oh yeah...

[susandennis]

Waited all day, of course, for the freakin' package from Fed Ex.  I saw no fewer than three Fed Ex delivery guys deliver to this building today.  But not my package.

Finally, after 5, their website allowed as how they still couldn't find the address.  So I call again.  The nice lady assured me that they would deliver the package on Tuesday.  What The Fuck?!

At my request, she connected me with a guy here - here being relative - he's in Auburn which is down the road a piece.  About an hour actually.  He offered to find the package off the truck when it came in and hold it for me if I could get to Auburn tonight by 7.  If I left now, there was no traffic, and I knew exactly where I was going I could not get there by 7.   He said that he didn't know why it couldn't be delivered on Monday.  Notice, please, as I did, he didn't say it could be delivered on Monday, he just said he didn't see why it couldn't be.  I allowed as how I couldn't see why it could be delivered yesterday or Wednesday.

I give up.  I sent a note to the company doing the sending expressive my displeasure.  I'm sure it will show up sometime next week.  It's not a big deal.  No lives will be lost (more's the pity).   But it sure does piss me off.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

He said that he didn't know why it couldn't be delivered on Monday.

I don't see why it couldn't be delivered on Saturday. And I think that's what I would have said at that point in (your side of) the conversation.

[susandennis]

Oh we got past that point early on. "We don't deliver on Saturdays." "Excuse me?! According to your website and your TV commercials, you sure do." "Oh well, not for something like this - you have to pay extra." "So if I paid extra, you would deliver it tomorrow?" "No, we couldn't do that."

[vasilatos]

We've had them *lie* and say they were at our house and we weren't there, when I was sitting on the stoop *all day* waiting, and no guy, no truck, no notice, nothing. Big Fat Lie. I don't know what to say to people when that happens.