Rant on shipping

[JethroB]

Or the ones that try to get you to go to their website, where there are generally no options for whatever it is you called the support line for in the first place. Sheesh, man...if this was something I could resolve from the website do you really think I'd be going thru this auto-attendant BS?

I had to call the IRS recently. It took dozens of tries over several days to get something other than “High volume, please try again later”, click. I finally got in the hold queue and was given an option for a call back. That worked out well as someone called me back in about an hour.

 

[MossRoad]

At my last employer, one of my duties was to maintain the call center phone system. It was a first in, first out system. Very nice, fair, and elegant.

Then corporate took over and made us use a system that they forced on all of their child companies, which was analogous to a bucket system. You're a minnow, and when you call, they throw you in a bucket. The phone system would just grab any minnow out of the bucket. You could be in there for a minute or eternity. Just asinine.

 

[Dftodd]

I live in a newly built neighborhood. Actually homes still being built. Streets are just starting to show up on Google maps.

Builders used the same colored numbers for every house. But the numbers blend in with the darker colored trim paint on some of the houses.

Had a package on the door step from a rug place first thing that came to mind was "What did my wife order now????"

Got to looking at it and realized it wasn't our name on the package. Then realized it was for an address that was 1 digit off from ours.

I just loaded the package in the truck and went looking for the house. Saw an old guy standing out in front of his house.

So I asked him if his house number was xxxx. He said "yup".

Well I went on to explain that ups apparently couldn't find his house so they left his package on my door step.

Really nice guy, and met one of my neighbors

He brought up the fact that the numbers were the same color as the trim. And was gonna have his granddaughter paint the number white then next time she came over.

 

[Pixguy]

I live in a newly built neighborhood. Actually homes still being built. Streets are just starting to show up on Google maps.

Builders used the same colored numbers for every house. But the numbers blend in with the darker colored trim paint on some of the houses.

Had a package on the door step from a rug place first thing that came to mind was "What did my wife order now????"

Got to looking at it and realized it wasn't our name on the package. Then realized it was for an address that was 1 digit off from ours.

I just loaded the package in the truck and went looking for the house. Saw an old guy standing out in front of his house.

So I asked him if his house number was xxxx. He said "yup".

Well I went on to explain that ups apparently couldn't find his house so they left his package on my door step.

Really nice guy, and met one of my neighbors

He brought up the fact that the numbers were the same color as the trim. And was gonna have his granddaughter paint the number white then next time she came over.

See if your fire dept. offers the reflective numbered signs that you can put on your mailbox post. My town did not offer them but my nephew is a firefighter so he hooked me up. They'd have no problem finding my house.

 

[Dftodd]

See if your fire dept. offers the reflective numbered signs that you can put on your mailbox post. My town did not offer them but my nephew is a firefighter so he hooked me up. They'd have no problem finding my house.

No mail box. Neighborhood is a new development and all rentals. They have locking mailboxes in a couple spots in the neighborhood. One pedestal handles about 20 households plus 4 lock boxes for packages. If you have a package that won't fit in your box, you'll find a key numbered for the corresponding package box. Granted if it won't fit in the package box, you'll find it on your doorstep.

House numbers are above the right outside light next to the garage door just under the eaves. Shows up fine on the lighter trimmed houses. But on the really dark trimmed houses the numbers blend in with the trim.

Hence why the neighbor was gonna have his granddaughter repaint the numbers on his place.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

See if your fire dept. offers the reflective numbered signs that you can put on your mailbox post. My town did not offer them but my nephew is a firefighter so he hooked me up. They'd have no problem finding my house.

I ordered one on Amazon years ago.

 

[Oaktree]

See if your fire dept. offers the reflective numbered signs that you can put on your mailbox post. My town did not offer them but my nephew is a firefighter so he hooked me up. They'd have no problem finding my house.

Yeah, our town did that a few years ago, sold 'em at cost and the road crew put them up.
You could probably get everything you need at HD and DIY.

 

[dragoneggs]

He brought up the fact that the numbers were the same color as the trim. And was gonna have his granddaughter paint the number white then next time she came over.

If it is anything like my daughter's new neighborhood, better check the HOA rules. Pretty strict. Would drive me crazy to live back in suburbia.

 

[ponytug]

We have four sets of numbers by the street, three of which are reflective. All of them are at least four inches high. We had lots of new visitors to our location get so distracted by the views that they drove on by; for many missing the numbers turns into a two mile detour, as the road changes to a one lane road stapled to a rock face for close to a mile.

That does not stop the delivery service that shall not be named from being "unable to locate the address". UPS, Amazon (both A+), FedEx air (current driver is very good), USPS are all great. FedEx Ground has been hit or miss. The delivery service that shall not be named is just plain terrible.

 

[California]

DHL? Instacart?