Is there a good reason these fuckers can't wait for you to answer the door? I literally was 6 feet from the front door and they just drop it and run. If it wasn't for my dogs hearing him run up and barking at the door, I would have not known until tomorrow that I received a package.

I get they have time constraints and all but would it kill them to wait 30 fucking seconds to see if someone is home? If I'm a thief, I would just follow the fuckers around all day and profit for fucks sake.

Ok end of rant!!!!

you better be looking for them because they sure as fuck don't care if you actually get them, just as long as they get delivered where they are supposed to

It's an option to pick signature required

yeah well most shippers don't require a signature. I ordered some shoes from nike and it wasn't an option

Most do its revenue. Believe me most of these companies are losing their collective asses due to the economic downturn and high oil prices. Some people want these services some dont. If your using a smaller carrier you have to be very specific if these services arent offered to you.

 

Originally Posted by El Burro

According to brief internet research, the average UPS driver makes more than 200 stops per day. You expect him to wait 30 seconds at every stop and add ~2 hours to his workday?

not necessarily but I would prefer he hit the doorbell at a minimum. Would it kill him? Can you do some research how long his day would be then? Don't bother, I can do it. Takes a fucking second to press a button. And i didn't expect much sympathy, I was merely venting, thus the end of rant at the end of the op

 

Originally Posted by BigStack Husker

Whenever we get something from UPS the guy just sits the package in front of the door and knocks loudly like twice and then takes off.

I work for UPS but I work for the supply chain side, the brown side which you see all the time delivering your shit is like a whole other company.

if he would have done this, this thread wouldn't have been made, but whatever, I feel better after venting

 

Originally Posted by El Burro

According to brief internet research, the average UPS driver makes more than 200 stops per day. You expect him to wait 30 seconds at every stop and add ~2 hours to his workday?

Yup. Holidays we're around 300. Ring the door bell & run. Seriously wasting 2 hours a day per person 'waiting 30 seconds ffs' per stop, $28-$38 an hour per driver... Think they rather take a $100 hit on a pair of shoes or w/e rather than pay everyone across the country who is employed for them more. It effects everyone pay wise from drivers to warehouse workers to the mechanics. *insert umadbroit'slogistics.jpg*

btw OP more than likely you got a 'runner' who are ride along help who prob doesn't know better. It's the holidays. Every driver has one.

 

Originally Posted by ntanygd760

holy fucking lurker

haha, nice catch...post more dude...lol

 

Originally Posted by LeftyMark

My guy always puts the package on the front steps and rings the doorbell. You just have a shitty driver.

this

 

Originally Posted by norcaljeff

sick brag re being really, really lonely

yeah lonely without my wife and kids home for the evening...sick read by you

 

Originally Posted by norcaljeff

lol u mad.

you flatter yourself

My dad works at UPS. Luckily he is a feeder driver now. He did routes for like 20+ years. Cut them some slack, they work 12 hour days over the holidays in the cold, etc. It isn't an easy job by any means.

UPS is the absolute friggin worst for service and damage control but they are also the lowest cost courier out there for anyone that moves a lot of volume. I swear they drop kick the boxes from the truck to the depot and have it handled by 600 lb gorillas in their warehouses. Don't get me started.

 

Originally Posted by LDM

Dell sent him another, and required a signature the second time.

This is exactly how it goes for our company. You can put a claim in, but if FedEx or UPS drops the package at the address they were supposed to, they have done their job.

The extra fee to require a signature really isn't worth it for us tho...in fact, paying insurance on the package is almost not even worth it anymore. We rarely have packages stolen or lost, and if you take the cost it takes to insure or require a signature, it's definitely not worth it in the end.

Anything over $500 automatically has signature requirement on it tho.

Also, there are problems for both sides of the argument. If you live in a place like NY, the nearest hub might be 20 miles away, and that drive may take an hour and forty-five minutes. If a package has a signature requirement on it, and the recipient doesn't sign the slip that's left, the shipper will then hold the package at the nearest hub until the recipient comes to get it (after 3 delivery attempts). NOBODY wants to drive the 45+ minutes to get their package b/c it has a signature requirement on it...especially if they live in a decent part of a city where it's okay to drop a package.

On the other hand, some people will call to bitch and moan that we didn't require a signature on their $45 golf shirt b/c they live in a shitty neighborhood and their package got stolen.

You will honestly NEVER please everybody...it's just impossible.