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I started to do a full explanation of the Alith in Chainth meme then noticed a couple of folks had beat me to it.Shortest post ever
Day late, dollar short. Story of my life...
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You mean like this idiot the other day?
5 minutes after arriving at my gate, I hear him on the phone saying in broken English "wrong address" ...
Just behind the open lid is a sign that says "You're @ (my address) in 10" tall letters and numbers ... My street number is 4 digits, my neighbors have a different private road name which is in huge letters spanning the entire width above there road ... and only 3 digits ...
Below that is another sign saying "This is NOT (neighbors road name!)
My street number is on the top of the box by the latch ... My street number is on both sides of the mailbox by the road in 4" reflective numbers, my street number is on both sides of my 60' wide driveway in those green and white signs that 911 uses ... My street number in 8" tall numbers, and street name in 1" tall letters is on the sign he is dumbfoundedly looking at ... The box he is supposed to go to is at the purple arrow on the side road, not my private driveway ...
Eventually he takes his two boxes and leaves, and goes back to the terminal, later that night a different driver attempted delivery, this time they got the right road, but drove by the box 3/4 mile, and dropped it at a neighbor's house, and reported it as "delivered to a secure location" ...
What are they thinking?
5 minutes after arriving at my gate, I hear him on the phone saying in broken English "wrong address" ...
Just behind the open lid is a sign that says "You're @ (my address) in 10" tall letters and numbers ... My street number is 4 digits, my neighbors have a different private road name which is in huge letters spanning the entire width above there road ... and only 3 digits ...
Below that is another sign saying "This is NOT (neighbors road name!)
My street number is on the top of the box by the latch ... My street number is on both sides of the mailbox by the road in 4" reflective numbers, my street number is on both sides of my 60' wide driveway in those green and white signs that 911 uses ... My street number in 8" tall numbers, and street name in 1" tall letters is on the sign he is dumbfoundedly looking at ... The box he is supposed to go to is at the purple arrow on the side road, not my private driveway ...
Eventually he takes his two boxes and leaves, and goes back to the terminal, later that night a different driver attempted delivery, this time they got the right road, but drove by the box 3/4 mile, and dropped it at a neighbor's house, and reported it as "delivered to a secure location" ...
What are they thinking?
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Love your "secure location"
Same problem here. Bin through that recently. My "secure location" is out by the road, about 70 yards away from the house where this delivery was lying in the rain for over a week until UPS collected it again (I refused delivery after it got soaked before I got home).
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I put my box up when I put up my gate three years ago, neighbor put there's out a year ago ...
Amazon is the worst, I don't even order from them, I wouldn't buy anything from them if they had the only item I needed in the whole world, I'd rather go without ...
Before I had the gate up, they use to come down my driveway and twice I had my semi-truck in the way, once they DEMANDED I move it, as I was blocking the road ... I wasn't very nice ... Second time the lady in her private vehicle lets her two dogs out to poop in my yard as she is fetching the packages from the back seat ... That didn't end very well either ... Sometimes they would come down and realize there mistake, and instead of just going around my loop, they would spin there tires spraying gravel onto my lawn trying to hurry to the right address ... I have nothing good to say about them!
So, I've put up more signs ... That has helped some ... My neighbor told me this morning that his wife is making some signs in both English and Spanish ...
But ... It's hard to fix stupid!
One of the problems as I see it is Amazon doesn't seem to use regular route drivers, it's almost always someone different, plus they use the substitutes that drive there own private cars ... The other problem is my driveway is 60' wide at the road, neighbors "road" is barely 15" wide ... They both run parallel to each other, and are about 40' apart ...
Amazon is the worst, I don't even order from them, I wouldn't buy anything from them if they had the only item I needed in the whole world, I'd rather go without ...
