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more mail reader refuses to be secondclass dear editor as one of the second class citizens whom the mulroney gov ernment has blessed with a su- permailbox i must take excep tion to some of the comments made in the letters written by mitchell smith and j douglas hoyes in the october 31st issue of the weekender in his glorification of the su- permailbox mr smith asks what could be more convenient than having the parcels deli vered rather than getting a card and having to stand in those ridi culous lines at the post office what mr smith fails to mention is that for each group of super- mailboxes there are only two boxes set aside for the delivery of parcels should there be more than two parcels slated for deliv ery to a group of supermail- boxes two lucky individuals are accorded the convenience of walking from their homes to their supermailboxes to pick up their parcels while the rest must wait till the following day at which time they must stand in one of those ridiculous lines at the post office should a supermailbox holder be the recipient of a registered let ter they are given no choice but to stand in line at the post office and pick up their letter the answer to mr smiths question as to what could be more convenient than having a parcel delivered to a supermailbox is simple having a parcel deli vered to your home as it is done for the firstclass citizens of this country in his letter mr hoyes sup ports the proposal by canada post to open retail postal franchises if the farming out of services to the subpost office located in the loc al drug store is any indication of how these franchises would oper ate i for one am dead set against it instead of having to stand in one of those ridiculous lines at the post office along with all the other supermailbox patrons i must now join my fellow super mailbox holders in even longer lines at the local drug store along with the stores regular cus tomers mr hoyes is also mistaken when he states that canada post is prohibited by law from offering other services to increase their revenue a few yeas ago canada post entered into an experiment known as consumerpost during this experiment canada post customers were able to order items from the consumers distri buting catalogue and have them delivered to their local post office this experiment was hugely successful but was abandonded by canada post as a result of pressure from big business en deavours such as this and other moneymaking ventures should be used by canada post to help reduce their deficit rather than cutting back basic services to part of the population contrary to what mr smith may think i do not feel that my attitude is one of somebody else gets something that i dont now i want it to i feel that through my tax dollars and my investments in stamps and other canada post products i am paying for a ser vice and expect that this service be equitable for all canadians i would ask the mitchell smiths and j douglas hoyes of this coun try if they think it is right that a certain segment of the populaion must pay the price in order that the rest may enjoy the full be nefits of the canadian postal sustem where is the fairness when a person spends the extra money to send me a special delivery letter which is supposed to receive prompt and efficient handling only to have it lie around in a su permailbox waiting to be picked up surely in this case canada post is guilty of fraud by charging for a service that is not provided hopefully the pressures of ram and other such groups will convince our politicians to take another look at the discrimina tory practices of canada post and force them to treat us all as first- class citizens pat procenko markham we love letters if you have a beef or want to pat someoneon the back sitdown and write a letter to the weekender deadline is noon thursday prior to publication names may be withheld on request at the dis cretion of the editor under no cir cumstances will anonymous let ters be published the editor also reserves the right due to space requirements and in the interest of conciseness to edit letters the address is 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 your child can improve classroom performance we develop the selfconfidence organiza tional skills and motivation needed individual and group instruction in all subjects for more information call 2948757 today iriir centre for learning skii1s suite 203 southeast comer highway 7 and mccowan qhapsralph laurej ts s sizes 3w6 the spirited tradition ralph lauren designs clothing with the conviction of a man who trusts his insights he interprets the classics with the unique personal integrity of the lauren style relaxed and sophisticated the chaps collection is for the man who appreciates clothing in the spirited tradition also available chaps ralph lauren slacks sport coats blazers and business suits wager mens shop now open monthurs 96 fri 99 sat 96 55 main st w stouffville 6406859