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After UPS decided no left turns they started showing up at 4pm at my dads work. They stopped using UPS for all shipments after that. Here at my office UPS almos

After UPS decided no left turns they started showing up at 4pm at my dads work. They stopped using UPS for all shipments after that. Here at my office UPS almost always shows up at 4:50pm or even 5pm on the dot to deliver something. Fedex meanwhile stops by around 10-1pm. USPS marks my packages as delivered or available for pickup and then delivers it the next day or leaves it sitting outside the locked office doors on a saturday or sunday...

loeg 8y ago
> After UPS decided no left turns They've been minimized since the 70s, but the decision to exclusively use right turns was reversed shortly after it was widely publicized. They make left turns, when they make sense, again. > Here at my office UPS almost always shows up at 4:50pm or even 5pm on the dot to deliver something. Fedex meanwhile stops by around 10-1pm. This is purely a function of your location, the nearest warehouse locations, and local delivery routes. At my house Fedex usually shows up around 6-8pm, and UPS around noon. I've also never had the experience you describe of UPS packages being marked delivered when they weren't. (Edit: sorry, misread. Nor USPS, though, for what it's worth.) I have had a Fedex driver leave a door tag and claim I wasn't home multiple days in a row, when they hadn't even rung the doorbell. That's one individual driver and doesn't necessarily reflect on the business, though.
- post_break 8y ago
  We work in a busy business park, 10 minutes from the warehouse, where UPS freight comes by and loads an 18 wheeler every day full of packages from a neighbor. They used to arrive at 2-3pm daily but we are now their seemingly last stop. Dropping packages off at 5pm to a business just doesn't work. All of my examples are for work locations. Residential is always a shit show, but business customers should be held to a higher standard considering they have operating hours that are standard.
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- rahimnathwani 8y ago
  "I've also never had the experience you describe of UPS packages being marked delivered when they weren't." Parent said USPS did that, not UPS. I've also experienced USPS doing that, and then been very worried for 24 hours until they actually delivered, assuming that had someone stolen my package from the front yard.
  - loeg 8y ago
    Ah, sorry, I misread. Given his earlier comments about UPS, I glossed over the second 'S'. Thanks for the catch.
trumped 8y ago
If you don't pay extra to get it specifically before noon, I don't see how you can complain about getting it at 5pm
- post_break 8y ago
  Because we close at 5pm.
  - trumped 8y ago
    close at 5:01 and you'll be all set...

loeg 8y ago

> After UPS decided no left turns They've been minimized since the 70s, but the decision to exclusively use right turns was reversed shortly after it was widely publicized. They make left turns, when they make sense, again. > Here at my office UPS almost always shows up at 4:50pm or even 5pm on the dot to deliver something. Fedex meanwhile stops by around 10-1pm. This is purely a function of your location, the nearest warehouse locations, and local delivery routes. At my house Fedex usually shows up around 6-8pm, and UPS around noon. I've also never had the experience you describe of UPS packages being marked delivered when they weren't. (Edit: sorry, misread. Nor USPS, though, for what it's worth.) I have had a Fedex driver leave a door tag and claim I wasn't home multiple days in a row, when they hadn't even rung the doorbell. That's one individual driver and doesn't necessarily reflect on the business, though.

post_break 8y ago
We work in a busy business park, 10 minutes from the warehouse, where UPS freight comes by and loads an 18 wheeler every day full of packages from a neighbor. They used to arrive at 2-3pm daily but we are now their seemingly last stop. Dropping packages off at 5pm to a business just doesn't work. All of my examples are for work locations. Residential is always a shit show, but business customers should be held to a higher standard considering they have operating hours that are standard.
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rahimnathwani 8y ago
"I've also never had the experience you describe of UPS packages being marked delivered when they weren't." Parent said USPS did that, not UPS. I've also experienced USPS doing that, and then been very worried for 24 hours until they actually delivered, assuming that had someone stolen my package from the front yard.
- loeg 8y ago
  Ah, sorry, I misread. Given his earlier comments about UPS, I glossed over the second 'S'. Thanks for the catch.

trumped 8y ago

If you don't pay extra to get it specifically before noon, I don't see how you can complain about getting it at 5pm

post_break 8y ago
Because we close at 5pm.
- trumped 8y ago
  close at 5:01 and you'll be all set...