Why is it.................

Harley Rider · 03-08-2008, 05:26 AM

Ha Ha......... These are great and so true.

Why is it........

The people with the worst roads to their house get something whenever it rains hard. I've got one house with a mud hole so bad and big going back to their house that it looks like a pond. Yet every time it rains sure nuff I have a package for them. I can't remember the last time I was there and it wasn't wet.

raceanoncr · 03-08-2008, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by browndude

why is it that its always the old fat asses who come to the door naked and not the fine chicks?

Uh...what would happen to be the addresses of these "old fat asses" who come to the door? Uh...just so I can avoid them, of course, not that I would be interested or anything...because I'm not into anything like that...but, you know, I wouldn't want to, uh...see anything like that...

covemaster · 03-08-2008, 07:08 AM

wHY IS IT THAT WHEN YOU CAN'T MAKE 9.5 THEY SAY WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!!!!!
WHY IS IT THAT WHEN YOUR ON THE SAME RT FOR 14YRS AND TELL THEM YOUR BLOWN OUT THEY SAY WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME!!!!!
WHY IS IT WHEN YOU CALL IN AND SAY I WON'T BE IN TODAY MY WIFE IS HAVING A BABY!!! THEY SAY ARE YOU SURE???? DID HER WATER BREAK ?? IF NOT CAN YOU COME IN AND DO AN UNDER FOUR!! I SAY ONLY THE DR,. & AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST KNOWS AND I'M PRAYING TO HIM AS WE SPEAK!!!! THAT ONE REALLY HAPPENED WHEN MY SON WAS BORN CANT MAKE THIS STUFF UP!!!! WELCOME TO UPS

over9five · 03-08-2008, 07:21 AM

........ that at nap time I can't fit my doubles where my cab will be in a nice dark spot?

over9five · 03-08-2008, 07:23 AM

LOL, Race!

scratch · 03-08-2008, 07:29 AM

Why is it..........

Sometimes a customer will call in saying I didn't stop at their house and they want a second delivery attempt. They are calling the Center's private phone number that I wrote on the Infonotice I left on their front door??????

over9five · 03-08-2008, 07:38 AM

...... I have to move packages???? I'm in Feeders!!!! I don't wanna touch packages!!! This is unacceptable!!

JustTired · 03-08-2008, 07:51 AM

.............that when you break down, and tell them what street you're on, they (management) bring a pkg car to that street......but in the wrong town. Especially when you've been on the same area for 15 years.

covemaster · 03-08-2008, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by over9five

...... I have to move packages???? I'm in Feeders!!!! I don't wanna touch packages!!! This is unacceptable!!

WHAAAAHHH!!!! ILL GET YOU A TISSUE

browniehound · 03-08-2008, 08:28 AM

....that at 1027 and you have 1 air stop left this customer who you gave 1 red and 1 ground envelope to (you're thinking its an easy stop) decides its his day to return 15 toner cartridges?

.....the residential no DR's always get stuff...

...at least 75% of the time that an office is getting 50 packages when they usually only get 1 or 2 per day says "No, those are supposed to go to our other office at such and such street someone made a mistake" after you 2-wheeled 16 of them in, up the elevator, and through 3 double doors. When something doesn't jive, i go in first with one box and ask if they belong. Problem is, we shouldn't HAVE to do this! Time studies don't allow for situations like this!

705red · 03-08-2008, 08:49 AM

Why is it that they still send out ods asking us our e.t.a back to the building? Didnt we spend millions on pas/edd that tells you how long we will be out? I mean i understood it when the preloaders just guessed our stop counts but we have the best system money can buy! Right?

705red · 03-08-2008, 09:01 AM

Why is it when you miss the handrail stepping in or out of the truck you get talked to for it. Yet when a belt brakes in the buiding its ok to stack packages 7 feet high blocking your exit from the sort aisle in case of an emergency?

Why is it safety is preached by management but not practiced by them?

JustTired · 03-08-2008, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by browniehound

...at least 75% of the time that an office is getting 50 packages when they usually only get 1 or 2 per day says "No, those are supposed to go to our other office at such and such street someone made a mistake" after you 2-wheeled 16 of them in, up the elevator, and through 3 double doors. When something doesn't jive, i go in first with one box and ask if they belong. Problem is, we shouldn't HAVE to do this! Time studies don't allow for situations like this!

Solution............I had a place that had several different delivery locations. All different addresses. All within 1/2 mile of each other. One location continually saying "this one goes across the street". After some time of making the change, I got fed up. Told them that if they didn't want to take at the address that was on the pkg, then I'm sending them back as refused/wrong address. I started doing that and it seemed as though the frequency of these pkgs diminished considerably.

Back on topic.......

