Love them Bureaucrats

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200506/s1381589.htm

Remember when Government used to be something you could count on. Our own post office had a motto about "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

In Canada, though, 10 cm is enough to deter even the bravest of postmen.