@canadapostcorp your service is beyond unacceptable. Customer service lines keep you on hold for HOURS, your chat box is unusable. It’s become impossible to connect with anyone, if anyone still works there. This is ridiculous
What happened in Montreal today was a tragedy. A police officer and an innocent bystander lost their lives. To casually dismiss what happened by saying an officer “ran scared” or acted like a “little bitch” ignores the reality of what was unfolding in those moments. This officer had just witnessed a fellow police officer being shot and killed. She was then engaged in a firefight with an active shooter who was firing directly at her and was only metres away from her position. As she returned fire and sought cover from incoming rounds, she was operating in an environment of chaos, confusion, and extreme danger. In a fraction of a second, while focused on an armed suspect who had already demonstrated a willingness to kill, an innocent bystander suddenly appeared in her peripheral vision. These events unfold in milliseconds, not minutes. They are not viewed from multiple camera angles with the benefit of hindsight. They are experienced in real time, under life and death conditions, while bullets are flying. A thorough investigation is absolutely warranted. Every action taken should be reviewed and examined. But reducing a complex and tragic incident to insults and name calling does nothing to advance a serious discussion about what occurred. Today should be about acknowledging the loss of a police officer and an innocent civilian, allowing the investigation to take its course, and recognizing the extraordinary circumstances officers were facing as they confronted an active shooter. It’s easy to criticize after the fact. It’s much harder to understand what decisions look like when they have to be made in a split second during a gunfight.
Suddenly, you're 27.
You make your coffee, rush to work, come home around 7, and you're too tired to do anything except eat, scroll on your phone, and pass out.
Then you wake up, and do it all again.
And when Friday comes, maybe you go out, or maybe you're just too tired. Then, out of nowhere, it hits you.
How did everything pass by so quickly?
You don't even feel 27.
You still feel like that 17 year old kid who thought they had all the time in the world.
But somehow, 10 years just disappeared. And you start missing the past. The feeling of being young, excited, and clueless.
But then you realize, one day, you'll miss this, too.
Being 25, being confused, being tired, but still trying.
So maybe the trick is to slow down a bit and actually live this chapter before it also becomes just another memory.
The point is no matter age you are, you'll miss these days. Life gets busy sometimes and it's always a good time to stop and smell the roses.