That's One Small Step for Man

[sandgk]

One insurmountable object for a Canuck Postman

4 inches taller than the "regulation" doorstep height and this woman gets no mail delivery.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's post office is threatening to stop mail deliveries to a woman in Ottawa because her doorstep is four inches too high, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper reported Tuesday.

Christine Charbonneau said that when she went to check her mail last Friday she found a Canada Post employee measuring her front doorstep. He told her it was nearly 12 inches high, four inches more than the maximum limit specified by building regulations.

"I said it was ridiculous to say that the step is too high ... Nobody else has complained," the Citizen quoted Charbonneau as saying, adding that her elderly mother-in-law and people delivering newspapers had no trouble making it to the front door.

A Canada Post spokeswoman told the newspaper that Charbonneau had to reduce the size of the step or move her mailbox. Charbonneau dismissed the demands as outrageous.

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

But 4 extra inches -- and that's it baby - no mail for you darling.

 

[AKAK]

Hell- If that were here-- I'd make my steps too high... the stupid postman would probably still cut through my lawn and trample my baby grass and stop on my flower beds in the winter....

Of course the postal service would probably kidnap me and fly in the postmaster general to have a little 'talk'... ala Cosmo Kramer.

 

[AJHawkfan]

Stupid Canadian postmen.....