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From: gnome@olivee.UUCP (Gary Traveis)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: (UPS and the working illiterate)
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Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 17:17:55 EDT
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> I've got two explanatins for the diatribes against UPS:
>                      ^
> 1.  UPS operates differently (and beter) in LA than anywhere else in the US
>     (somehow unlikely).
> 
> 2.  Most of you cretins know how to sign your paycheck but haven't figured
>     out how to read yet.

That's right!  Be a smartass.

> 
>     At least that would explain why you haven't been able to read the
> lines on the cute little note UPS hangs on your door.  The ones that say
> if you want the package left on your doorstoop you should SIGN THE FORM.
> (I've even gotten COD stuff by signing the form and attaching a sealed
> envelope with a check made out to UPS.)
> 

UPS has designated areas where they are instructed to LEAVE A PACKAGE.
That means, for those uninformed, that they WILL NOT LEAVE A NOTE !!
Someone, somewhere, has decided that your area is safe for leaving
merchandise laying around in front of your house or apartment.


>     Or perhaps you've never thought of asking people to have UPS deliver
> your stuff to your company where you work.  That's legal too, of course,
> and I doubt that the receptionist/security guard has orders to shoot a
> UPS delivery man.  You could probably arrange it in advance very easily.
> 

Our company has a policy that anything, ANYTHING, that comes to work
is theirs to open, scrutinize and log into their shipping/receiving
mess! And yes, they do require advanced notice, in writing, of each
and every package or envelope that comes from UPS.

>     Of course that's not nearly as much fun as bitching about a company
> that's considerably more reliable and cheaper than the USSnail, not to
> mention including up to $100 worth of insurance free for each package
> shipped.
> 
> --Lee Gold

No, it's not, but then again, if I have to ship something, I'd rather
drive the 1 mile to the PO than the 8 miles it takes to send from the
nearest UPS hub!