Went to one of my office buildings and front desk had a box someone left. Ok, I have a hand truck of delivery pkgs and i'm not gonna start a bad habit of everyone leaving their pkgs to be picked up. So as I had a del for the company who left pkg I told them they really need to call these in. They said they tried but the 800 agent talked them out of it stating there would be a driver in the area..??? Really? And the pu drivers are starting later every week..etc.. Some service huh?
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hypo hanna
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Is there a drop box in that building?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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You are bitching about the 1-800# yet can't get off your lazy ass and pick up outbound packages which are sitting right there?
northbound
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A package right there ready to go and you b itch that they need to call them in? What a joke grab it on your way out.
We make money for oncall pickups per pkg. This was a box. I assume you would turn it into a new service center? I did take it on way out. Customer saved $6.50. This aint ground, we have definite commitments. The point, is having customer service turn down pickup requests. I had not heard of that. Carry on.
I took a look at your postings to try and see what I was dealing with. You should look too. There might be an opportunity for personal growth. I noticed you like to use the word "giggle" in many posts. Your either very young or a woman. Still not sure.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Customer service means a lot more than $6.50. Just sayin'.
BTW, I had a customer hand me an Express package yesterday. I took it and put it in to the nearest drop box. Did I have to take it? No but I took care of the customer and ultimately that's all that really matters.
northbound
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Good points
northbound
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Giggle because a lot if the posts on here are laughable
whenIgetthere
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If a customer hands me a package, I will ask dispatch for a walk up PUP. I will then change it to "regular" instead of "on call" at the prompt. I have no idea if they still get billed for the on call, but hope they wouldn't.
hypo hanna
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If you scanned it as a regular it won't get the charge. As for you guys dissing him for wanted the pickup scheduled, you have to realize how much us express drivers a tormented over making numbers.
Customers should be strongly encouraged to call in their pickups for lots of reasons besides the drivers numbers. We have a better idea of pieces, weight, dims and service so we send the correct truck and there is a record of the dispatch.
Im trying to figure out why the call center said what they did. Was there a service delay that day? Was it past cutoff for that zip?
Operational needs
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I understand what you're saying, and agree with you to a point, but if we don't service our customers, UPS or Ground would be more than happy to. Personally, I don't feel we should ever leave a package behind unless it's improperly packaged or lacking paperwork. That's the best way to make sure none of us have jobs eventually.
Glorifiedpackmule
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I've seen Ground packages sit out for months.
MrFedEx
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hypo hanna
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So you take the pkg, get a walk up from dispatch and scan the pkg. But you also try and educate the customer why they need to call it in. First time I give them a gentle heads up. Second time a less gentle reminder. Third time I leave it behind. Too much pressure to hit numbers now to be all touchy feely with customers. This is FedEx not Federal Express.
DontThrowPackages
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Happens a lot with us. I'll have a late afternoon delivery and the customer will look at me with big eyes. "OH OH OH can you take this one?. I called and they said the driver had left the area". I grabbed it and sent a msg to dispatch to send me a dads for a walk up PUP. I Get credit for a stop and the customer is charged for the pup. win win.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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With UPS if the customer hands you a prepaid package they are not charged a pickup fee.
MAKAVELI
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Most of Express packages are not prepaid.
Ok, this is a aa area. This is a 10 story office building. There is a dropbox down stairs. We have Pickup drivers that will service this DB and pickup area. Can you imagine if every call from this building is told not to schedule a pu. The amount of pkgs that will be left at the frt dsk to be picked up as i casually stroll in at 1000 am with 15 dels left in 3 more buildings before 10:30 am. Did some of these people actually call? Will there be a pickup driver coming anyway? Do I have the time to send a msg to dispatch? ... "picked up abc comp such n such add"..dispatcher "I dont see that one?..heres a walk up". 3 h o u r s laterrrr. PM driver.."Hi, im here for a pu for carol." "Oh a driver already picked it up." What did we save? Eventually the pickup area will be squeezed down and pu driver hours will be decreased. How do I know? 29 years of experience in a fedex truck. So continue to enlighten me....oh wise giggling ones.
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