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An Alva homeowner caught a delivery driver on his surveillance camera dropping off his packages and then peeing in front of his garage.
“The UPS driver who was dropping off Amazon and Target packages decided he had to relieve himself in front of the garage,” said Jarrod Kilway, the homeowner.
GIVEN that the global supply chain crisis is not expected to end anytime soon, integrated logistics provider UPS is continuously working to ensure that its customers do not face any backlog in shipments.
The crisis is caused by a surge in demand following the decline in Covid-19 cases, coupled with a supply shortage due to factory closures, a lack of key components and raw materials, as well as congestion in ports. This has resulted in delays in deliveries and empty supermarket shelves. With the peak holiday season already upon us, the backlog could worsen.
“We understand that the current situation with global supply chains is a concern for our customers and, as we expect the current supply and demand imbalance will continue into 2022, we’ll continue to collaborate with our largest customers, SMEs and end customers to manage network capacity for successful deliveries,” Matthew Parkey, UPS’s South Asia Pacific president, tells The Edge in an email interview.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) on Tuesday announced the order via a news release, saying the purchase highlights the 767 Freighter’s “outstanding operational efficiency and payload capability to serve its customers at a time of robust air cargo demand.”
UPS Airlines is based out of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The logistics giant also bases its largest air package sorting hub, Worldport, at the airport.
“The Boeing 767 is the most versatile aircraft we operate,” UPS U.S. Operations President Nando Cesarone, said in a news release. “Our plan to purchase 19 aircraft and take delivery between 2023 and 2025 aligns with the strategy and capital expenditure forecast shared during our June 2021 Investor and Analyst Day. It also supports our sustainability efforts by making our fleet more efficient and improving reliability,” he said.
Every holiday season, shipping companies like UPS are swamped with packages to get out and to your loved ones.
As Jim Mayer with UPS explains, it takes a village, extra employees, tons of time and help from the senders who want to ensure their shipments aren’t sidetracked for any reason.
“We’ve hired 100,000 seasonal employees across the country, including there in Phoenix,” he said.
When it comes to packages, presents, cards, candies and more being shipped all over the world during the holiday season, extra hands are huge.
Members of a local UPS Facility in Bowling Green spent time on Saturday afternoon collecting tornado resources for those who were affected by last week’s tornadoes.
“We just want to take the opportunity to give back to the community through this effort and anything else that we can do,” said Kerry Young, one of the UPS drivers helping collect the donations.
Several local drivers spent the afternoon filling up two different trailer trucks with supplies, such as new and old clothing, diapers and formula, nonperishable food items and canned goods.
Young also spoke on what it means for him and for others involved to be able to be out collecting items donated.