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FedEx is awesome. I once noticed something sticking out of a pile of leaves in front of my house. Dug it out and it was a job offer that had been sitting there

FedEx is awesome. I once noticed something sticking out of a pile of leaves in front of my house. Dug it out and it was a job offer that had been sitting there for a week or two.

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
Don't forget their logistics as well - I have a package that was supposed to be delivered yesterday. So far their site updated itself to say it would be delivered on the 2nd (when it wasn't even in my home city yet), which it wasn't, then the 3rd (the original promised date), which it wasn't, and now it's stuck at the distribution center. No idea when or how it'll be here. It's amazing they'd update to promise earlier than expected when there was no way it was gonna happen.
- mcpeepants 4y ago
  > It's amazing they'd update to promise earlier than expected when there was no way it was gonna happen. This is something I've experienced as well, at least 3 separate times with FedEx. Every single time the estimate changes to an earlier date, the package ends up arriving later than the original date.
  - SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    I don't know any other delivery service that so consistently feeds wrong information by over promising when no one asked it to and then under-delivering even the initial estimate.
    - defective 4y ago
      DHL, which has normally been spectacular, got me the other week. I was getting a package delivered on Monday that I needed by Thursday at noon. It required a signature, so I filled out the release for them to leave it without one. It also had a spot for delivery instructions. I have a simple gate with a latch and no lock, so I said the gate is unlocked, they could open the gate to deliver, leave it inside or outside the gate, or even toss it over the gate. The Friday before the Monday which they were scheduled to deliver, I got a delivery exception saying that it was unable to be delivered according to my instructions and that nobody was home. I WAS home, though I was not notified they were coming, and I can't think of a scenario which "inside or outside the gate" does not cover. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday they updated to say it was 'out for delivery', each time updating in the evening to say the following day after they failed to return to my house. It was finally delivered 1 hour after I left for the airport.

FedEx is awesome. I once noticed something sticking out of a pile of leaves in front of my house. Dug it out and it was a job offer that had been sitting there for a week or two.

SketchySeaBeast 4y ago

Don't forget their logistics as well - I have a package that was supposed to be delivered yesterday. So far their site updated itself to say it would be delivered on the 2nd (when it wasn't even in my home city yet), which it wasn't, then the 3rd (the original promised date), which it wasn't, and now it's stuck at the distribution center. No idea when or how it'll be here. It's amazing they'd update to promise earlier than expected when there was no way it was gonna happen.

mcpeepants 4y ago
> It's amazing they'd update to promise earlier than expected when there was no way it was gonna happen. This is something I've experienced as well, at least 3 separate times with FedEx. Every single time the estimate changes to an earlier date, the package ends up arriving later than the original date.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  I don't know any other delivery service that so consistently feeds wrong information by over promising when no one asked it to and then under-delivering even the initial estimate.
  - defective 4y ago
    DHL, which has normally been spectacular, got me the other week. I was getting a package delivered on Monday that I needed by Thursday at noon. It required a signature, so I filled out the release for them to leave it without one. It also had a spot for delivery instructions. I have a simple gate with a latch and no lock, so I said the gate is unlocked, they could open the gate to deliver, leave it inside or outside the gate, or even toss it over the gate. The Friday before the Monday which they were scheduled to deliver, I got a delivery exception saying that it was unable to be delivered according to my instructions and that nobody was home. I WAS home, though I was not notified they were coming, and I can't think of a scenario which "inside or outside the gate" does not cover. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday they updated to say it was 'out for delivery', each time updating in the evening to say the following day after they failed to return to my house. It was finally delivered 1 hour after I left for the airport.