Excuse me but there's a bear at your door

If  you’re waiting for a parcel, nothing is more annoying than seeing the Canada Post notice that says you missed the delivery.

Sometimes, though, it’s really rather hard to fault the postal worker who couldn’t get you your package. One good excuse might be that a bear was blocking the path to the door, as apparently happened to a Canada Post employee in British Columbia this week.

M Fane @IamFane

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Ok, fair enough @canadapostcorp that’s a decent reason to not drop the package off at my door.

10:16 PM - 23 Sep 2014

Twitter user @IamFane, who lists Vancouver as his location, shared a photo of a Canada Post notice Tuesday that listed the reason for failing to deliver the package as “bear at door.”

We reached out to “M Fane” for more details and have not heard back (we’re not sharing his full name unless he consents) but he seems not to have minded the delay. He told Canada Post’s official twitter account there was no need to investigate and that “the service was great.”

The postal worker, by the way, was not in danger. “The notice was dropped at our mailbox up the street,” Fane explained.

It’s not clear what kind of bear was roaming around Fane’s home but British Columbia is home to much of Canada’s black bear and grizzly populations.