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[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 32 points 3 days ago

Then charge more for the junk mail?

why do people continually accept all of our public services getting shittier and shittier every year?

i'm not here to debate the corporate structure of canada post... whether it is a crown corp, or an arms length private corp, or whatever....

It's a vital public service for all citizens... period. Make it work... for everyone...

Your particular use case is just one of thousands... actually, i agree with you. I technically dont need monday-friday service... but some others do and thats fine

[-] deltapi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Here's the thing, right now for my 2-3 days of mail delivery per week, the postal service employee walks by my house every day.
The flyers that get dropped off on non mail days could just as easily be dropped off on the other 2-3 days instead.
This means that effectively for every piece of mail delivered to my house the 40-60% of the 'last mile' part of the postage costs are wasted on extra unneeded trips to/past my door.
For normal mail delivery we already have 5-10 day delivery timeframes. Anyone who accepts that variability doesn't need daily delivery, and those that do need that clockwork delivery are using services like UPS or FedEx.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

And we don't need to door delivery either it's a waste. Most people already don't get it. So what we give it to everyone Wich well increase the budget of Canada Post by alot. Or they get ride of it. Why should only about a quarter of people get special treatment.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 days ago
[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Unless the government is going to make Internet access an essential service and make sure all homes have access the same way they have access to electricity and water...

Yes, it is vital that everyone have access to mail.

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