Useless Parcel Service
Apr. 6th, 2006 07:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annuinMan I hate UPS. There's always something with them.
A couple of weeks ago they were supposed to deliver something and even though I left a note on the door upstairs for them to deliver around the back, the UPS dumbfuck ignored it and delivered it upstairs. Lucky for me the upstairs neighbours were home, so it wasn't an issue, but on Tuesday they tried to deliver something and there was nobody home upstairs. The second attempt was yesterday, and even though I know there were people home all day (I could hear them), somehow UPS managed to mark it as undeliverable again. I swear they only ring the doorbell for a mere fraction of a second before quickly filling in the paper and running off back to their truck. The UPS guy didn't even leave my Amazon package, and that certainly didn't require signature confirmation.
The UPS center's opening times also aren't that convenient either... especially not when you crash in the late afternoon for a nap thanks to an insomniac child keeping you awake all night.
So today I tape up another sign upstairs, and hopefully they'll actually read it and follow the instructions and deliver our damn packages.
We never get these problems with FedEx.
A couple of weeks ago they were supposed to deliver something and even though I left a note on the door upstairs for them to deliver around the back, the UPS dumbfuck ignored it and delivered it upstairs. Lucky for me the upstairs neighbours were home, so it wasn't an issue, but on Tuesday they tried to deliver something and there was nobody home upstairs. The second attempt was yesterday, and even though I know there were people home all day (I could hear them), somehow UPS managed to mark it as undeliverable again. I swear they only ring the doorbell for a mere fraction of a second before quickly filling in the paper and running off back to their truck. The UPS guy didn't even leave my Amazon package, and that certainly didn't require signature confirmation.
The UPS center's opening times also aren't that convenient either... especially not when you crash in the late afternoon for a nap thanks to an insomniac child keeping you awake all night.
So today I tape up another sign upstairs, and hopefully they'll actually read it and follow the instructions and deliver our damn packages.
We never get these problems with FedEx.
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Date: 2006-04-06 11:42 am (UTC)I remember an article, which might have been linked on Slashdot, where someone ordered computer gear and monitors and it was shipped UPS, and it came in a box that was abused so badly it looked like it had literally been dragged behind the truck. There was also damage to the items etc. The article even had accompanying pictures... it was terrible to look at, and you had to wonder how the UPS guy could deliver that with a straight face.
He even had one hell of a time getting them to cough up money for the replacement, even though couriers are insured for damages.
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Date: 2006-04-06 12:33 pm (UTC)FarceForce deliving a computer once. (you can probably imagine it - large holes in the packaging, etc...)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-06 02:07 pm (UTC)