Here we are in a mist of a postal strike and there are going to be a lot of challenge that we all need to deal with. There are so many challenges that we need to deal with, and it fill depend on who you are what your requirements are with regards to the postal system
Here are some of the challenges that everyone is dealing
with:
- Senor citizen – if you are
someone that received either CPP or OAS cheque through the mail you will
continue to receive these cheques because the government has made a
progress that these cheques will continue to flow.
- Credit card statements –
if you receive your credit card statements through the mail you will have
to figure out how to get them electrically because they are not going to
be mailed to you while the postal workers are on strike.
- New credit cards – where is
a challenge that I am not certain how it is going to be handled because there
are a lot of individuals whose credit card is up for renewal, but we are
uncertain how or when we will be receiving our new credit card.
- Parcels in the process –
if you have a parcel that was shipped prior to the strike the parcel is
current sitting at a facility waiting to be released once the strike is
over.
- I want to order something – here is a challenge that some of us are going to have to deal with and that is wanting to order something but knowing that the parcel isn’t going to be shipped for a while.
Yes, it can be a challenge when we are all dealing with a postal strike and we have to deal with a bunch of issues that might not make us happen. We might want something quickly and we have to decide if we are willing to pay the additional cost to have it delivered through courier or not. Of course, there are going to be the challenges and additional costs that we might have to ensure but we need to figure out is the cost worth it for can I just wait and order it later once this issue has been resolved.
I understand that the Canada postal system is on strike because there are issues that they have issues with but I also must say that we need a postal system that works within Canada and if it isn’t what you had in the past but something that will work in the future we need to accept the new normal. For me if I need talk a short distance to pick up my mail versus not having at home delivery, I am willing to accept that. I know that there are a lot of individuals that that want this change but when you look at a lot of the newer developments, they have to walk to a community box to pick up their mail and that is the normal for them.
Our postal strike is about the community boxes versus at home delivery and maybe what we need to see is that community boxes is what we need to keep our postal system viable. For a lot of us that are used to being able to go our own persona mailbox (at home) to get our mail is what we dealt with in the past but maybe just going out for a bit a bit of stroll to check our box is going to become our norm. I don’t mind that new because it means that I will figure out what I get in the mail and also I can get some exercise when I need to get that box.
