Posties fired after X-rated prank on their colleague goes horribly wrong

Three Australian postal workers have been fired after anonymously sending a younger employee sexually explicit candy from an adult entertainment store.

The trio of female employees, Rebecca Possingham, Sue Tregeagle and Alisha Jury, were suspended from their positions at the Australia Post Modbury North Delivery Center on June 20 after an internal investigation into the March prank was launched.

Details uncovered by the investigation were aired before the Fair Work Commission after Ms Possingham – who worked at Australia Post for seven years – filed an unfair dismissal case that was dismissed last week.

The committee heard the trio bought the sweet from nearby adult store Sexyland and addressed it to their female colleague, who was in her early 20s.

The prank was hatched after the young woman expressed her concerns about delivering parcels to the sex shop because it made her ‘uncomfortable’.

The X-rated package arrived at the delivery center in Adelaide’s northeast on April 4 and was handed to the young woman by Ms Possingham.

When she opened the anonymous package, she found an array of candies labeled “blow me,” “eat p***y,” “f**k me,” “big d**k,” “strip me” and ‘let’s f**k’.

The young woman reported the incident to her manager and her mother – who also worked at the center – and Australia Post launched an investigation.

Three women working at the Australia Post Modbury North Delivery Center (pictured) have been suspended after a prank on a younger colleague backfired

The committee heard that Mrs Judge was concerned about the joke, but was told by Mrs Possingham ‘don’t worry, it will be fine, it will be funny’.

The women were told not to discuss the matter during the active investigation, but Ms Possingham is said to have sent several text messages to the victim’s mother.

She claimed to be the ‘whistleblower’ for the incident and accused the mother of abandoning her, the committee heard.

“Get your knives out of my back,” her text read.

“I am innocent in this case, I always was and always will be.”

The trio was suspended on June 20 after the investigation.

While Ms Jury was able to return to Australia Post in a lesser role at another institution following an internal appeal, Ms Possingham appealed to the committee for ‘unjust or unreasonable’ dismissal and requested reinstatement or compensation.

But Fair Work Commission deputy chairman Peter Anderson ruled her claim should be dismissed and that Ms Possingham had breached her employment obligations under Australia Post’s discrimination and harassment policy.

The prank, which led to the dismissal of two other postal workers, involved the trio anonymously buying sweets for female employees with obscene phrases at adult store Sexyland (pictured)

The photo shows the X-rated candy sent to the younger Sexyland employee

“Ms Possingham committed serious and willful misconduct by actively engaging in a scheme to anonymously send a parcel of a sexual nature to a young female employee,” he said.

“She made a foolish error in judgment, was an experienced employee who should have known better, failed to repair the rift, falsely denied her involvement and then tried to place the entire burden of responsibility on others.

‘Rather than admitting her partial involvement, Ms Possingham exacerbated the rift with distraction, avoidance and denial.

‘Taking into account all relevant factors, Ms Possingham’s dismissal was not harsh, unjust or unreasonable.’

Mr Anderson added that given her experience in the role, she should have stopped the plan from being implemented after Ms Jury raised her concerns.