Quote:
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.
|
Simply not true and hardly factors into the equation at all.
For one thing, only 1/3 of Canadians presently get door to door delivery. Extrapolating, that means 2/3 of boomers are already getting their mail from super boxes, green boxes along the highway if you live in a rural setting like I do, or post office boxes if you live in a smallish rural town.
Plus, many boomers have already started to downsize and move into condo type complexes. Those type of complexes will be unaffected by the new policies being introduced by Canada Post.
Most of the whining about "boomers will not sit well with this" is coming from those who are not boomers and who in actuality know very little about what boomers are really thinking.