Cowed By Cat
Apparently, the Canadian Postal Service folks are a bit chicken about cats. They have stopped delivering mail to one homeowner due to a "very threatening cat." The problem is that the threatening cat is declawed.
THROUGH rain, sleet or snow, sure.
But the mail doesn't get through when Shadow the house cat is around.
Unfortunately for Shadow's owner, John Samborski, the animal's the reason a postal carrier refuses to deliver mail directly to a Winterton Avenue bungalow.
Thursday, Samborski received a notice from Canada Post stating due to Shadow's alleged growling, carriers will no longer deliver mail to the home of the declawed feline.
The letter states due to "unsafe access" for carriers, Samborski will have to pick up mail at a Nairn Avenue postal outlet about four kilometres away until other arrangements are made with Canada Post.
"This is ridiculous. When we got the letter, we were like, 'What is this?' " said Samborski, 41, a material controller at a Winnipeg factory.
He and his partner, who did not want her name used, both said they were shocked about the Canada Post letter concerning their eight-year-old cat.
"This is Shadow. He likes to eat and sleep and cuddle. You could drop a bomb and he'd just open one eye, take a look, then close them and go back to sleep," said Samborski.
The feline lounged lazily on the front lawn of Samborski's home Thursday afternoon, napping in the sun and rolling on its back when visitors approached, nuzzling their hands. The cat remained silent during a visit from a Free Press reporter.
Samborski said he called a Canada Post telephone number listed on the one-page notice delivered to their house and talked to a supervisor, but remained flummoxed about allegations Shadow hid under their porch stairs and growled at postal workers.
Regular readers will of course suspect what really happened. It wasn't Shadow the declawed and docile feline who was growling at the postal carrier. It was an alligator disguised as a doormat. They must not teach Canadian postal workers about the real dangers in the world, eh?
Regular readers will of course suspect what really happened. It wasn't Shadow the declawed and docile feline who was growling at the postal carrier. It was an alligator disguised as a doormat. They must not teach Canadian postal workers about the real dangers in the world, eh?
By skh.pcola, Friday, 4 May , 2007 @ 11:54 pm
A Canadian casually flinging around a phrase like “You could drop a bomb…” is like, one of the 10 things I never expected to hear.
By E. Davis, Tuesday, 8 May , 2007 @ 11:48 am
I believe this person is not telling the truth about this cat. If this cat is even outside without a leash, the owner is in the wrong. I am completely on the side of the postal worker in this case. People are very negligent with their animals. We have to constantly put up with cats coming into our yard and dogs barking constantly. If people cannot be responsible pet owners they should not be allowed to have pets.