Posted: 1/5/2006 11:07:26 AM EDT
When UPS's tracker says, 'out for delivery,' that means the package is on the brown truck, heading to your house, right? As in:
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Except for when the date next to "out for delivery" is six days ago ... and that's the latest line of info. Then it means you get to call UPS to see what's going on. When you call them, they will tell you that the package appears to have been misplaced and you need to call the shipper and have them call UPS to initiate a trace. When you say "why can't you just initiate a trace now, since you see that something is wrong" they reply with "that's just the way it is". Then you call the shipper and sit on hold for 30 minutes before you can talk to someone. Then the person you talk to calls ups and starts the trace. Then UPS tells them "don't be surprised if it's delivered today because it's probably on the truck." Then you call UPS to see if you can find out if the package is coming today because you'd rather not sit around until 8:00 PM if they're not going to be coming. Then the UPS center takes your phone number and says they'll get in touch with the driver who might have your package, find out if it's with him and going to be delivered today, and call you back to let you know. 30 minutes later they call you back and tell you that the driver has a package and made a delivery attempt 5 minutes ago but no one answered the door so he'll be back tomorrow. You scream in anger and hang up the phone. Then you go out to the door and find the UPS sticker stuck to the door. You go and get your AR15 out and start loading magazines as you fume over the fact that you'd turned off all radios and televisions and had the place completely silent for the last hour and a half JUST so you could hear the doorbell if the driver rang it. The sonavabitch didn't even knock, he just stuck the sticker on the door and left. Now he must pay. |
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Maybe he heard you scream at the moment his hand was poised to knock and "didn't want nuthin' to do with that sh*&".... 
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I think the ups drivers are people who specialized in 'ding dong ditch' during their youths....only this time, they've advanced beyond ringing he doorbell. They're all about dropping (and I do mean dropping) your package at the door and being back in their truck before anybody sees them. |
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yeah, except this guy didn't drop the package, he stuck a note on the door and left. Anyone have some good ideas on how to fuck with the UPS driver without tipping him off that it's you? |
I had them do that once. Also they attempted delivery at a different address and then claimed they had attempted it at mine. Then they told me I'd have to wait until the next day's delivery to get the package. Took half an hour bitching at various levels of supervisors until I could make them see that I had paid for DELIVERY on that date, not "attempted delivery at a stranger's house". Whenever I can I use fedex ground or usps. No matter how bad they are, they can't match the incompetence of UPS. |
Whatever you do, don't call them to find out if it's still coming. They don't know, and they get annoyed by your call and will fuck with you because of it. |
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As a UPS driver I have mastered the art of drop(errr I mean place package gently) and run(errr walk briskly back to Package Car). 98% of the packages I deliver are what we call DRs....meaning when Driver Release them at the delivery address.....this applies only to Residential customers. What is being delivered, is it coming signature required......go toUnited Package Smashers lot of good info there. |
You would be suprised........unless the shipper specifically inputs signature required when they ship the item it will not come signature required. Got a Tracking # |
You owe me a keyboard and a fresh drink! 
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Yeah, about 8:00 PM. The guy dropped off 3 packages, I signed, he went off, and I thought probably one would come tomorrow, that it'd got delayed for some reason. Then he came back about 10 minutes later, apologizing and saying he read the label on another box wrong, and I took delivery of the 4th package. My computer is now up and running (I put it together, hence my lack of updates), formatting itself so I can install Windows. I'll post about the computer in a seperate thread, probably tomorrow. |