If you're lucky!
NEWS - Man posing as UPS driver, 3 others wanted in violent home invasion in west Houston
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If you're lucky!
clean hairy
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Going to be more difficult with a helper making a delivery after dark.
Homeowner is only going to see a guy wearing regular clothes and a vest carrying a box up to his house.
Homeowner is only going to see a guy wearing regular clothes and a vest carrying a box up to his house.
BaggyPants
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Did he have a DIAD board?... I'm guessing he didn't but how did the victim not recognize he didn't have one to get a signature...
HEFFERNAN
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I looked at the gosh darn picture for 1 second and can tell that is a helper pullover jacket.
It is not the issued driver jacket. 1/2 zip pullover and the pocket too close to the front logo.
For the public, they are very similar and hard to tell the difference in the dark.
The news story doesn't bring up the variation between the two.
2 things will happen if UPS was smart:
1. Helpers will be given reflective yellow pullovers that says Driver Helper on the back to differentiate from the driver.
2. Drivers will be told to deliver all residential signature packages. I think we are required for A8's but will expand to all.
It is not the issued driver jacket. 1/2 zip pullover and the pocket too close to the front logo.
For the public, they are very similar and hard to tell the difference in the dark.
The news story doesn't bring up the variation between the two.
2 things will happen if UPS was smart:
1. Helpers will be given reflective yellow pullovers that says Driver Helper on the back to differentiate from the driver.
2. Drivers will be told to deliver all residential signature packages. I think we are required for A8's but will expand to all.
10 point
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And start checking the seasonal uniforms back in piece by piece when they come to get their last check.
I remember the two workers from a company whose name starts with friend got cleared to enter the diamond market office at Christmas.a few years ago who held up (and tied up) at gunpoint the employees then proceeded to rob them of (I think it was) like 4 million $s worth of diamonds because they were in company looking uniforms.
Brisket
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Right?! No one wears baseball caps from the 1930's !
Brisket
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Exactly! Drop and run, and if I get a ' Customer has requested DR Garage' , I place it literally just inside the garage,not all the way inside at the door.
BrownArmy
Well-Known Member
Depends on the dog...
Peak, showed up later on this rural street than I usually do...
Normally this dog loses his mind when I get to the front door, but he's inside, no problem...but I get there two hours later than I normally would.
This
dog is strategic...turns out he's outside, it's dark, he waits till I'm halfway up the long driveway and then he starts barking/lunging/into kill mode.Ran like a track-star back to the truck.
NI1/DOG.
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
This robbery will make it particularly harder on Houston-area drivers. This story and video led off the most popular news program on Houston tv yesterday. I saw it on yahoo as well. Hopefully DR will alleviate most problems like this. When I was in PC, (77'-85') We had to acquire signatures on about 98% of deliveries. I had a couple of instances where homeowners came to the door after dark and were armed. Things are a lot worse now then it was back then. I wish only the best for our current drivers, cause it just got a little bit harder.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
Maybe it was a retired UPSer that had half his pension taken away.
I turned in my uniforms when retired but not ALL of them.
I turned in my uniforms when retired but not ALL of them.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Not even remotely funny.
It's hard to tell, but I think that collar is folded. No reflective material on the sleeves, either. That's a helper jacket.
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