Before I had the gate up, they use to come down my driveway and twice I had my semi-truck in the way, once they DEMANDED I move it, as I was blocking the road ... I wasn't very nice ... Second time the lady in her private vehicle lets her two dogs out to poop in my yard as she is fetching the packages from the back seat ... That didn't end very well either ... Sometimes they would come down and realize there mistake, and instead of just going around my loop, they would spin there tires spraying gravel onto my lawn trying to hurry to the right address ... I have nothing good to say about them!
So, I've put up more signs ... That has helped some ... My neighbor told me this morning that his wife is making some signs in both English and Spanish ...
But ... It's hard to fix stupid!
One of the problems as I see it is Amazon doesn't seem to use regular route drivers, it's almost always someone different, plus they use the substitutes that drive there own private cars ... The other problem is my driveway is 60' wide at the road, neighbors "road" is barely 15" wide ... They both run parallel to each other, and are about 40' apart ...
The subcontractors are the problem. They probably get paid half nothing and the only way for them to make a living is drop it in the grass by the road, take a picture (that ironically is proof of non-delivery) and drive off.
UPS was first class 6 years ago when they had their own drivers. Now with the subcontractors I rate them garbage. And like you I stopped ordering from companies that I know use UPS.
Ok, sorry, enough rants from my side and maybe back to the subject of this beautiful thread
UPS was first class 6 years ago when they had their own drivers. Now with the subcontractors I rate them garbage. And like you I stopped ordering from companies that I know use UPS.
Ok, sorry, enough rants from my side and maybe back to the subject of this beautiful thread
Australia Post is no better. We've had plenty of run ins with them.The subcontractors are the problem. They probably get paid half nothing and the only way for them to make a living is drop it in the grass by the road, take a picture (that ironically is proof of non-delivery) and drive off.
UPS was first class 6 years ago when they had their own drivers. Now with the subcontractors I rate them garbage. And like you I stopped ordering from companies that I know use UPS.
Ok, sorry, enough rants from my side and maybe back to the subject of this beautiful thread
Unfortunately most of the other courier companies are no better.
Pay peanuts, get monkeys
World wide phenomenon so. The results of privatisation. The Irish state owned postal service "AnPost" is still top class. I rate them by far best of all and use them whenever I can, even if they are a bit more expensive.
I don't understand how that would work?
Would it be for them to confirm delivery, or replace a "signature"?
Would it be for them to confirm delivery, or replace a "signature"?
Just an idle comment, won't automation fix everything?
One evening about a week ago, the doorbell chimes, I go to the door, there's a guy about to get in his car at the curb (parked the wrong way, of course). There's a bag of dog food? and a couple of other things sitting on the porch. So I yell over to him, 'Hey, this isn't mine." He trudges back across the yard, I ask him what address he's looking for, he mumbles something about miscounting houses, I repeat my question, he says he doesn't know, he cleared his phone. My street address is on the mailbox and the house number is on the wall by the front door. I think this was a local delivery, not one of the big 3.
It's done by GPS. As long as they put it where the computer tells them it's all good. (Yeah, GPS can be off and...whatever, they have an A.I. to blindly obey .)
Conspiracy theory alert, but I honestly believe those contractors are just place holders till they can roll out drones to replace them.
Same with Doordash, menulog and all the other delivery services
Well ... There GPS must be off, or the driver isn't paying attention!
If I type my address into Google maps, this is where it shows ... I purposely had it put at the end of my driveway, as just before I bought my place almost 4 years ago, they had to change the address, as they use to access there house by the cousins private road, but that was "right of way" didn't convey with the property, it was a verbal family courtesy, so they put in a new driveway through the hayfield out front, which I expanded to get my semi-truck in ...
If I type my address into Google maps, this is where it shows ... I purposely had it put at the end of my driveway, as just before I bought my place almost 4 years ago, they had to change the address, as they use to access there house by the cousins private road, but that was "right of way" didn't convey with the property, it was a verbal family courtesy, so they put in a new driveway through the hayfield out front, which I expanded to get my semi-truck in ...