Canada Post Considers Eliminating Door-to-door Delivery

[B00Mer]

NO!! NO!! They can't stop door-to-door service..

What will I do without all that junk advertising stuffed into my mailbox??

 

[Spade]

Do what they do in Alert.

 

[Goober]

Privatize it.

 

[B00Mer]

Privatize it.

It can't survive in the private sector. The long term employees have no clue how to survive in the real world. It would be like releasing a tame elephant in the wild. The entire organization from Directors on down is entrenched in their entitlements.

 

[Goober]

It can't survive in the private sector. The long term employees have no clue how to survive in the real world. It would be like releasing a tame elephant in the wild. The entire organization from Directors on down is entrenched in their entitlements.

Countries in Europe have- UK is implementing it.

 

[Nuggler]

NO!! NO!! They can't stop door-to-door service..

What will I do without all that junk advertising stuffed into my mailbox??

Crawl right in there with it, Boom; it'll keep you warm.

 

[petros]

I wonder how far I'll have to drive to find out my mail was stolen by a jib rat with who sat in somebody's garden shed all night filing a bump key?

 

[Blackie]

Cash-strapped Canada Post weighs future of mail delivery - Politics - CBC News
Frankly, this move is long overdue and would save a half-billion dollars annually. I am one of the thirty-three percent of Canadians that has door-to-door delivery,and, frankly, it's a nuisance. We are constantly badgering neighbours to collect our mail when we are away visiting urchins or travelling. Furthermore, I would benefit in minus fifty-degree weather or during hailstorms to brave the elements and walk to the neighbourhood boxes.
Thoughts?

It's called having your mail held for you while you "are away visiting urchins or travelling". There is a cost but for you it would be minimal compared to the 'complaints' you have. And you say " I would benefit in minus fifty-degree weather or during hailstorms to brave the elements and walk to the neighbourhood boxes." Where would you rather have to travel to pick up your mail? At a depot which could be miles away from you????"

 

[petros]

Umm.

Read it again but think satire.

 

[Spade]

It's called having your mail held for you while you "are away visiting urchins or travelling". There is a cost but for you it would be minimal compared to the 'complaints' you have. And you say " I would benefit in minus fifty-degree weather or during hailstorms to brave the elements and walk to the neighbourhood boxes." Where would you rather have to travel to pick up your mail? At a depot which could be miles away from you????"

Your reality cheque is in the mail.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Your reality cheque is in the mail.

It's no wonder he did not receive it then.

 

[Spade]

Maybe he's stopped his mail?

 

[Blackie]

Maybe he's stopped his mail?

I don't feel comfortable with e bills and e payment, in the event that the tower is unknowingly compromised. :shock:

So don't do e bills or e payments, simple as that.

Umm.

Read it again but think satire.

sorry Petros, not real sure who you are responding to..

Spade, IdRatherBeSkiing; I know what the reality is. The reality is you do not have to badger your neighboursto collect your mail when you are away. I repeat…. It's called having your mailheld for you while you "are away visiting urchins or travelling"…. Thatis your choice.. If you choose to do have your mail held for you , fine, GREAT..You can put a hold on your mail, it’s held at a depot till the day you chooseto end it. The next business day it goes out to your address with your ‘deliveryagent’. (yes, CPC has changed the name from letter carrier to’ delivery agent’they deliver letter mail and parcels. If there is too much mail to fit in yourmailbox, the ‘delivery agent’ will leave a delivery notice telling you whichpostal outlet to pick up your bundle of mail. For pick up after 1 p.m. the nextday. Please go to www.canadapost.ca ; right corner of web page, click on “TheFuture of Canada Post”,….. “What kind of service… ..Share your thoughts……”

 

[Blackleaf]

In Britain everybody gets their mail delivered through little slots in the front doors of their homes.

It's brilliant. I don't see why I should have to traipse through the streets just to pick up a letter.

We don't even have to traipse to the bottom of our gardens to pick up our mail in little boxes, as they do in America.

 

[taxslave]

In Britain everybody gets their mail delivered through little slots in the front doors of their homes.

It's brilliant. I don't see why I should have to traipse through the streets just to pick up a letter.

We don't even have to traipse to the bottom of our gardens to pick up our mail in little boxes, as they do in America.

The joys of socialism. You even hire a government employee to do your exercise for you.

 

[#juan]

This may be a good thing. If we eliminate door to door delivery there will be nothing to pay for. Postal workers have demanded more and more money for years, for less and less service, and now they want to get rid of their whole reason for being. If they don't deliver the mail, what in hell do they do? No delivery, no money. That little click you heard was the last straw breaking the camel's back. We can't afford them anymore. They can't withdraw their service......there isn't any service to withdraw.

 

[Blackleaf]

The joys of socialism. You even hire a government employee to do your exercise for you.

Britain has an anti-socialist Tory government, not a socialist one.

That's the first time I've ever heard your mail being delivered to your address described as socialism.

 

[Nuggler]

"""This may be a good thing. If we eliminate door to door delivery there will be nothing to pay for. Postal workers have demanded more and more money for years, for less and less service,"""


The workers never cut the service. Never demanded it be cut. They tried to get door to door implemented in new suburbs - to no avail.

More money?? Yep. A living wage. Top buck was around 40K. (including OT)..............not a fortune . You sound like a few posties have cut across your lawn, Juan.

 

[PoliticalNick]

This may be the new gimmick to keep the post office in business. Hooter type girls delivering your packages naked. But only if you have it sent by mail!

I'm in. Is there a registration sheet somewhere? ;-)

I have had various forms of delivery over the years. Door to door in Langley and Duncan, a group box in Nanaimo and here in Edson, a post office box in Ladysmith and Chemanius, and rural route in Aldergrove and Cloverdale (thats the box at the end of your drive Blackleaf). The PO box wasn't all that bad as those towns are very small and it became a gathering place for us to catch up with friends and neighbors, plus you never had to worry about travelling. Door to door is nice if you have a slot but if you have a hanging box you are always open to theft. I don't mind the group boxes since I have never had to go far to get to mine (yes, even in -40).

The thing with any change to service for me now, in this day of online banking, automatic bill payments, E-transfers and being able to refuse junk mail, is the only things that come in the mail are from the government and I just don't care about those so we generally only go to the box once a week, if that. If they want to stop delivering sh*t from the govt I would actually be grateful.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

In Britain everybody gets their mail delivered through little slots in the front doors of their homes.

It's brilliant. I don't see why I should have to traipse through the streets just to pick up a letter.

We don't even have to traipse to the bottom of our gardens to pick up our mail in little boxes, as they do in America.

It takes British ingenuity and special hammers to get the parcels through those little slots.