Rant about FedEx/Canada post

[mrhasan]

I just got severely BSed by Canada post. So, I have been out of net for the last 3/4 days due to my modem dying on me. Telus was kind enough to dispatch one as soon as they can. So, I got the collection slip yesterday. Its under my room mates name (who is in fort mac right now). I have collected a lot of his package while he was away without any sort of issue. So, today, I went in Canadapost to get my package and the guy won't give me the package since I don't have any authorization and my last name doesn't match! WTF! I politely said that I have collected his package several times and everyone just looked whether the address and the apartment number matched. And he was like "Ok, well that's our policy that you have to have authorization". He didn't even care to say "sorry for the inconvenience" cause clearly he was one! So basically, Canada post can through a very expensive package on the front lawn without any sort of "authorization" but when you show the proof that you live at the same address with the addressee, you need "authorization" which I never needed before.