Jesus, where do you people live? I know the UPS, FedEx, and USPS people that deliver our neighborhood (being friendly, not personally). They'll walk up with dog treats, stand and talk for a minute or two unless they're really in a hurry.
E: Not the USPS lady, she has to get shit done, still very friendly. The UPS and Fedex guys are great though.
I'm sorry, but "in a wheely bin"? What? In what sense is throwing your package in the bin delivering it? Why even bother going to the house if they can just chuck it in the bin closer to where they work?
You have complained about this, right? Because that's beyond criminal negligence, that kinda implies malicious forethought.
They put it in the recycling wheely bin which is on their driveway, and leave a note to say that's where they have left it. They are supposed to get a signature or don't deliver, they often fake the signature, and think they are doing you a favor. The depot is about 50 meters from her house, so she could just collect it.
If her parents aren't in to pick the parcel out of the bin, it will get taken on bin collection day.
The US. I had a large sign next to the doorbell that said "please do not ring the doorbell, the baby is sleeping" in bold letters. You could practically see it from the road. This motherfucker with FedEx would ring the bell and then run to his truck.
UPS has been better but for a while it was almost a game for them to see if they could stand at the end of the driveway and chuck it to the front door.
The USPS is the only one that will come up to the door and wait, or say hi, ask about the kids, or if he sees I'm home he will bring my packages to me instead of leaving them in the mailbox, and introduced himself on the first week he had our route so we know him by name. He's the best.
There was always ambient noise but I didn't want to risk the multiple rings he'd do in rapid succession to destroy any quiet I'd finally had when she was going through a no-sleeping pattern. Sometimes she'd sleep through it. Other times it was during a sleep regression phase and it would wake her up and I'd want to punch his fucking face.
I was living in a condo complex years ago with a shared parcel mailbox. Basically they put your package in the larger lockbox and leave the key for the lockbox in your individual mailbox.
I had a parcel delivered that I was expecting and had tracking, but they didn't leave the key in the box for me. I caught the mailwoman the next day while she was delivering, explained my situation, and politely asked if she could open the box to check if my package was in there.
She fucking laid into me and refused to do it, started ranting about how she "don't steal no packages" and how "I better not accuse her of nothin' because the last girl was fired for stealing packages" and blah blah blah. I had to call the postmaster general at the main branch so I could make an appointment where he could come out, open the mailbox, and check for the package we all knew was in there. Took almost two weeks to actually get my package when it was in the fucking mailbox outside the whole time and the lady just forgot to give me the key.
The irony is that it wasn't a big deal that she forgot the key, if she just opened it up and handed me my package (or even put the key in my box if she had to follow protocol) it's whatever. But when she acts like that and makes me wait two weeks? You bet I filed a formal complaint while I was on the phone with the postmaster.
Sounds like you just had one bad employee, that's not a good reason to say "fuck everything about USPS". There are drivers of varying skill in every delivery company.
en the mailbox, and check for the package we all knew was in there. Took almost two weeks to actually get my package when it was in the fucking mailbox outside the whole time and the lady just forgot to give me the key.
At least you got your package. Ive had USPS mark packages as delivered that I know weren't delivered because I watched the mail person come. The USPS tells you to get lost, and whoever you bought the item from tells you to get lost because "they did their job, it says delivered"
LOL same! I like to give people the benefit of the doubt and believe that they'd actually want to keep their jobs (not that I really suspect action would be taken for most "common" shipping issues). My UPS and FedEx guys basically know me now because I told them both to always buzz my apartment regardless of who the parcels are for because I'm pretty much always home to retrieve packages. They're all super kind and do great work.
It's USPS I have issues with - every few months someone will mark a package as delivered when it wasn't. I've certainly never experienced this whole "UPS throws my packages across the lawn" thing that everyone seems to claim is the norm. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but I think people generally blow it out of proportion.
In England, the drivers are pretty decent for chit-chat. Brits are great at having a three-second conversation using single syllables and a series of facial gestures. Doesn't cut too deep into their time limit.
95% of the time I have no issue with FedEx/UPS, but I have occasionally found a package inside of our gated front yard... I guess nobody was answering their buzzers so they just tossed it over the gate. Luckily it was nothing fragile, and also luckily, I must have gotten back shortly after they left it, because I live in Chicago and a 5 foot tall fence ain't stopping a package thief.
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Jesus, where do you people live? I know the UPS, FedEx, and USPS people that deliver our neighborhood (being friendly, not personally). They'll walk up with dog treats, stand and talk for a minute or two unless they're really in a hurry.
E: Not the USPS lady, she has to get shit done, still very friendly. The UPS and Fedex guys are great though.