New Twist With UPS
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12/17/21 07:35 PM
12/17/21 07:35 PM
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North Dakota
6PakBee
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I had a package coming via UPS that needed a signature. Rather than sit around and wait, I found my UPS driver and flagged him down. He said that, yes, my package would be delivered today but that their Uber driver was going to deliver it. Uber driver? Yup, he gave me the address of the driver, went there and found an entire garage full of UPS packages that they were going to deliver. Signed for mine and picked it up. Anyone else heard of this happening this year?
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Re: New Twist With UPS
[Re: 6PakBee]
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12/17/21 08:25 PM
12/17/21 08:25 PM
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Avondale AZ
Prodart440
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I saw a guy in a Nissan Altima pull up to a house. He got out and had a UPS vest on. Delivered the box and left. I never thought it might be an Uber driver though.
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Re: New Twist With UPS
[Re: Stanton]
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12/19/21 11:33 AM
12/19/21 11:33 AM
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North Dakota
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I don't know why anyone would find this strange, there's hardly a business out there that doesn't relay on "temps" of some sort or other to help out during busy times. The alternative is to raise prices do they can afford full-timers to sit on their asses for all but two weeks of the year !! Agreed. But for as long as I can remember (at least around here) UPS would hire temps to ride in the trucks and basically do nothing but shuttle packages from the trucks to the destinations. This is more like a subcontractor than a temp. But that's just my opinion.
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Re: New Twist With UPS
[Re: 6PakBee]
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12/20/21 01:12 AM
12/20/21 01:12 AM
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Freeport IL USA
poorboy
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About a week or so ago, an old beater car stopped in front of our house, some guy wearing a brown UPS coat got out and delivered a package to our house. Around here, UPS must not be as concerned about their image, like they used to be.
The package was delivered when expected and was undamaged. UPS usually just drops the packages off and leaves, so if we had not seen the guy get out of the beater car, we would not have know the difference. I got the parts I needed, so how ever it was delivered, I guess it is OK. The delivery is what I paid for, not the method that it was delivered with. Gene
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Re: New Twist With UPS
[Re: poorboy]
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12/20/21 02:07 AM
12/20/21 02:07 AM
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N.W. Florida
Fat_Mike
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About a week or so ago, an old beater car stopped in front of our house, some guy wearing a brown UPS coat got out and delivered a package to our house. Around here, UPS must not be as concerned about their image, like they used to be.
The package was delivered when expected and was undamaged. UPS usually just drops the packages off and leaves, so if we had not seen the guy get out of the beater car, we would not have know the difference. I got the parts I needed, so how ever it was delivered, I guess it is OK. The delivery is what I paid for, not the method that it was delivered with. Gene Yep, happening here too, and I feel the same way; business is business. However they get it done is good...as long as it's getting done.
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Re: New Twist With UPS
[Re: Fat_Mike]
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12/20/21 09:24 AM
12/20/21 09:24 AM
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amazon kid drops off at my office daily in a old beat up Impala
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: New Twist With UPS
[Re: poorboy]
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12/21/21 03:59 PM
12/21/21 03:59 PM
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Wichita
GY3
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About a week or so ago, an old beater car stopped in front of our house, some guy wearing a brown UPS coat got out and delivered a package to our house. Around here, UPS must not be as concerned about their image, like they used to be.
The package was delivered when expected and was undamaged. UPS usually just drops the packages off and leaves, so if we had not seen the guy get out of the beater car, we would not have know the difference. I got the parts I needed, so how ever it was delivered, I guess it is OK. The delivery is what I paid for, not the method that it was delivered with. Gene During peak shipping season (October through December), UPS uses things like employee's cars and rented U-Haul trucks to get the packages delivered. If you've ever been in a UPS center the end of December it's insane! They are committed to getting the job DONE! Years ago I was a Saturday air and fill in driver. They called me after I was home on Christmas Eve, had me come to the center, get a U-Haul and take a SINGLE package to a small town 60 miles away.
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