I have to say that I am more then a little annoyed that Canada post is in lock down mode which means that my old navy order is stuck at the Ville St. Laurent mail facility and my amazon order is in limbo somewhere in Mississauga ON. Oh labor disputes, they all boil down to money don\’t they? I\’ve read some of the commentary left behind by disgruntled workers and disgruntled people not getting their mail. I do wholly concur that ALL government employee\’s are grossly over-paid. Although as a Canada post employee pointed out: We have to work in -40 below weather, deal with dogs, stairs and blah blah blah, therefore we deserve a good wage.
Right…
Now don\’t get me wrong, I don\’t have much of a clue about what goes on in regards to delivering mail. I will however use my own job as an example of private VS government. I work at a private daycare and I LOVE my job. Is the pay good? I do all right although working under a government regulated daycare I would start at $6.00/hr more then what I make now. Do I have benefits provided through my job? No, I invested in private insurance for extra\’s like dental and so forth. Do I get accumulated sick days? No. Do I get an ass load of vacation time? No. As a matter of fact, I only take a few days off once or twice a year so that God forbid I can spend Christmas with my family and perhaps take some time to have my family and friends visit me. Why? Because at my job, there\’s only one person who can actually do my job and do it right. When I want to take vacation time I need to ensure that everything is prepared ahead of time with a long list of instructions just to take 5 days off (2 of those being a weekend). I don\’t even want to fathom what an uproar my taking a *gasp* week or more would do!
I don\’t have a union, I have a boss that I trust. I don\’t just cook for a 100 people a day, 5 days a week; I help discipline children who misbehave , I kiss boo-boo\’s, wipe noses, do first aid, put in orders, help out educators when were short staffed or God forbid they need to pee, I do laundry, I do maintenance and the occasional repair . I am so much more then a Chef at where I work and in all likely hood deserve a lot more then what I get paid to do. However, at the end of the day, I LOVE my job and I do it well. There will be no pension plan for me when I choose to retire, if I get sick, well that\’s my problem. Doesn\’t matter how shitty the weather is, I still need to go in an work. So while I respect what a mail carrier does, stop your bitching and needless greed. Because at the end of the day, there are FAR more people in this world who work their asses off for shit money. That\’s not always a choice that people have either. I know people with PHD\’s and other fancy degree\’s who are either UN-employed or sling burgers and fries at fast food joints, not because they want to…
Because they have to.
So that being said, children who are working in sweat shops for a dollar a day, the people who work in sweat shop like factories and what not, doing back breaking work for minimum wage and I could go on…
They work just as hard if not harder and deserve a decent wage too no?
OK yes *my* stuff getting stuck in transit sucks. Complaining about it makes me sound a little like a spoiled brat, I know. However what about the people who rely on the mail to make a living each and every single day? They\’re going to be starving soon because you can\’t get over yourselves and come to an agreement. I know there\’s always more to the story, I also love a good set of principals, however at the end of the day it\’s the general public who will be literally paying for your mistakes.
I feel bad for those people, I really do. From my own personal perspective, if my shit doesn\’t arrive soon I\’m going to be pissed; make no mistake about that!