To the illiterate imbecile that “delivers” the mail in my neighborhood:
Are you stupid and lazy or just fucking stupid? There is only one real part of delivering the mail that is important, and that is the part where you put the RIGHT envelope in the RIGHT mailbox. Anything other than that is not really “delivering the mail”
Over the years have called the office more times than I can count, and I always get some lame excuse, regular delivery person on vacation, etc etc… but NOTHING ever gets done… Even the Ombudsmen office is fucking useless.
Maybe they should raise the education minimum for Canada Post employees from Grade 2 to Grade 3.
This article appears in Jul 17-23, 2008.
Gotta love Unions.
Gotta agree with you Elvis,,, When I think about the oganizations with the most obnoxious employees… Metro Transit and Canada Post, the common denominator is unions…
I can do worse than that…got a call from the bank a while back wondering why I didn’t tell them I had moved. Thing was, I hadn’t. But three – count ’em – of my credit card statements had been returned to sender. Or, packages marked “DO NOT BEND” folded in half. Stop by CD Heaven when you have a chance – Candace has a great pic of what Canada Post did to an expensive import LP she ordered. Snapped in half.
Yeah, I’ve got a tragic broken LP story as well. Seems like postal workers take offense to being instructed “Do Not Bend”….kinda like asking a chimp NOT to wank off.
OH, Canada Post. How I hate thee…for SO many reasons.#1…you don’t buzz the buzzer to my apartment to even see if anyone is home to deliver a package, you just cram a delivery notification card through the slot in my mail box. I took a day off of work to wait for that package (it was a flat panel TV being delivered…), and you didn’t even have the common fucking courtesy to see if anyone was home. I called to complain and ask for it to be redelivered, since I don’t own a car…and was very rudely told by a snippy little twat that redelivery would not be an option. I then e-mailed my complaint about the original issue AND said snippy little twat. I got a response 3 days later that a local supervisor would contact me. In the meantime, I coughed up an additional $20 for a cab to get to the post office. The supervisor called about 5 days after the fact, and the sarcastic voice mail he left for me really did not allow me to foster ANY good feelings toward CP.#2…you actually tried to cram a DVD mailer under my apartment door. I know there is a gap there, but for fuck sakes, COME ON. Knock on the door, already!! Are you that anti-social? Fuck.#3…by this point, I KNOW you must be anti-social…because this time you left my parcel on the FLOOR OF THE ENTRYWAY OF MY SECURITY APARTMENT BUILDING! The onlly reason I even knew it had arrived is because the super’s wife picked it up and brought it to me. You know, knocked on my door and actually spoke to me. What a concept.I’ve given up on complaining. I’ve received one carbon copy form letter response, and nothing will be done. I’m with you on this one, Elvis…they’re so unionized it’s almost like inbreeding. Fucktards.
Was there money owing when you picked it up?If so, Canada Post and Purolator do not handle money. Those are always pick up items!
Kitten,,, I have read your post several times, but still don’t get it…What exactly are you talking about…??? Some of us, (especially Coyotex) are very fucking stupid…
i for one only have good stuff to say about the post.i used to send/receive records on a weekly basis for over a year, only once did the package arrive damaged (dropped on one corner, so a couple sleeves got bent on the corner). i never *knock on wood* lost a package with CP. i lost packages in the states, but not here.i even had packaged delivered to me that were addressed wrong (missing apt number, wrong postal code, etc). i like CP.
Kitten: no money owing, they were not C.O.D parcels. BTW…unless CP has changed AGAIN, they have always collected cash at the door for a C.O.D. delivery from me when I’ve had one (which is extremely rare)…*shrugs* I guess they change the policies to suit themselves as they see fit, and leave their customers in the dark.Alison: I have a good job, and a good life. I use the term “fuck” when something really pisses me off, like your drooling idiot response. Perhaps you could take your own advice; get a life or a job, and leave the Bitchers on the Coast alone…seriously. Fucktard.
No-wonder why “some” of you have problems with your mailman/women,listen to the way you talk,fuck this /fuck that,GET A LIFE OR A JOB and leave the mailman/women alone.Seriously now!!! FUCK
What up Ali-G?
Big time Oh SNAP!Alison, you’re dumb. Kitten, you’re Alison.OP, I hated Canada Post. The I started using “overnight” courier services (Fuck mE stanDing, whEre’s that jesus X-box I ordered?????) and Canada Post never looked so good.
I have to agree with Beege! Qwerty you must have good balance ” fuck me standing” just kidding hon
getting better every day… practice makes perfect, that’s what my mom taught me… ‘cept she was talking about fractions and long division.
