Tag Archives: Canada Post
They Are Back!
More or less anyway. On Friday the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced that they were ending their two-week long nationwide walkout in favor of rotating strikes. I guess they realized most Canadians hadn’t noticed they weren’t getting any mail the past couple of weeks. You would almost think they didn’t want their jobs. […]
Wagging The Dog
I see in the news that two workers for Canada Post have been suspended for not delivering the mail. They said they disagreed with the journalism found in The Epoch Times and therefore should not have to deliver it. It is easy to sympathize with them. Why should anyone be required to perform work they […]
Breaking The Chain
It was between two file folders in the filing cabinet. It was postmarked “Petawawa, November 2, 1988. That’s a long time ago, or at least it seems that way. Except I remember receiving the envelope in the mail, and how upset I was because someone sent me a chain letter. I was so annoyed that […]
More Mailbox Woes
It seems almost wrong for me to keep taking shots at Canada Post. I’m sure they mean well, it’s just they have a competency issue. Or perhaps that is an incompetency issue. I’ve already written about the frozen locks on community mailboxes in my area, and how I was without mail for a couple of […]
My Mailbox
The letter was addressed to “Occupant,” which I suppose is about as personal as it is possible for Canada Post, our national postal service, to get. Though it isn’t as if they don’t know who lives here. I had already seen the news report before receiving the letter, so I knew what to expect. Sometime […]
Tying Up Some Loose Ends
I figured an update on a couple of earlier posts might be in order. As you may recall, Canada Post introduced community mailboxes to my neighbourhood just after last October’s federal election. This arguably was the first broken election promise for the new Liberal government, which had promised a moratorium on ending home delivery. A […]
Still Waiting (Frozen IV)
It is not my imagination, right? According to the message from Canada Post below, they will let me know when they have fixed my mailbox. They expect to have the problem fixed by January 15 and will contact me as soon as they resolve the issue. It is February 2, and still no contact. As […]
Customer Service
The city didn’t pick up my recycling last week. I didn’t bother to call to complain. I know from experience, since this happens several times a year, that if I complain someone will be sent the following day. But it is Winter so I’m not as concerned – the kitchen waste freezes, unlike in the […]
Frozen III
I forced the lock. Four days after Canada Post was supposed to have fixed the problem, and after 10 days with no mail, I took matters into my own hands. Canada Post ended door-to-door delivery in my neighbourhood in October, despite a promise from the new Liberal government to put conversion to community mailboxes on […]
Frozen II
“Thank you for calling Canada Post Customer Service. Have A Great Day!” Customer service in this case would appear to be a misnomer. When I called yesterday to point out that the lock on my community mailbox was still frozen I was told by the customer service representative that there was nothing more that could […]
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