So, Thursday I come home from classes and find a notice from UPS saying that they couldn’t deliver a package they had for me because it required a signature and that they would be back the next day (Friday, AKA Today, AKA October 8, 2010) at “10:30 – 2:00″. I have to leave for work by 10:30 on Fridays (I work part-time), so I knew I wouldn’t be there to pick it up, but hoped that they would deliver it on Saturday. Got home today to find a note that said they couldn’t deliver it (this time because “Your written authorization is required to leave package(s)”) and that they will try again on Monday at “10:30 – 2:00″…….WHAT THE HECK UPS!? JUST HOW STUPID ARE YOU? “Let’s try to deliver packages to a residential address in the middle of the day on a work day…The recipient wasn’t there, so we’ll try again on the next work day in the same time slot. Surely they’ll be there then…Nope. They weren’t there. We’ll try one more time on the next work day in the same time slot. If they’re still not there, we’ll send it back to the sender.”
Why the heck would you assume that somebody who is not at home during work hours on a work day will be available any other work day during work hours? I understand that they only work during normal work hours, but why not have Saturday delivery? Especially for residential addresses and packages that require a signature. To me, that just makes sense. If the recipient of a package is not available during work hours on a work day, it just makes sense to assume that they are WORKING and will not be available any other work day during work hours.
If the package doesn’t need signed for and/or can be left at the address without the intended recipient physically receiving it (business deliveries or roommates) then it’s fine, but otherwise WTF?
October 25, 2010 at 3:34 am |
It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why
their is a problem in the first place
October 31, 2010 at 1:21 pm |
Huh? I’m not trying to solve anything, really. I was just ranting about the inconvenience. Ranting can be fun and it really relieves the stress.
Also, just FYI: you used the wrong form of “their”.
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