Beatle_4
Jun 01, 2005, 08:36 PM
I've heard some pretty strange things, but this one takes the cake.
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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.
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Maybe the woman should have someone build her a set of stairs with the steps only 2 inches in height. No that probably would have Canada Post saying the steps are to small. LOL
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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.
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Maybe the woman should have someone build her a set of stairs with the steps only 2 inches in height. No that probably would have Canada Post saying the steps are to small. LOL