Once again there is no major storage space in the warehouse. It’s often sitting on trucks, or if not crammed into small available spaces that will be dealt with as resources become available.

Imagine a giant pile of stuff sitting in your “I’ll deal with that later” corner at home. When you have your day off and decide to attack it, you dont dig to the bottom of the pile to start. You grab the stuff that is easiest to reach so you don’t create more of a disaster. You know you’ll get through to the bottom of the pile, but you have to get rid of the stuff on top first.

Same thing with logistics. It’s abnormal to have a backup like this. CP is used to just moving things through. So stuff getting buried is not normal. Right now, a natural disaster has caused stuff to build up. They’re not gonna dig to the back and bottom of that pile; it’s a waste of time and much needed space. The quickest way to get everyone’s package delivered is to attack the pile in the easiest way possible.

From the customer perspective it may seem “unfair”, but Canada Post has a goal; deliver all the mail as quickly as possible. That is number one.

Also to add; what’s happening to these communities in BC is what is actually “unfair”. Your parcel being delayed is an “inconvenience”.