UPS was scheduled for delivery today. My dog altered me of the truck, and I went out to see as I’m clearly a child on Christmas morning. I hear rummaging around in the truck and after a couple minutes the driver emerges from the back, into the cab, and closes the door behind him. He’s doing some tapping on his iPad thing and notices me.
I ask, “hey bro, got something for me?” He says, “I’m supposed to, but I couldn’t find it back there right now. I’ll circle back later.” I say alright, and now, hours later, the tracking page shows that the package has been delayed, for delivery Monday. Sad!
One time I had ordered a fairly expensive item that was delivered by DHL. When they arrived the lady was in the back of her truck for some time. I finally went out to see what was up and she told me she was looking but couldn’t find it.
I then suggested she call the distribution center, and verify that they had my package, which they did. It was close enough, so I just drove out and picked it up myself.
She felt so bad, too. I had went and got two large Panera chicken soups to enjoy while I waited, and when it was determined that she didn’t have it, I actually have her one to make her feel better. She was so grateful as she hadn’t had lunch and was starving.
Moral of the story.
Verify exactly where your stuff is located to rule out shenanigans
Be nice to the delivery people. They’re only human.
Thank you for that. This time of year, every delivery service is overloaded.
Kudos for this. I always see posts of people getting fed up by what delivery drivers do, but I feel like that just creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Pay it forward and create a more forgiving environment for them - the delivery drivers will be less stressed/annoyed and will be more likely to go the extra mile if it’s needed someday.
Of course, it would be better if they just had sufficient time allocated for their deliveries, but in the interim… just treat them humanely.