Nope, no deliveries on Saturdays here, not the entire time I've lived here.
You've discovered our Achilles' Heel, sir. Our postal system blows big chunks, or it would if it hadn't lost them.
If I had any sympathy for them (which I don't; Canada Post is an example of the worst excesses of the union system of labour, courtesy of a series of annoying strikes through the 70s and 80s), it would be about population density; with a density something like 1/15 or so of the US, things are (or should be) considerably more expensive to post here - the USPS has economies of scale on its side, in that respect, because the density is sufficiently higher to make efficient delivery a lot more cost-effective.
That said...there is such a thing as being TOO inefficient, and I think Canada Post is a prime example. And I say this as a dyed-in-the-wool union girl, always have been. Sometimes, people have taken it too far, and it costs us.
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Date: Monday, 18 December 2006 05:19 am (UTC)You've discovered our Achilles' Heel, sir. Our postal system blows big chunks, or it would if it hadn't lost them.
If I had any sympathy for them (which I don't; Canada Post is an example of the worst excesses of the union system of labour, courtesy of a series of annoying strikes through the 70s and 80s), it would be about population density; with a density something like 1/15 or so of the US, things are (or should be) considerably more expensive to post here - the USPS has economies of scale on its side, in that respect, because the density is sufficiently higher to make efficient delivery a lot more cost-effective.
That said...there is such a thing as being TOO inefficient, and I think Canada Post is a prime example. And I say this as a dyed-in-the-wool union girl, always have been. Sometimes, people have taken it too far, and it costs us.