Ownership

I would first like to start of with a basic definition of ownership from Random House College Dictionary:

Ownership (noun)

1. the state or fact of being an owner.
2. legal right of possession; proprietorship

Next here is the another definition of ownership as from www.businessdictionary.com:

1. Ultimate and exclusive right (conferred by a lawful claim or title, and subject to certain restrictions) to enjoy, occupy, possess, rent, sell (fully or partially), use, give away, or even destroy an item of property. Ownership may be 'corporeal' (title to a tangible object such as a house) or 'incorporeal' (title to an intangible something, such as a copyright, or a right to recover debt). Possession (as in tenancy) does not necessarily mean ownership because it does not automatically transfer title.

The reason I am bringing this up is that my supervisor Jamie Tan and Maintenance Manager Gary Hill have been telling me that I a MPE have "ownership" of the DBCS's that I have been maintaining on Tour 3 at MLS P&DC. I completely disagree with both of them. I have told them that the Postal Service is the owner of the machines. That I only maintain and repair them.

Here is a good analogy for everyone. Most everyone owns or has owned a vehicle at sometime in their life. Now part of being an owner of that vehicle is taking care of the maintenance of that vehicle. As the owner, you do the scheduling on when you would like the maintenance to be done on your vehicle and who you want to do the maintenance of that vehicle. Now myself as a MPE, I feel that I am "NOT" the owner since I do not actually own any of this postal equipment nor do I schedule when the work is to be done or who is to do the work on this postal equipment.

So, since my supervisor Jamie Tan is the individual that schedules when the work is to be done and who is to do the maintenance work on the postal equipment. Would this not make him the default owner of this equipment?

America, Why I love her

I found this video on the net that I would like to share with you. It is something I think that will make us all step back and think about this country we live in.

http://sagebrushpatriot.com/america.htm