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Immortal K-Mart Employee · Mar 18, 2004, 03:31 PM

Looking at insurance claims for damaged packages shipped I ran into this..

The guarantee does not apply in the case of delay or non-delivery caused by an event beyond the control of Canada Post, including but not limited to, inclement weather, acts of God, acts of terrorism, acts of war, flight delays or cancellations, riots, strikes, foreign Customs authorities, or the act or default of the customer.

http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/to...nual/d01-e.asp

What the hell is "Acts of God"? If the mailman runs over my mail with his truck can he say God made him do it and all is good?

AB^2=BCxAC · Mar 18, 2004, 04:30 PM

An act of god is pretty much anything that can't be explained or avoided, but doesn't fit any of the above categories, yet still falls outside the culpibility of any person or group.

Like if a parcel vanished into thin air, with witnesses and on video: it just fades away. Well, Canada Post can't be liable. Or a vortex opens up and Cthulu tentacles grab your letter away from the postman, and the vortex closes up possibly to never recur again... well, hey, that's an act of god, I guess.

willed · Mar 18, 2004, 07:42 PM

Act of God is a technical term used in insurance documents for things out of the control of man, eg natural disasters. You'll fins your house insurance probably covers you against acts of God too.

quandarry · Mar 18, 2004, 08:01 PM

god hates mail but praying is good.

Jesus_Christ · Mar 19, 2004, 04:31 AM

Sure..blame God
because it couldnt possibly be the underpaid postal dude...

Oisín · Mar 19, 2004, 05:54 AM

Originally posted by willed:
Act of God is a technical term used in insurance documents for things out of the control of man, eg natural disasters. You'll fins your house insurance probably covers you against acts of God too.

So maybe this is a dumb question, but what exactly is the difference between Act of God and Force Majeure? Maybe it's just where they're used? I'm fairly sure there's no such thing as an Act of God in Danish insurances, that would all be Forces Majeures... but on the other hand, I'm sure I've heard Force Majeure used in English too...

Enlighten me?

wang_himself · Mar 19, 2004, 06:01 AM

Has anyone considered the fact that your god may hate canada?

quandarry · Mar 19, 2004, 06:20 AM

Originally posted by wang_himself:
Has anyone considered the fact that your god may hate canada?

take that back!

our god is the great 'ookpik'

An Ookpik is nothing but hair.
If you shave him, he isn't there.

He's never locked in the zoo.
He lives in a warm igloo.

He can whistle and dance on the walls.
He can dance on Niagara Falls.

He has nothing at all on his mind.
If you scratch him, he wags his behind.

He dances from morning to night.
Then he blinks. That turns out the light.

Oisín · Mar 19, 2004, 06:29 AM

Originally posted by quandarry:
take that back!

our god is the great 'ookpik'

[insert gibberish poem here]

Wha???

By my knowledge of Dutch, "ookpik" (or rather, "ook pik") means "also dick"... um, yeah...

wang_himself · Mar 19, 2004, 06:30 AM

I will need more beer to fully even attempt to understand what the hell I just read

quandarry · Mar 19, 2004, 06:41 AM

me too!...a very large beer.

where do these guys crawl up from?

http://www.santharia.com/pictures/qu...and_ookpik.htm

quandarry · Mar 19, 2004, 06:48 AM

Originally posted by Ois�n:
Wha???

By my knowledge of Dutch, "ookpik" (or rather, "ook pik") means "also dick"... um, yeah...

your a fool. so your chinese are you?

John F. Smith · Mar 19, 2004, 06:59 AM

you've never heard that term before?

u r o u t o f t o u c h

Zimphire · Mar 19, 2004, 09:38 AM

Originally posted by Jesus_Christ:
Sure..blame God
because it couldnt possibly be the underpaid postal dude...

Oisín · Mar 19, 2004, 09:45 AM

Originally posted by quandarry:
your a fool. so your chinese are you?

Nope, just a fool...

Vader�s Pinch of Death · Mar 19, 2004, 11:46 AM

Originally posted by Jesus_Christ:
Sure..blame God
because it couldnt possibly be the underpaid postal dude...

Underpaid?! Do you have any idea how much these guys make?!

Scratch that idea.

Zimphire · Mar 19, 2004, 11:49 AM

Yeah most gov workers get payed out the rear.

At least the Postman has to do manual labor.

Vader�s Pinch of Death · Mar 19, 2004, 12:18 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Yeah most gov workers get payed out the rear.

At least the Postman has to do manual labor.

Ya walking and carrying paper. Don't they even have carts and segways in the US? That is worth getting 70,000 a year.

Zimphire · Mar 19, 2004, 12:21 PM

No here. They all have mail cars. But don't drive them door to door. They walk about a block, move the truck, walk another block, etc.

All have HUGE calves.

sanity assassin · Mar 19, 2004, 12:28 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
No here. They all have mail cars. But don't drive them door to door. They walk about a block, move the truck, walk another block, etc.

All have HUGE calves.

Over here they all just walk with big lumbering bags, start early in the morning, and end the shift in the afternoon. They get paid a whack amount of cash for it, especially at Xmas. Bin men, now there's a job you get paid tonnes, extra time is unbelievable too.

Ratm · Mar 19, 2004, 03:36 PM

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
God hates males from Canada!

Fixed that for ya. But we love your women, keep sending them down.