How do they do it?

[rod]

Funny how topics come up.
Just today I was talking to customer about the QVC addicts on my route.
When I told them that 20% of my deliveries(pkg wise) were QVC, they were astonished.
One of them asked me, "What do you call them? Do you make up funny names based on QVC?"
The only answer I had was that we call them the QVC ladies.
Reading this thread got me to thinking.
Do y'all have a pet name for these addicts?
Off the top of my head, Quit Viewing Cable came to my mind.
PAX

"Nut cases" comes to mind

 

[25yrvet]

I call 'em QVC Queens


The QVC volume is up in our center, are we getting some of the post office's volume? I noticed the same with Victoria's Secret.

 

[rod]

Anybody deliver any of that "Shop Erotic" stuf? It was always fun delivering porn and "toys" and watching people squirm wondering if you knew what it was.

 

[JustTired]

Anybody deliver any of that "Shop Erotic" stuf? It was always fun delivering porn and "toys" and watching people squirm wondering if you knew what it was.

You mean the old "Apple Court" pkgs? You know, the plain brown paper bags that were stapled shut. A lot of drivers carried staplers with them (not me, of course). Delivered those to some of the strangest places. People you would never guess in a million years would get the stuff.

 

[trplnkl]

You mean the old "Apple Court" pkgs? You know, the plain brown paper bags that were stapled shut. A lot of drivers carried staplers with them (not me, of course). Delivered those to some of the strangest places. People you would never guess in a million years would get the stuff.

I've got more than a couple of stories with those "type" of packages.
I used to deliver to a woman that hosted parties for "adult toys", for the life of me I can't remember the name on return label for the shipper( the word party was part of the name). One day I asked the woman if this was like tupperware? She laughed a little and began to explain and asked me if I would be interested in co-hosting a party for my friends. While graciously declining the invitation I told her I didn't know enough people that I wanted to share this knowledge with. In the months following I could tell by the return addresses on deliveries who, in this small town, were attending the parties and I was quite surprised. LOL.

 

[JustTired]

I had a box that was open on one end. The end of the box inside looked interesting so I slid it out. It was a box full of various vibrating devices. I taped the box shut and you couldn't tell it had been open. Later I delivered it to a younger lady. As I handed it to her, I said "enjoy" and walked away. I didn't look back..... but I'm guessing her face was probably "beet red". Sometimes this job can be fun!

 

[Big Babooba]

I had a QVC Queen whose enclosed front porch was filled floor to ceiling with QVC and HSN boxes. There was just a path from door to door.

 

[edd_tv]

i lucked out. the qvc lady on my route is smoking hot.

 

[brown67]

We have one in our center that has a two car garage filled floor to ceiling with unopened QVC. I remember as a swing driver going there and it was always 10 to 15 boxes a day.

 

[rod]

i lucked out. the qvc lady on my route is smoking hot.

Are you sure "she" is a women? You can't be too careful nowdays

 

[Bike Cup]

I delivered to a daily QVC stop 17 and picked up ...30 call tags and these are fun!! The ctags have to all be matched up to the same reference #.

 

[toonertoo]

Have you ever actually watched QVC? I would go insane, they talk about the same item ad nauseum............
I have several people who order incessantly. Now some of the older ones, I understand they may not be able to get out, etc. But I got one lady who gets stacks everyday, mid forties, and never leaves the house, and has a new car........and always in PJS. No husband, I have no clue, how she does it. If you figure each pkg is at least 20$, and they get 5 a day.......................No envy here, but if I didnt have to work......Id be doing something else.

 

[barnyard]

I never make smart comments to the people that seem to get the same stuff everyday. They make my house payment. I have 2 QVC ladies and 3 VS regulars.

I have a very smart mouth and have to be really careful that it does not get me into trouble with any of the regulars.

TB

 

[cino321]

I say bring on the vs regulars.

 

[love the summer]

Always get a signature on all pkgs that have porn or other items in them... Also in summer get signature for all pool houses......lol i love being a driver

 

[trplnkl]

I have a very smart mouth and have to be really careful that it does not get me into trouble with any of the regulars.

TB

Oh Man, can I identify with that. Whenever someone asks me if I am staying out of trouble, I reply that it takes too much duct tape to do that. lol

 

[Early Retirement]

What gets me are the QVC ladies who live in a trailer that is about to fall in on itself, a roof that floods half the house when it rains and 20 cats running around that eat and pee inside, but everyday UPS is there with their precious QVC order. Unbelievable, serious shopaholic problem.

 

[upsgrunt]

What gets me are the QVC ladies who live in a trailer that is about to fall in on itself, a roof that floods half the house when it rains and 20 cats running around that eat and pee inside, but everyday UPS is there with their precious QVC order. Unbelievable, serious shopaholic problem.

I agree; if those people would just put one years worth of QVC into their house, (money wise) many would double the value of their property. Those same people also double the value of their vehicles whenever they fill the gas tank!

 

[Pollocknbrown]

Anybody deliver any of that "Shop Erotic" stuf? It was always fun delivering porn and "toys" and watching people squirm wondering if you knew what it was.

OMG!!!!! one night working the hub on a late load from middleburgh OH, a box of that busted open, we all had a good chuckle with that one...some of us more than others....