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<blockquote data-quote="Knownuthin" data-source="post: 6059083" data-attributes="member: 112049">My feeling as well --&quot;Time to start getting creative delivering, ask FX for a cell phone so you can call customers to meet you&quot;.Currently - trying to contact FedEx or UPS with a means to assist a driver with delivery when roads are bad. There is no way to ask a driver to call or text you to meet them in a safe place to allow transfer of shipments. Delivery instructions are canned and &quot;leave at the front door&quot; is a joke when roads will prevent the driver from getting to the delivery point in the first place.&nbsp; Drivers need to pressure FedEx to add a &quot;Contact for Delivery Assistance&quot; memo.&nbsp; I have a 3/4 mile long driveway (winter needs 4 wheel drive for safe access) and can find no way to notify the driver that I will assist them by meeting at the driveway entrance when the driveway is bad. A text or phone call when 15 minutes away would allow me time to be there waiting but I&#039;m not going to sit there from sun-up until the notice&#039;s &quot;delivery will be before 8 pm&quot;, waiting for the truck to pass by.&nbsp; I don&#039;t fault the driver for non delivery but DO BLAME FedEx and UPS for not letting the public help/assist their drivers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Knownuthin, post: 6059083, member: 112049"] My feeling as well --"Time to start getting creative delivering, ask FX for a cell phone so you can call customers to meet you". Currently - trying to contact FedEx or UPS with a means to assist a driver with delivery when roads are bad. There is no way to ask a driver to call or text you to meet them in a safe place to allow transfer of shipments. Delivery instructions are canned and "leave at the front door" is a joke when roads will prevent the driver from getting to the delivery point in the first place. Drivers need to pressure FedEx to add a "Contact for Delivery Assistance" memo. I have a 3/4 mile long driveway (winter needs 4 wheel drive for safe access) and can find no way to notify the driver that I will assist them by meeting at the driveway entrance when the driveway is bad. A text or phone call when 15 minutes away would allow me time to be there waiting but I'm not going to sit there from sun-up until the notice's "delivery will be before 8 pm", waiting for the truck to pass by. I don't fault the driver for non delivery but DO BLAME FedEx and UPS for not letting the public help/assist their drivers. [/QUOTE]

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