NEWS: The Postman Always Rings Twice (Unless Your Stairs Are Too High):

CULTURE: The Postman Always Rings Twice (Unless Your Stairs Are Too High):

Canada’s mail service is more than happy to deliver through rain, snow or sleet, but just don’t ask Canuck letter carrier to climb any large steps.

Canada Post told Christine Charbonneau, who lives near the nation’s capital of Ottawa, that it would stop delivering mail to her home because her front porch steps were too high. At just under a foot (30 centimeters), her steps are four inches (10 centimeters) over what Canada’s postal service deems too dangerous to negotiate.

Charbonneau found out about the decision when she caught her letter carrier measuring her front porch steps.

Charbonneau says her 77-year-old mother-in-law, who breathes through a tube, has no trouble negotiating the same steps.

But Canada Post, a Crown corporation, is sticking by its decision.

Time to move your mail box to the bottom of your steps I guess.



[Edited on Jun 01, 2005 by KaraLynn]

Lazy bastards

That does it! I'm moving to America!

That just gives me another reason to sing: "America, fuck yeah!"

30 cm is a big step, that's nearly double the height of my steps. I'm glad there's an employer out there that cares about their workers. Fuck those householders and their stupid giant steps, giant steps . . . OF DOOM.

Being a postie must be a lousy job (hence 'going postal') and carrying stuff up massive steps can't make it more fun.

ah, another government branch terrified of its union. i love the smell of lawsuits in the morning.

"Lick on my butt and suck on my balls!"

"well, what do you expect? they're Canadian..."