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[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I agree with your notion of “evolving it” to fit the needs and requirements of today however I don’t agree with your other points.

Their plan is to remove door to door entirely, not just limit it to 3 days (which, I wouldn't have any major qualms about at this time if that was the endgame, which it isn’t)

However I shouldn’t need to be disabled to receive this basic level of service, nor do I want to hobble over to the mailbox or postal office that’s “very close to my house” because the current one is a 15 minute walk on a good day, and a 35 minute trudge through half snow covered roads on a bad one. And if we’re going with this, hypothetically, how would I even know I have any mail? Do I get a call? Do I get a notice at my door? Do I just have to show up every so often and check?

If it’s option 1, I can assure you that my phone’s functions are set by default to filter and drop any unknown calls. So that’s far from an optimal approach.

If it’s option 3, I will not be randomly dropping by the postal office or box because currently nowhere near (or on) any common route that I take, and I have no reason to do a random cold check especially if I work primarily from home

And if it’s option 2, you’re already here to deliver my notice, might as well bring my mail instead.

Besides the above outlined items, I’m not going to touch the time sensitive items argument because Canada post handles more than just mail, they also handle biological deliveries, medicine, restricted substances, stuff like live bees, all your legal documents, subpoenas, medical, etc. plus a bunch of other services that I’m probably forgetting.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Nice one community mailboxes are close to the house. And most people already use them. So why should a select few get special treatment.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Community mailboxes are almost always a block away or less. Everywhere I've lived in the last 10 years I've just had to cross the street to check the mail. There's no 15 minute walk...

If you're used to having your mail right at your door, then having to go check it is a little extra hassle, but really not terrible. I check mine like once or twice a week.

Maybe Canada Post could implement something like USPS has: They'll send you an email summary of pictures of the mail arriving each day.

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Never heard of the USPS approach but it does seem interesting as a solution, thanks for sharing

[–] ThatOrangeBird@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What if you live in a very rural place? I shouldn't have to drive to retrieve my mail which would surely happen as there aren't enough houses nearby to warrant it being a community box location. I'd likely make sure I receive nothing via Canada Post anymore as much as possible, and they can fill some community box with junk mail until there's no more room.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 1 day ago

My grandparents live on a farm in rural Canada and have never gotten delivery to their door. They have a PO box at the nearest town which is a 30 minute drive away. They can't even get anything shipped by a courier because non will deliver to a PO box or outside of town. As far as I know it's always worked this way, and nothing is changing there.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Already happening rural places already have community mailboxes and have for a very long time. At least all the relatives I have known. Guess what nobody died and it worked fine.

Man the entitlement of people who are already the minority of people. When most of Canada already has mailboxes. Hell I didn't even know door to door service was even a thing till they threatened to remove it last time.