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ups is worse than cable people.
yoshmyster
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I was looking over who might be dropping off my charging handle and it's the ups. While I was looking over when I should expect them Friday and at what time "before" 9:00 P.M. What kind a crap is that? They can't find my door with GPS and they're gonna try at night? I might as well start the claim now.
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Totally agree. I like UPS.
Fed-Ex, not so much.
These days, they allow you to track your UPS truck on the map, following the GPS in the UPS truck, so that you can see exactly where your truck is up to the minute. UPS always delivers when they say they will.
I will say that UPS is probably the top truck driving job in America, certainly for their over the road guys. Most or all of them are in the Teamsters Union and their over the road guys make upwards of $95K. Their local delivery guys are mostly all in the union and are also very well paid.
Go hang around a truck stop for about 10 minutes you will see all kinds of goofball drivers. You will see drivers who are 80 pound overweight fat slobs. You will see black drivers with their dread locks piled a foot high on top of their head. You will see a guy with tattoos all over his arms and hands. You will see drivers that are 70 years old.
But you won't see these Diesel Dogs wearing that brown uniform. You need to be young, in good shape, and look presentable to get a job with UPS. UPS hires the elite of the industry.
UPS should put out a calendar highlighting the gals from UPS! It would put the Kardashians out of business!
I have done that 3 times, once with FedEx and twice with UPS and they didn't even ask for ID.
So now they say Monday instead of Friday (today) but they still guess by 9:00 P.M.? I was wondering how it spent three days in Hodgkins, IL and it landed in San Ramon, CA yesterday would make it to my door today. Then today it went to Sacramento, CA (East and inland). I suppose another reason to hate on their dumbness. Had my day planned since the weather is cloudy so I ain't gonna paint my ammo boxes.
Maybe I'll do something with the small pork butt I just picked up. It's too bad I picked up sliced pork belly yesterday for the Yaki Soba. I could've saved $10 and used the pork butt for Yaki Soba meat. Maybe I'll make soup with the pork bone and cabbage. I suppose I can go out and pick up some pork pot stickers to be used as dumpling since I don't have to camp out by the door for the ups man. Then again I should go on Sunday so I can hit the farmer's market. I'll do that and get my drink on so I have an excuse not to go out.
Yep. The package car guys earn every penny.
I had an AR bolt delivered.....that got stolen once. That was enough. took PSA over a month to investigate and make it right. Now I pick up at UPS.
allen griggs - ups "place" as in hub or store? The "store" is closer but the hub is out of the way. Now what I really would like is to have the ups to drop the package off to USPO to do the delivering. Not too long ago they did this and I would like to sign up for this.
Never had issues with FedEx. Don't know if they hand it off to the USPO or do the dropping off themselves. Since I rarely get anything through them I know not.
mohawk600 - My missing Roller Trigger is still being "investigated". JP sent me another one after a month of nothing and because I got pissy (that was a month ago). I really don't like the idea some clown having an inkling of what might be at my place for B&E free for all. Since that package got my addy and a free to them AR trigger. Really should get that New York door lock (you know the 2X4 looking thing) I'll have to get the lock and key for both sides so they'll have to use the sliding glass door both ways. With how California is if the thief gets hurt in the commission of the crime gets hurt by the broken glass or climbing over the fence I'll be on the hook. Because as we are told lives can't be replaced. But what they fail to embrace is not all lives are worth saving.
As for FedEx I also get great service from FedEx up here.
https://www.ups.com/dropoff/?loc=en_US&data-content-block-id=W1
I was looking at where in the world is package and I saw this. While in San Pablo, CA they typed this "Your package has been delayed due to events beyond our control. We're adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible." before heading to Sacramento, CA. That does not sound good. I'm thinking my charging handle got stuck in the machinery and now is a bag of aluminum chips.
Then I see that they did a lateral to Oakland, CA from Sacramento. San Pablo to Oakland was much closer than the silly back and forth. I suppose newsom wanted to see what new for Yosh's MATEN build. I'm gonna call the dumbbasses tomorrow so I can open the package where I got witnesses.