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I'm waiting for someone to start a thread about how the UPS/USPS delivery person rings the doorbell and wakes them up, the baby up or causes the dogs to bark which then wakes up them and/or the baby.
I'm waiting for someone to start a thread about how the UPS/USPS delivery person rings the doorbell and wakes them up, the baby up or causes the dogs to bark which then wakes up them and/or the baby.
I'm waiting for a thread telling how the Jehovah's Witnesses have taken an Amazon delivery contract, and are killing two birds with one stone.
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I'm working as a driver helper for UPS this year for the Christmas season. We have bags that we put boxes/packages in if they are going to be left outside.
Tips: Request "signature required" and we won't leave packages at doorstep if no one is home. If there is a specific spot you want your package left, you can also request that.....it will show up on our DIADs (scanners) if a customer requests it. Or, people will sometimes leave a note taped to their door to knock, beep, ring door bell, etc.
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Also.....if I'm delivering your package at 9 or 10 at night (after having worked for 10-11 hours already) and you don't have an address on your damn house or it's not lit up. I'm knocking REALLY ****ing Loud if I see all the lights are off inside, and I know you're sleeping, so as to wake your ass up. It's really annoying to have to walk up your long driveway only to find out you are at the wrong address when you are exhausted and just want to get home and go to bed and still have another 60 stops to make and time is of the essence...lol. --IF YOU ARE EXPECTING A PACKAGE, MAKE SURE YOUR ADDRESS IS EASY TO SEE!!! THANKS
I'm working as a driver helper for UPS this year for the Christmas season. We have bags that we put boxes/packages in if they are going to be left outside.
Tips: Request "signature required" and we won't leave packages at doorstep if no one is home. If there is a specific spot you want your package left, you can also request that.....it will show up on our DIADs (scanners) if a customer requests it. Or, people will sometimes leave a note taped to their door to knock, beep, ring door bell, etc.
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Also.....if I'm delivering your package at 9 or 10 at night (after having worked for 10-11 hours already) and you don't have an address on your damn house or it's not lit up. I'm knocking REALLY ****ing Loud if I see all the lights are off inside, and I know you're sleeping, so as to wake your ass up. It's really annoying to have to walk up your long driveway only to find out you are at the wrong address when you are exhausted and just want to get home and go to bed and still have another 60 stops to make and time is of the essence...lol. --IF YOU ARE EXPECTING A PACKAGE, MAKE SURE YOUR ADDRESS IS EASY TO SEE!!! THANKS
And, a bit of expansion on that last line....
--IF YOU ARE EXPECTING A PACKAGE...
OR,
AN AMBULANCE,
A FIRETRUCK,
THE POLICE,
UBER,
A DELIVERY OF THE BEST PIZZA IN THE TRIANGLE,
A REAL ESTATE AGENT TO SHOW YOUR SHACK,
A PLUMBER,
A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS,
SANTA CLAUS,
A DATE,
ED MCMAHON WITH A BIG CHECK,
That's fine. I don't need to have a conversation with them. I just want to know my package is there.
I posted a bonafide free and easy solution to this issue, no one commented on it, and the whining about doorbell ringing continues.
Go to the website of UPS, USPS, FedEx and any other delivery company you get packages from. Start with www.usps.com
1. Create a free account. It's free, it's easy.
2. Turn on the setting that sends you an email and/or txt message when your package arrives and enter your email and/or mobile phone number.
3. Other options can be selected to be notified of package status, any delays during transit, all sent via email and/or txt, your choice.
4. They'll send a confirming message or email.
That's it.
Package is dropped off. Driver updates the info on his device (they all use these devices to track), info is transmitted back to the carrier's system, and within a minute or 2 you get your txt or email, alerting you to the delivery of the package, the time it was left, and where they left it (front porch, etc).
Here's the actual screen shot of the USPS.com site.
Look at the top line towards the right. See that "Informed Delivery" ?
You click there and the magic happens
Last edited by lottamoxie; 12-21-2017 at 05:27 AM..
I posted a bonafide free and easy solution to this issue, no one commented on it, and the whining about doorbell ringing continues.
Go to the website of UPS, USPS, FedEx and any other delivery company you get packages from. Start with www.usps.com
1. Create a free account. It's free, it's easy.
2. Turn on the setting that sends you an email and/or txt message when your package arrives and enter your email and/or mobile phone number.
3. Other options can be selected to be notified of package status, any delays during transit, all sent via email and/or txt, your choice.
4. They'll send a confirming message or email.
That's it.
Package is dropped off. Driver updates the info on his device (they all use these devices to track), info is transmitted back to the carrier's system, and within a minute or 2 you get your txt or email, alerting you to the delivery of the package, the time it was left, and where they left it (front porch, etc).
Delivery notification generally works OK.
But, I have received that notice a couple of hours late more than once. I have collected packages before receiving the notices.
I.e., any nimble thief elves following the trucks can be in and out before I know it, and particularly if I am at the office.
Package yesterday at the edge of the porch, top of three steps.
It would have been easy to grab it without getting on a step.
And, there are large planters on both sides of the steps, where UPS could have placed it behind with just one more step.
As the above poster mentioned, though, these folks are pressed hard for time. Very hard, and particularly this time of year. This is a good time of year to manage our own expectations into the realm or reality.
If I am ordering something of significant expense, I want to pick it up at UPS, FedEx, USPS station, or the closest legitimate store.
- reroute the package somewhere else or to someone else so it's not left at your house
- instruct the carrier to hold the package for pickup
- deliver the package to one of those strip mall PO box rental places or rental boxes at USPS
If you're not home when a package is delivered and no one else is there, them ringing the doorbell isn't going to be of much use.
This is why using a little security cam, wifi, pointed right at your doorstep and can record automatically and alert you and even ring an alarm, is very helpful. Proof of anyone approaching your house, recorded in high definition.
All else fails:
- hire an armed guard to stand on your porch until you can get home.
- reroute the package somewhere else or to someone else so it's not left at your house
- instruct the carrier to hold the package for pickup
- deliver the package to one of those strip mall PO box rental places or rental boxes at USPS
If you're not home when a package is delivered and no one else is there, them ringing the doorbell isn't going to be of much use.
This is why using a little security cam, wifi, pointed right at your doorstep and can record automatically and alert you and even ring an alarm, is very helpful. Proof of anyone approaching your house, recorded in high definition.
All else fails:
- hire an armed guard to stand on your porch until you can get home.
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