What the hell?I must be witnessing that cycle you talked about Qwert…
Please do not paint all postal workers with the same brush, nor unions for that matter. As a member of both, I have seen the mistakes and laziness that have irritated you, and have in fact been subjected to them myself. It can be frustrating and avoidable (just like dealing with any other large corporation), but by and large, it is not the norm. I do, however, know certain things that perhaps those of you might not realize about the postal workers you are maligning. Please allow me to tell you about the past two weeks I have pounded the streets of Halifax, delivering your mail.1 – I know that a great deal of mail is misaddressed, and regular and even substitute carriers make great attempts to deliver this mail anyway. Case in point… I had a cheque to be delivered to a recipient. The address read simply… Halifax, Nova Scotia. There was no street address, and just a name and a postal code. It could have gone to any house within that postal code, and we cannot and deliver by postal code.The postal code sends the envelope to a certain route (i.e. route 101) and then the carrier takes it to the residence (123 Main Street). Without the street address, it is considered undeliverable and can be returned to sender with an “incomplete address” stamp on it.I am a substitute carrier for the walk this week (the regular carrier being on vacation), but I recognized the name after only a couple of days, and delivered the cheque to the recipient. Most regular route carriers keep a notebook at his/her station which allows substitute carriers to look up a person by name and make sure that mail gets delivered properly. We are entitled to simply strike the mail and return it to sender. Most of us go the extra mile though.2 – I was attacked by the same dog twice this week. I realize it’s summertime and you all want your doors open. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask you put a gate or a screen door to prevent your dog from attacking me, or put a leash on it. The owner praised her dog both times, and took her inside. Canada Post policy, because the dog chased me down the street, is to cut off mail delivery to the entire street. We have resumed delivery to the street, though not to the individual house in question. Even after the first attack, she still got her mail. Despite what you think, we try our best. I won’t even get into the loose steps and handrails that almost sent me careening head over heels more times than I can count this week alone. We face physical hazards every day to get you your mail, and that’s without storms, rain and bad weather. When the roads are shut down by the police due to ice, we are still out there. Come rain, snow or dark of night, etc. etc. still holds true to this day.3 – We are supposed to deliver the mail along the route in the order that Canada Post has set it up. In some cases, particularly in the case of a long route, that can mean mail delivery is late afternoon, around suppertime. When cheques are delivered, it can be impossible for people (particularly those on fixed incomes or living in retirement homes) to get to the banks before the weekend. I changed my route so that those people would get their cheques around noon, leaving them plenty of time to get to the banks.4 – Canada Post policy dictates that for a recipient not to received admail (flyers) that person must fill out a written request. 99% of postal workers will not subject a customer to this, and will simply honor a verbal request or a sticker placed on a mailbox.5 – I have been unsuccessful this week in delivering an important registered letter early in the morning to a customer. I went back two more times during the day to see if that person was home to receive the letter, even though Canada Post does not demand or expect that of me. This is something most carriers choose to do for their clients.6 – The union at Canada Post, particularly in Halifax, is not what it used to be. It has lost a great deal of its power. The reason? The workers are fed up with it, just as the public is. You may perceive the abuses and the nonsense, but we are subjected to and live with them a minimum of 40 hours a week. A few diehards may still try to cause discontent, but the average letter carrier is a hard worker who cares about his or her route and enjoys the job. We take pride in it, and we don’t appreciate the bad apples anymore than the public does.We are not perfect. We are human. We make mistakes. Most are legitimate. To the person who has had such difficulties, I think you have every right to be upset. Leaving the parcel in the hall is strictly against Canada Post policy and should have been followed up. All parcels that cannot fit into a mail receptable (according to Canada Post policy) necessitate a direct point of contact (knocking on your door) prior to carding out for pickup. In most cases, we will contact a building superintendent rather than schlep a parcel, particularly a heavy one, all the way back to the post office. We don’t like hauling it around more than once any more than you do.I hope you will consider all this the next time you see your mail carrier. Chances are pretty darned good they worked hard that day to get you your mail.
Well this seems to have come out of nowhere, and perched itself atop the recent comments section.Great post… posty. Very well spaced, very informative, and way to bring to our attention details we otherwise would not be aware of. Nice work.I’d like to go on record as being a fan of revitalizing seemingly dead posts with intelligent, fresh comments.
Maybe Posty needs this outlet to keep from mowing people down at work in a fit of rage.
PS Posty: I like your style on the coast.
he;’s starting to grow on me too…although when I first saw the length of that post it had a certain Maison-y quality to it….
For all your hard work and to those that are like you, may I just say a giant “THANK YOU”, Posty.For all you morons that leave the parcels by doors instead of knocking and it being stolen (I had this happen), the ones too lazy to ring your buzzer but leave the notice (have this happen almost EVERY time, even when I’m home ALL day) and the ones that won’t deliver when there is ONE drop of rain (weird coincidence I get NO mail on shitty days), allow me to give you all a collective “FUCK YOU”. You make hard workers like Posty look bad. Why don’t you give your paychecks to Posty so they can do your job for you??Keep up the good work, Posty. Your hard work does not go unnoticed. Really fucking sucks when your all just lumped into one giant entity. Happens everywhere, but thanks for the enlightenment.