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From: mjc@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA (Monica Cellio)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: (UPS and the working illiterate)
Message-ID: <361@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 23:10:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-c.361
Posted: Sat Aug  3 23:10:50 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 5-Aug-85 00:16:10 EDT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI
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>     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.)

I recently had UPS attempt to deliver a package.  I came home and found the
note, which had several options that the UPS guy could check off.  The only
one checked for me started out, "We will make two more attempts to deliver
this..." (or some such).  One option that was not checked said that if I
signed the note they'd leave the package.  

I called to ask about this, and they asked whether I lived in a house or an
apartment.  When I told them I lived in an apartment, they told me they would
not leave the package, EVEN IF I SIGNED THE NOTE IN ADVANCE!  They also
wouldn't re-route the package to the company I work for, which was all of
five miles from my apartment.  They wanted another LOCAL address.   I finally
got my package, about a week later, at a friend's work address.

I have since asked everyone who is likely to ship me something to use the 
post awful.

							-Dragon

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