Next-day delivery of attitude
Yesterday, the FedEx guy must have been in super-stealth mode because I was sitting on the couch all day with Swine Flu boy and never heard him at the gate. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, we don't have a doorbell outside our gate, but I usually hear and see people rattling the handle when I am in the living room. But whatever, he came and went.
He left the little "sorry we missed" you notice that said he would be back today. Josh reminded me to leave the gate open this morning, thus making his wife and eldest child susceptible to a break-in, but nevermind that, the delivery of his friend's laptop was of utmost importance.
FedEx man finally arrived at 1:15 p.m. I only knew he arrived because he was standing on the porch when I happened to glance outside. Again with the stealth moves. I waited a minute for him to ring the doorbell, and kept waiting because he didn't.
Curious, I opened the door and he looked up and spat out, "It's about time. You're finally here."
I'm sorry, did we have a date? Was there some FedEx etiquette I breached by not being available yesterday?
I looked at him with a blank stare and he shoved the package at me. I fumbled it a little and said, "Umm. Well. Sorry. Busy schedule, you know."
He just grunted and grabbed the electronic signature pad and thrust it into my general direction. After I signed, he grabbed it out of my hand and bounded down the stairs without so much as a wave.
I am not sure how I offended him, but clearly, he hates me. My Christmas shopping is really going to suffer these next few weeks because I am now afraid to order anything that won't arrive UPS or USPS, lest I piss him off even more. Kids, I hope you didn't really want anything that absolutely, positively needs to be here on time because I will be hiding in the closet the next time I hear the truck pull up.
He left the little "sorry we missed" you notice that said he would be back today. Josh reminded me to leave the gate open this morning, thus making his wife and eldest child susceptible to a break-in, but nevermind that, the delivery of his friend's laptop was of utmost importance.
FedEx man finally arrived at 1:15 p.m. I only knew he arrived because he was standing on the porch when I happened to glance outside. Again with the stealth moves. I waited a minute for him to ring the doorbell, and kept waiting because he didn't.
Curious, I opened the door and he looked up and spat out, "It's about time. You're finally here."
I'm sorry, did we have a date? Was there some FedEx etiquette I breached by not being available yesterday?
I looked at him with a blank stare and he shoved the package at me. I fumbled it a little and said, "Umm. Well. Sorry. Busy schedule, you know."
He just grunted and grabbed the electronic signature pad and thrust it into my general direction. After I signed, he grabbed it out of my hand and bounded down the stairs without so much as a wave.
I am not sure how I offended him, but clearly, he hates me. My Christmas shopping is really going to suffer these next few weeks because I am now afraid to order anything that won't arrive UPS or USPS, lest I piss him off even more. Kids, I hope you didn't really want anything that absolutely, positively needs to be here on time because I will be hiding in the closet the next time I hear the truck pull up.
Labels: Annoying People
posted by Amy at
7:08 PM
1 Comments:
Oh my gosh! I also had the WORST experience with FedEx last year around Xmas! I ordered something as a Christmas present and had it shipped 2 day so it'd arrive in time. After the 2 days came and went I started wondering where my package was. I went online and tracked it only to find out that it had been delivered! Delivered to who?! I sure didn't get it! I called FedEx and after being transferred around, they told me that it was delivered to me and that my receptionist signed for it. Um, excuse me? I don't have a receptionist at my house! So then they said that they didn't know where they delivered it! It took them 2 weeks to figure out where they delivered it. And every time I got off the phone with them they'd tell me they'd call me tomorrow. And each time they never called so I'd have to call. When they finally got my package back they said it would be delivered the next day. When I didn't get it, they again told me that they had delivered it! Finally, they figured out that the driver gave the package to my "Asian" neighbor. No name, just our "Asian" neighbor! But I don't have an Asian neighbor! Finally we figured out which of our neighbors had it and got the package. But seriously, why would they just give my package to one of my neighbors?! We weren't friends with him and what if he was some crazy person?! You can't assume that everyone knows and likes their neighbors! And why didn't they leave a note on my door saying that they gave my neighbor my package?! If I hadn't have called them, I wouldn't have known! I HATE FedEx and go out of my way to only order things that will be shipped by UPS or USPS.
Sorry about the rant, but I was so happy to hear that someone else shares in my hatred for FedEx!!
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