The birthday present to my Mother finally turned up but not I might add hastily, in quite the manner one would expect.
I left the situation with the company I purchased from somewhat in mid air, they had no idea where it was and couldn't contact the courier charged with responsibility for delivery because they were by then closed for business.
My father rang me at around 11.30 last night. He and my Mother had been out for the evening celebrating her birthday and upon their return my Mother commented that it appeared there was a parcel left on the doorstep of the house next door to them, she was concerned for it's safety. My father, aware of the lost gift, walked down the drive to investigate and sure enough it was the missing parcel. It was duly rescued and taken indoors.
None of this may sound that peculiar, I was relieved it was at last with it's recipient BUT it may sound a little less acceptable when I draw to your attention one or two small points!
Both my parents house and that next door have house numbers on the front door three inches high, both houses are set back from the road necessitating a walk toward them making it nigh on impossible that anyone could miss the numbers, the packege was clearly and correctly addressed and required a signature upon delivery and last but by no means least...........the property at which this gift was unceremoniously dumped is quite patently uninhabited and not yet entirely constructed!!!!
God preserve me from idiots; just let me loose with the courier at the start of business this morning.
Sorry Risky, but at this stage I am at a loss to know who else to blame if not the driver! :o(
Saturday, 6 November 2004
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Gotta love those delivery services! I had to order a new cell phone when mine broke and they sent it overnight express, signature required. I HAD to be home to get this package. I wait the entire day of arrival - nada shows up. I track package through them and the truck "ran out of time" to get to my neck of the woods that day. I wait all the next day also - only to have the guy dump it on my door and walk off! "Wait!" I yell, "I have to sign for it!" Guy looks at chart - "Nope - you don't, they're not requiring it."
Aughhhhhhhhh!
Well I guess you can blame the driver on that one.
What I was trying to say was that drivers can be intelligent, then it got me thinking about some of the drivers I've worked with, past or present. OK, you win the argument, drivers are stupid bastards.(except for me)
OHMYWORD! I bet the driver works for blogger too! Blogger has been a royal pain in the A** this morning! :) I am happy "mum" got her gift. :)
Scarelett: I have been there myself, it is just about the most annoying thing and beyond me how the companies justify it! :o/
Risky: Lol.....not you of course :o)
Jack: Very strange that isn't it....most odd!
Rofl True Willow, no doubt he moonlights for Blogger and yes they have been a real pain this weekend, they have server problems apparently :o(
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