Johnny Paycheck
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
You ever heard of a duct tape wallet? I've loaded boxes that were just duct tape wrapped around whatever it was.
People really don't realize what their packages actually go through...
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cachsux
Wah
cachsux
Wah
So did we.
Future
Victory Ride
WE still do....its up to the individual driver to provide it.
cachsux
Wah
The funny thing is someone who will tell you how an item is the last remaining heirloom from an ancestor who walked barefoot from the old country and it's worth more than life itself..........as they hand it to you in an old worn out ream paper box held together with one piece of scotch tape because they were too cheap to pay for real packaging.
cachsux
Wah
Individual drivers were the one that got their ass handed to them by management and their fellow drivers if they didn't provide it.
sailfish
Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone
You can't say that if it's already in a drop box.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
You can RTS pkgs left in drop boxes if they are not properly packed.
sailfish
Master of Karate and Friendship for Everyone
I was referring to a package that didn't have a proper label. What would we do? Mail it back to them if they happened to put their address on it? Or what if they didn't even have that on it?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
Over goods.
HEFFERNAN
Huge Member
The package I previously talked about in post#7 was on my driver seat the next day. I brought it back to the office and said I can't deliver it, let alone driver release it because it's in a bad apartment complex. The OMS said there was no way to contact her so luckily we peeled off the tape and found the old Chegg label with her phone number on it.
PT Car Washer
Well-Known Member
And UPS charges them by the pound when they could have put a 50 cent stamp on it. And what are the chances that envelope just gets thrown away somewhere inside the system.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I cringe whenever I see one of these and do all that I can to get them to redo it.
browniehound
Well-Known Member
Our everyday customers know what their packages go through because they receive the beat-up, half-opened, re-wrapped packaged everyday. Its the people who only use us to return something or ship something to their mother that have no clue.
They think we're the post office. They have to be thinking that way because nobody can be that ignorant. They think to themselves: "my mail gets to me in 1 piece so wrapping my package in a paper bag or notebook paper will be just fine".
Recently, I placed an amazon package that was about 12x8x36in next to a customer's door and stood in up on the 12x8 side because it was raining and if I placed it on the 36x12 side I would have blocked him and he wouldn't be able to open his door.
Anyway, as I was walking back to the truck the wind blew it over. I get to the truck and I hear him yell: "hey, that's fragile!" Now at about 30 yards away I wave and say "Your welcome!" with a smile and pretending I didn't hear him clearly. I did this because, let's face it, if your package can't survive a gentle knock to the ground by the wind it shouldn't be in the UPS system.
Quick aside here. When I was in 5th grade we had this project called "Egg-or-Not" in which we had to devise a protection scheme for an egg that was dropped from the roof of the school. 90% of the class successfully dropped their eggs without breaking.
This is how customers have to pack their stuff.
