An east-end resident says Canada Post is repairing a lock on a community mailbox that left some people in the Anne Jeannette Trailer Park without mail delivery for weeks.
81-year-old Sam Johnson felt enough was enough when he noticed he had not been receiving any mail. He questioned the local mail carrier who told him there was a problem with the master lock on the mailbox, and while the issue was brought to the attention of Canada Post no action had been taken.
Johnson held a one-man protest outside the mailbox yesterday to bring attention to the matter and called VOCM News this morning with an update.
He noticed an employee on-site and when he asked what was going on the employee told him that his supervisor had instructed for the lock to be fixed.
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Broken Mailbox in St. John’s Neighbourhood Causing Issues with No Mail Delivery for 2 Weeks
A St. John’s man is crying foul after he says mail has not been delivered to some people in his neighbourhood in two weeks.
Samuel Johnson lives in the Anne Jeannette Park, which is near Stavanger Drive in St. John’s.
Johnson says he had been checking his mail, but there was never anything in the designated spot in his community mailbox. Eventually, he questioned the mail carrier about it and found out there’s an issue with the master lock on the mailbox which allows postal workers to open the entire section at one time and put the mail in. The worker told the man that Canada Post was notified about the issue the same day it was discovered, yet two weeks later the issue still isn’t fixed.
Johnson believes the situation could have been handled a lot better. He explains that residents weren’t told what was happening. If Canada Post had told them and said they would need to go get their mail at the post office for a few weeks, Johnson believes that would have been better.
In addition to bills not reaching residents, Johnson says he had to reschedule a medical appointment because he never received the information on time and his census was late being submitted. To bring attention to the issue, Johnson has taken to sitting at the site of the mailbox with a cardboard sign that says “No Mail for Two weeks.”
Johnson’s message to Canada Post is simple; “Have it fixed tomorrow, it’s been two weeks.”
