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CAROL OFF, CHRIS HOWDEN (HOSTS):
CH: It all started with a sweet pandemic gesture. Donald and Doreen Bryk couldn't be with their extended family in Ontario last Christmas, so they sent what Winnipeggers send instead: Pierogies. Now, a whole Christmas later, Mr. Bryk -- a retired superior court judge in Manitoba -- remains embroiled in a dispute with FedEx over a shipment that ultimately arrived days late and more than a little mushy. We reached Mr. Bryk in Winnipeg.
CO: Mr. Bryk, take me back to Christmas 2020. How did you go about shipping the pierogi to Ontario exactly?
DONALD BRYK: Well, the reason we shipped the perogies in the first place was because of COVID. We weren't able to travel to Toronto, which we normally did before Christmas every year. And so my wife made a batch of probes for my son and daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and we had to get them there within a timeframe where they wouldn't thaw. So I had seen FedEx advertisements on the TV indicating that they would ship within a certain period of time. And so we decided to go that route thinking that if the... if the perogies got there within a 24 to 30-hour period of time, they would be fine.
CO: Right. So they were frozen, right?
DB: They were frozen, yes.
CO: Okay. And we have to actually stop at this point to find out what kind of pierogi? Because I know many people are wondering this very, very important question right now. What was the stuffing?
DB: Well, the stuffing was potato and cheese, but some of them were gluten-free, made with gluten-free dough because my... one of my grandsons is gluten-free. So there were... there were some in there for him as well.
CO: Oh! How much time did your wife spend getting these pierogi ready?
DB: Well, I think there were about...