FuckUPS, July Edition
Jul. 11th, 2022 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerA few weeks ago I ordered a package on Amazon. I knew the delivery was risky as soon as I saw the shipper sending it via UPS. UPS has at best a 50% success rate delivering to my address.
The package was scheduled for delivery on Friday, 7/1. UPS notified me with an email that the delivery had been completed around 10:30am... except there was never a knock at the door... and there was no package at the door, either.
Sometimes delivery drivers get confused with which door is which in our townhouse complex. I see UberEats/DoorDash/etc. drivers struggling a lot. UPS and FedEx are way better— because their drivers are pros— but it's not outside the realm of possibility that they'd make a mistake. So I checked around neighbors' doorsteps, too, but didn't see my package there, either. At that point I figured UPS delivered it to the wrong street... or just didn't deliver it at all.
Several days later I asked a neighbor to check if the package had arrived at our door. We were out of town after Friday so I couldn't check it myself. By Wednesday there was still no package. But when we came home on Sunday, nine days later... the package was at the doorstep!
The package was scheduled for delivery on Friday, 7/1. UPS notified me with an email that the delivery had been completed around 10:30am... except there was never a knock at the door... and there was no package at the door, either.
Sometimes delivery drivers get confused with which door is which in our townhouse complex. I see UberEats/DoorDash/etc. drivers struggling a lot. UPS and FedEx are way better— because their drivers are pros— but it's not outside the realm of possibility that they'd make a mistake. So I checked around neighbors' doorsteps, too, but didn't see my package there, either. At that point I figured UPS delivered it to the wrong street... or just didn't deliver it at all. Several days later I asked a neighbor to check if the package had arrived at our door. We were out of town after Friday so I couldn't check it myself. By Wednesday there was still no package. But when we came home on Sunday, nine days later... the package was at the doorstep!
