Why Canada Post Employees deserve less and not more $

[bizaro86]

Today's Canada Post rant involves bad service and a direct lie. I'm expecting a document, which was shipped from Ottawa. It's important, so I've been checking the tracking regularly.

This morning, I got the paper, and the card wasn't on the doorknob. I went out about 1.5 hours later, and the card was on the doorknob. Since I was reading the paper/eating breakfast/relaxing in the front room, I'm 100% sure the delivery person didn't ring the doorbell or knock. Thanks.

The best part is, they marked it in their system as "out for delivery" and "no one home, delivery notice left" yesterday. So the guy had it, and didn't deliver it yesterday. He marked it in the system as delivered to the post office this morning. I went there, and of course they don't have it. So he was too lazy to stop by the office with the stuff to leave it.

This was after I paid extra to have it mailed with a service that guaranteed delivery yesterday. But I can't claim the refund associated with the guarantee, because the delivery person lied on the form.

Summary
1) Held it an extra day before making a delivery attempt
2) Lied about attempting the delivery a day earlier
3) Didn't knock/ring bell, just left notice
4) Held it at least one extra day before dropping at post office
5) Lied about dropping at post office

Clearly these people are doing such a good job we should pay them more money.

[Polaroid]

You do know thats only one person from the whole canada post staff? You can't judge all the employees based on the action of on "bad" employee.

[JustAnotherGuy]

I have had that happen to me in the past. I was home all day. Find the card on the door knob and I go to the post office. It is not there. Most likely still in the truck. The person was too lazy to unload it.

[krynski]

I had that happen exactly the same but a different delivery company. I feel your pain. Its not only canada post though, it is very particular to the staff involved.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Glad to see you're willing to damn an entire group of people based on the actions of one. Always a good policy.

What you described would be grounds for termination at the USPS, assuming the carrier did what you claim and it could be proven....which wouldn't be difficult.

[Displaced Flames fan]

What does 'the card' say on it? If a carrier attempts delivery of something and you're not home he's not going to take it back to the office so you can pick it up that same day....completely inefficient.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Glad to see you're willing to damn an entire group of people based on the actions of one. Always a good policy.

What you described would be grounds for termination at the USPS, assuming the carrier did what you claim and it could be proven....which wouldn't be difficult.

No way the union let's someone get fired for that with CP.

[jtfrogger]

In the past, I've found complaining to Canada Post useful. I haven't had to do it often, but they do take the complaint seriously and attempt to rectify the situation.

[Coys1882]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

You do know thats only one person from the whole canada post staff? You can't judge all the employees based on the action of on "bad" employee.

uhm - have you seen our 'police brutality' thread???

[Southside]

A little off topic, but, given the thread I assume some posties will be reading and might answer this question.

Since the strike/lockout/whatever I can no longer send mail from the super mailbox across the street from my home. Why? Where there used to be a slot to send postage paid items, there is now no slot, it says something about closed. The other evening I had something to mail, when I discovered this I kept walking and it seems all supermailboxes got the same makeover. Why? Eventually I made it to the local 7-11 and dropped it at the postal counter there. But, really? Does mailing an envelope have to become a chore?

[MarchHare]

The invisible hand of the free market to the rescue! The scenario you described would never happen from a private for-profit package delivery company like UPS or FedEx, right?

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

The invisible hand of the free market to the rescue! The scenario you described would never happen from a private for-profit package delivery company like UPS or FedEx, right?

No because UPS and Fedex would be camped outside your house waiting for you to charge their enormous hidden brokerage fee.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Coys1882

uhm - have you seen our 'police brutality' thread???

I just quickly went through the thread titled "More police brutality" as it was 15 - 20 pages long. In the thread, it's showing the actions of one police officer, not the whole police force, so i don't really get what point you are trying to make.

But it could be that I have read, or truthfully skimmed, through the wrong thread, not the one that you were referring to. If that is the case, then I apologize

[Ace]

Originally Posted by Southside

A little off topic, but, given the thread I assume some posties will be reading and might answer this question.

Since the strike/lockout/whatever I can no longer send mail from the super mailbox across the street from my home. Why? Where there used to be a slot to send postage paid items, there is now no slot, it says something about closed. The other evening I had something to mail, when I discovered this I kept walking and it seems all supermailboxes got the same makeover. Why? Eventually I made it to the local 7-11 and dropped it at the postal counter there. But, really? Does mailing an envelope have to become a chore?

Your postman probably forgot to change it back, mine was marked closed...and it was changed back the day the strike ended...

[metallicat]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

I just quickly went through the thread titled "More police brutality" as it was 15 - 20 pages long. In the thread, it's showing the actions of one police officer, not the whole police force, so i don't really get what point you are trying to make.

But it could be that I have read, or truthfully skimmed, through the wrong thread, not the one that you were referring to. If that is the case, then I apologize

That's his point, you guys are on the same page.

[burnin_vernon]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

No way the union let's someone get fired for that with CP.

Wrong. People get fired for that.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

That's his point, you guys are on the same page.

Oh...well, that was stupid of me lol ;D

[burnin_vernon]

Originally Posted by Southside

A little off topic, but, given the thread I assume some posties will be reading and might answer this question.

Since the strike/lockout/whatever I can no longer send mail from the super mailbox across the street from my home. Why? Where there used to be a slot to send postage paid items, there is now no slot, it says something about closed. The other evening I had something to mail, when I discovered this I kept walking and it seems all supermailboxes got the same makeover. Why? Eventually I made it to the local 7-11 and dropped it at the postal counter there. But, really? Does mailing an envelope have to become a chore?

It wasn't the letter carriers' job to take the signs off because they were locked out. Canada Post was responsible and sent out supervisors who didn't even know where all the boxes were.

[SeeBass]

I had a bad teacher in grade 4 so all teachers are overpaid

[Regulator75]

My 3 closest community mailboxes (outgoing mail slot) are still locked.

F'ing morons.