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Some seniors in Saskatchewan are counting down the days before the Canada Post strike ends.
Lorraine Senko, who lives at Renaissance Retirement Living in Regina, said she’s missing out on her preferred way of communication.
“I mail letters to my great-grandchildren all the time, and I can’t send them Christmas cards and New Year’s cards — little notes which I often send, because some of them live out of town, and I like to keep in touch with them,” Senko said.
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Senko said she can write but not read because of her eyesight, and therefore doesn’t like to communicate via email. She says she usually has someone read her the letters she receives .
Senko said she also likes to receive audiobooks by mail, but she hasn’t been able to because of the strike.
“This impacts me greatly and several other residents get books from Toronto to read,” she said.
”I’m not very happy with the strike. And it was always such a treat to go down to the mail room and say ‘hi’ to the postie and see what mail you had.”
“Because we’re seniors, we like receiving a card from our family, our friends, and we use the mail room a lot. I hope they go off strike soon.”
For Renaissance Retirement Living resident Al Zabinsky, checking on mail used to be a welcome part of his daily routine.(Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
For fellow Renaissance resident Al Zabinsky, checking on mail was a welcome part of his daily routine.
“Because it’s an every day kind of thing, we hope that it came twice a day or three times a day,” said Zabinsky.
“As a senior, I miss it. I don’t miss the mails or even the junk mail that comes, but because it’s something to do. At least there’s something to do.”
Zabinsky said he appreciates receiving cards, but he doesn’t write them any more due to his hands shaking.
He said he still receives lots of letters from his loved ones.
“It would be depressing if anybody’s put anything in the mail or hoping to put anything — now they may not. They might say, ‘Well, there’s no point. It’ll never get there in time’,” he said.
Fortunately, Zabinsky still keeps in contact with his family over the phone.
Although it’s been an inconvenience, Zabinsky said he respects the Canada Post workers asserting their rights.
— with files from 980 CJME’s Nicole Garn
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