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<blockquote data-quote="MassWineGuy" data-source="post: 4471585" data-attributes="member: 44554"><p>A few weeks back I was just on my way out of a town I go to each day. I had two stops that were closing in less than 30 minutes and it would take at least 15 to get there if traffic was good. Then I realized I had a resi on call in that town that inexplicably had a 5:30 close time. I zoomed over.</p><p></p><p>Standing outside of the three story apartment building, the push button calling system was broken, so I had to call the customer to come down and let me in. Already a good sign.</p><p></p><p>I then followed her up three flights of stairs to her apartment where she had about six very large, heavy boxes. I asked and of course she told me “Oh, there is no elevator.” It would take me at least 15 minutes to haul them downstairs. I didn’t have a two wheeler. </p><p></p><p>Noticing that many boxes were still open and unlabeled, I uttered the magic words that sometimes work miracles for a courier: Are they all ready?</p><p></p><p>The sun was shining brightly as she answered “No.” As painful as it was for me to say, I had to tell her that I was so sorry but I couldn’t wait for her to finish packing and that we would be back the next day. That is, someone, not me.</p><p></p><p>I hustled back to my van and made my two soon-to-close stops in time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MassWineGuy, post: 4471585, member: 44554"] A few weeks back I was just on my way out of a town I go to each day. I had two stops that were closing in less than 30 minutes and it would take at least 15 to get there if traffic was good. Then I realized I had a resi on call in that town that inexplicably had a 5:30 close time. I zoomed over. Standing outside of the three story apartment building, the push button calling system was broken, so I had to call the customer to come down and let me in. Already a good sign. I then followed her up three flights of stairs to her apartment where she had about six very large, heavy boxes. I asked and of course she told me “Oh, there is no elevator.” It would take me at least 15 minutes to haul them downstairs. I didn’t have a two wheeler. Noticing that many boxes were still open and unlabeled, I uttered the magic words that sometimes work miracles for a courier: Are they all ready? The sun was shining brightly as she answered “No.” As painful as it was for me to say, I had to tell her that I was so sorry but I couldn’t wait for her to finish packing and that we would be back the next day. That is, someone, not me. I hustled back to my van and made my two soon-to-close stops in time. [/QUOTE]
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