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Canada Post says dog attacks on mail carriers have increased during pandemic:
We have seen an increase this year of incidents across the country," the Crown corporation said in an email to CTVNews.ca.
According to Canada Post, around 41 per cent of households in Canada have dogs. Postal service workers come into contact with pets when they drop off mail, and with everyone at home during the pandemic, the chances of them coming face-to-face with a dog is even greater than usual.
[...] Canada Post is asking homeowners not to open their doors during mail delivery, as this not only can make physical distancing harder, but can allow a dog to rush outside at an unsuspecting mail carrier. They are reminding the public to wait until a postal service worker has left to go pick up the mail or packages left on the doorstep.
(Score: 0, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:29PM (14 children)
Dogs are a plague. They're unpredictable, dangerous. They cause numerous injuries to children each year. Their incessant barking pisses off everyone (except their owners, for some reason) and wakes up entire neighborhoods at night. They jump on skunks, porcupines, repeatedly. They jump in front of cars. They have to be controlled, managed, every single fucking second or they'll invariably hurt themselves or someone else. They jump on you in trails because their owners can't fucking keep them on leash. I personnaly know many neighbors who no longer take walks in the neighborhood because they're afraid some fucking dog will jump on them out of nowhere.
They are genetic abominations. They are 30% less intelligent than their wolf ancestors, and they've been selectively bred to have Stockholm syndrome. Their absolute, unconditional love and devotion to even the most discusting people on this Earth is not something to be admired or commended, it's pathetic. It's bred-in affective dependancy. They are a ruined species.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:50PM
Tell us how you really feel.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:52PM
and they are still smarter than most people.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:04PM
dogs serve many useful purposes. bad/dumb people are always the problem. if they are 30% dumber than wolves it's probably a good thing as they don't get the freedom they would need to be happy normally.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:17PM (4 children)
I think you mean disgusting. Like Wallmart people.
Another major error was the oversight of omitting: dogs humping your leg. But perhaps you subtly included that in the subject line? Although I think I would prefer not to do this with either dogs or their owners.
Some countries' ranchers consider them a delectable delicacy.
But I would probably rather eat bugs. Maybe. When the famine hits us.
Is there a chemotherapy treatment for excessively low blood alcohol level?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @08:50PM
The old chestnut is: Two men see a dog licking its own privates. One man says, "I wish I could do that!" The other replies, "I don't think the dog would let you."
(Score: 3, Informative) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday September 02 2020, @11:22PM (2 children)
Do you mean people who shop at Walmart, or People of Walmart [peopleofwalmart.com]?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday September 03 2020, @01:57PM (1 child)
Yes.
The ninth circle of Walmart.
Is there a chemotherapy treatment for excessively low blood alcohol level?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @09:23PM
Is that the dairy aisle or cleaning products?
(Score: 2) by OrugTor on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:49PM (1 child)
I think you may be confusing dogs with children.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @06:17PM
Humans, I would say.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @06:06PM
Says the mailman. You should've not kicked the dog on your first day nutjob.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @12:48AM
On top of the dog's bad behavior, it's nearly impossible to get through to the owner about the behavioral problems. There must be countless relationship and marriage breakdowns going on this very moment, all caused by this particular species of pet.
The owners are so 'charmed' by their pet's cuteness that you cannot reason with them. It's like as if the dog has hijacked the bonding instinct we have which was meant to be towards children. And through this the dog can get the owner to do almost whatever it wants. I guess this must have been an evolutionary strategy, the dogs which managed to manipulate humans the best were the ones who reproduced the most.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @01:43PM
So what's worse. The dog or the post office?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 03 2020, @02:05PM
"They are 30% less intelligent than their wolf ancestors"
If they are so dumb how have they managed to con so many people into taking care of and slave for them in exchange for nothing, as you say? Unlike wolves that have to fend for themselves.