.....................when you bust your butt to get done because you need to be somewhere...that's when you get messages asking you to help someone else? Yet, if you had asked for help so you could get done a little early...there's nothing they can do.

worthlessdriver · 03-08-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by LeddySS98

.....You get a ODS message that says: 'Customer states they were home all day and you did not knock' even though you left a SDN on there front door

Now this is one that really ticks me off. Like I want fill out the del notice haul the pkg back to the truck and walk over it all day just to come back tomorrow. Ours oms clerks are good about defending the drivers when someone makes this stupid claim.

worthlessdriver · 03-08-2008, 10:14 AM

Here is a new one that I have only seen since we started with Sig req notification. " I got a call from ups this morning and the said you would del pks between 7am and 7pm". 7am! I am still in bed at 7am

big_arrow_up · 03-08-2008, 10:16 AM

....that Avon ladies think that their packages have priority delivery over all the other packages in the truck?

....that people want to completely fill out the receipt attached to the left of their checks first then fill out the check even though there is an invoice that I've taken out of the pouch specifically so that that the customer can fill out the check first and send me on my way and then can fill out the receipt using the invoice after I'm gone?

....that when us unassigned drivers have chosen our routes there is that one driver that shows up to work at exactly 8:29 (actually less than one minute before start time) and picks a route that causes the rest of us to have to be shuffled around based on his pick?

....that those long driveways out in the country go to a house with absolutely no room to turn around?

....that certain businesses in the 1000 section of a route don't open until 10am or 11am?

....that those "Urban Clothing" stores, primarily run by Arabs, always have to pay with money orders and they NEVER have them?

Man, I can go on all day with this one.

browniehound · 03-08-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by worthlessdriver

Now this is one that really ticks me off. Like I want fill out the del notice haul the pkg back to the truck and walk over it all day just to come back tomorrow. Ours oms clerks are good about defending the drivers when someone makes this stupid claim.

I had one of these the other day. Residence that was a no DR. I had to park across the street about 30 yards away. To me, it looked like the person was home (garage open and car in it). So I decided to haul the 65 lb wicker piece of funriture acroos the street. She has a manual doorbell that you turn and it makes a ringing bell-like noise. Well the bell doesn't turn anymore(rust maybe?), so I knocked. Then I knocked louder. I knew she was home, so I knocked as loud as I could. I did not want to carry this thing back to the truck, so went to the back door and knocked 3 times. After being there at least 5 minutes I left an info notice.

Of course 2 hours later I get an ODS "customer at 44 maple is asking why you didn't ring her bell, she was home". For the love of Mary, somebody help me

,

Brownie

trplnkl · 03-08-2008, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by browniehound

I had one of these the other day. Residence that was a no DR. I had to park across the street about 30 yards away. To me, it looked like the person was home (garage open and car in it). So I decided to haul the 65 lb wicker piece of funriture acroos the street. She has a manual doorbell that you turn and it makes a ringing bell-like noise. Well the bell doesn't turn anymore(rust maybe?), so I knocked. Then I knocked louder. I knew she was home, so I knocked as loud as I could. I did not want to carry this thing back to the truck, so went to the back door and knocked 3 times. After being there at least 5 minutes I left an info notice.

Of course 2 hours later I get an ODS "customer at 44 maple is asking why you didn't ring her bell, she was home". For the love of Mary, somebody help me

,

Brownie

Just two words...justifiable ballistics.

barnyard · 03-08-2008, 11:53 AM

Yesterday, I had 2 of them....

Call tag that has "do not attempt P/U till after 16:30. What?!?!?! I leave town at 1600 and am delivering my way towards my last break (town is 40 miles from the center.)

Regular resi delivery, usually leave stuff next to the pedestrian garage door, except yesterday. 6 3x3x5 Pottery Barn boxes. The house is 2 blocks away from a neighborhood with claims on every other house. Left a delivery notice, I get a diad message at 17:10 asking if I can reattempt and what time I will be there. I reply, "Monday." Get a reply, "cust would like reattempt this evening." Me, "I am 40 miles from cust, would they like to meet me when I go on break."

and don't say, "thank you" when I do make a 2nd attempt on a summer Friday. Because I absolutely love working till 8pm on a nice summer night.

TB

browniehound · 03-08-2008, 12:10 PM

Quick opinion of re-attempts in the same day. I don't think we should do it. UPS has the 3-attempt rule for a reason. We lose money after the first attempt. Unless its a preffered customer, I can't think of 1 reason why we should go back to a residential address in the same day.

Once we do that, the profit from the package goes up in smoke. Since we are giving away money by re-attempting res. deliveries in the same day, what good does PAS do us in its goal to reduce miles and fuel costs?