21 Feb
2001
21 Feb
'01
12:56 a.m.
Years ago, when I had someplace for them to leave the packages, they didn't.
Instead, they'd leave a notice with a number one could call to arrange to pick
the package up one'sself, or to arrange delivery to an alternative address. It
makes me wonder how many packages I've not received just because the local
hooligans thought it would be fun to kick it down the road.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Foust" <jfoust(a)threedee.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: UPS woes
At 10:17 PM 2/20/01 -0700, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>When the UPS guy delivered it, I was still at work, so instead of putting the
>package somewhere out of the way or delivering it the next day, the package
was
left in the
driveway where it led into the covered portion of the carport.
That's 100% UPS policy for residential delivery: they can leave it
seemingly anywhere unless the sender has paid extra for
signature verification. My favorite location is in the bushes,
where it will be found months later after the weather has
attacked it. (For those of you in California, "weather" can
be things like rain, the frozen rain we call "snow", etc.)
Think about the alternative: UPS trucks driving endlessly to
attempt to deliver packages to residential addresses where
no one is there to accept the package...
- John