Thomas says that Wayne's conduct of excellence extends far beyond the realm of safety.  "If all employees were like Wayne, you would not need supervisors," she said. "He arrives to work before clock-in time, has never been late and has never called in sick, except for when he had heart attack and was hospitalized for heart surgery. "

"We never receive complaints from people on his route. In fact, if he takes annual leave, his customers will call the post office to make sure that Wayne is okay."

After talking with Wayne, it was obvious that his spotless safety record is no accident. "I remind myself daily to put safety first," he said.

"You always have to be aware on the road. It just takes a minute for a lapse in judgement to occur."

Congratulations to Wayne, and thanks to Vicki Thomas for telling us about him and sending the picture.