Mailman leaves pickup slip instead of parcel — so frustrated customer chases him down
CBC
Josh Kralka was working from home, taking part in a virtual meeting when he got a notification on his phone that there was some activity at his front door.
He checked the video feed from his doorbell camera and saw a Canada Post employee walk up to the house and slip something into the mailbox.
Kralka, who often works from his home in Red Deer, Alta., waited for his meeting to end and then ran up from his basement office to retrieve what he thought would be the package.
The notice said his parcel would be ready for pickup at a drug store the next day.
Kralka was dumbfounded as to why the carrier didn't bother knocking or ringing the bell to see if someone was home. There were two vehicles in the driveway and his wife was home, too.
"I was kind of confused," he said. "When I went outside and I looked in the mailbox and I thought the parcel would be too big to fit in … there was a pre-written delivery slip."
Kralka's delivery headache comes amid continued scrutiny of Canada Post's finances and business model, with one expert saying situations like this speak to some of the challenges the Crown corporation faces.
"I thought it was pretty strange," Kralka said of his experience.
And frustrating, he says.
He believes the notice was written before the carrier arrived.
"That's what I mean being frustrated … he didn't write his slip at my door. I have video footage of him walking up with everything already in hand as he came up the driveway and slipped it in the box."
With the notice in hand, Kralka jumped into his car, determined to track down the carrier and hopefully his package. It didn't take long.
The Canada Post delivery van was parked just a few streets over.
Kralka pulled up behind the van, jumped out and asked why his package wasn't dropped off — and why the carrier didn't make any effort to see if someone was home.
WARNING: This story details allegations of child abuse.
It’s been hard to keep track of how many legal challenges and active court proceedings the United Conservative government has tried to quash or pre-emptively block in the last six weeks, but let’s try to tally:
Margaret Walker, the emcee of a Waterloo vigil commemorating the victims of the Montreal massacre, doesn't feel enough is being done to reflect on the killings and address gender-based violence.
The P.E.I. Humane Society says it is doing far more fundraising than it used to, and rising expenses — including the cost of animal medications — are a big reason why.
Ottawa is staring down a court-ordered deadline to submit a new plan to reform the on-reserve child welfare system, as a group of First Nations leaders and children’s advocates prepare a competing proposal.
An underpass revitalization project that was meant to pay tribute to the people of Parkdale has instead deteriorated into “a garbage dump,” according to nearby residents.
A young man has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after a fire at a frat party near Western University that injured five sorority sisters, including two seriously, late Tuesday night.
The massive deal to combine one of Hollywood's oldest studios with a streaming giant hasn't even been approved yet, but it's already riling multiple related industries and politicians concerned about monopolies and media concentration.
Mi'kmaq chiefs and a former Nova Scotia justice minister are criticizing the provincial government for directing police to crack down on illegal cannabis, saying the order undermines relations with Indigenous Peoples.
For years, there has been “glaring inequity” in the way the province has allocated the millions of dollars in its county roads budget, according to Department of Transportation Minister Chuck Chiasson.
Six months after passing a law aimed at making it easier for new grocery stores to open, Manitoba's premier says lower grocery bills could be on the horizon.
Timothy Smith was acting in self-defence when he punched Landon Waddell, and shouldn't be found guilty of manslaughter, his lawyer says.
Thoroughbred horse racing at Vancouver’s Hastings Racecourse is ending after more than a century, with the operator announcing Friday it will no longer run a racing season at the historic facility.