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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
They all work 5 days a week (unless they are sick or injured). Also it isn't possible for them to save up mail for a few days and then deliver it, unless they are taking bags of mail home with them.
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I am 99% certain that my postie only delivers my mail when I have more than one piece. You can tell me all you want that it's not allowed, but I pretty sure he does it anyway.
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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
I think this will have a bigger impact on our aging population than people in this thread think. People in their 60s - ie the boomers and post boomers - are used to getting their mail delivered. As mobility decreases with age, having to go to a community box will become an issue that Canada Post will have to resolve. You think there are complaints about snow covered sidewalks now? Just wait until you have hundreds of thousands of boomers pushing walkers and canes to go out and get their bills.
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There are plenty of old and/or disabled people that live in superbox neighbourhoods. This will change nothing, and CP won't have to resolve anything.
I do think that this will make CP temporarily more efficient, but ultimately, it will further erode peoples' reliance on them, and therefore hurt their business. The old and disabled will sign up for e-post for the stuff they really want an actual bill for, and they'll also learn how to check things like bank statements online, and cancel delivery of paper statements.
At least Canada Post was proactive in the digital age, creating e-post. They could have completely forgotten to acknowledge the internet, like Blockbuster Video did, and eventually go bankrupt.
I am pretty proud of CP, however. It's nice to see a unionized company making a change like this, instead of clinging to jobs that are outdated and inefficient. I also like e-post, and think that CP needs to focus on it, and create a place where all your bills and statements go to, to maintain their relevancy, and be profitable. Right now, there are still a few companies missing from their list.
One thing that I really like about e-post is that I get my paystubs directly to my e-post account. I think I need to go and double check whether I can get my Telus bill to e-post, and a certain someone's GD Shaw bill that I unfortunately pay. It shouldn't be long before I really don't use my physical mailbox at all. I'd like it if Delivery Notices went to e-post as well. I keep checking my mailbox to see if a parcel I'm waiting for is at the post office. Finally got the Delivery Notice today, so now I don't need to check my mailbox for a few days. Would have been awesome if I just got the auto email that e-post sends when I get a bill or a paystub.
tl;dr, don't read. Just babbling.