idiot delivery drivers
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After waiting in all morning for my parcel i finally give in and call the sender ho tells me its been delivered and signed for by a random name. Get through to Don't Help-Lie and get told that theyve given it to one of their agents and i need to call them. They answer the phone using the same name (surprise) and after 10 minutes of trying to tell me theyve given it to me eventually decide that their moron of a driver may have delivered it to a random address as the road names sounded the same......great. I can then hear them having a conversation which seems to be along the lines of (woman on phone) "go get and deliver it to the right place"
(other person- driver?) " do i have to?",
"yes"
"Why?"
"Cos youre an idiot"
"But im far happier sitting here scratching my arse"
The last two response may be slightly ficionalised as i couldnt hear them but seem appropriate....grrrrr!
Sorry for the lack of swearing etc
(other person- driver?) " do i have to?",
"yes"
"Why?"
"Cos youre an idiot"
"But im far happier sitting here scratching my arse"
The last two response may be slightly ficionalised as i couldnt hear them but seem appropriate....grrrrr!
Sorry for the lack of swearing etc
Delivery drivers are idiots. When I used to work for John Lewis Online we used 'Large town-connection' for deliveries and they were shocking. Forged signatures, cases of wine left outside a terraced house (and obviously stolen), drivers claiming they'd attempted to deliver but obviously hadn't (they had to state what colour the door was and would often be wrong..)
We have trouble with them all thw time. There is something very unique about our house and if they have actually found our house they never forget where it is. We have loads of parcels which are 'delivered' but not to us and again we get 'its been signed for' nornally by an unrecognisable name and the parcel mysteriously appears a few hours after the complaint! Amazing that parcels can move by themselves and magically appear on our doorstop! Do have to admit thoughn we have a fantastic TNT driver who helps us as much as we help him but he does get a decent xmas bonus for it!
They're not all bad. Just to redress the balance.
I was waiting for an expensive piece of kit to turn up, but I had to take SBaby to school. Got back half an hour later to find the front gate open. I just knew I'd missed the delivery driver, so I wandered round looking for the card he should have left. Couldn't find one, so I breathed a sigh of relief that I'd probably just missed my last consignment of JWs or something.
2 hours later, doorbell. One delivery driver carrying the requisite equipment. As I was signing for it, he said "on the school run this morning, then?". What? Turns out he had indeed called earlier that day, but didn't bother leaving a card because he knew he'd have to come back past our place on his way back to the depot. Nice guy.
I was waiting for an expensive piece of kit to turn up, but I had to take SBaby to school. Got back half an hour later to find the front gate open. I just knew I'd missed the delivery driver, so I wandered round looking for the card he should have left. Couldn't find one, so I breathed a sigh of relief that I'd probably just missed my last consignment of JWs or something.
2 hours later, doorbell. One delivery driver carrying the requisite equipment. As I was signing for it, he said "on the school run this morning, then?". What? Turns out he had indeed called earlier that day, but didn't bother leaving a card because he knew he'd have to come back past our place on his way back to the depot. Nice guy.
We have a pile of signed post-its by the back door, with instructions for delivery drivers to leave the parcel in the outside loo, lock the door, bung the key through the catflap in the kitchen door, and take a post-it as proof of delivery.
There's only one delivery firm whose drivers have claimed that they made the delivery, but have been unable to produce the note. Not for nothing are they known as "s
tty link", are they?
There's only one delivery firm whose drivers have claimed that they made the delivery, but have been unable to produce the note. Not for nothing are they known as "s
tty link", are they? To redress the balance, our drivers have to put up with some amazing customers, and I'll give you some examples.
Driver outside house, people inside moving about, not answering the door. I rang the contact number, "Our driver is outside with your delivery, could you show him where you'd like the materials put?"
"Why?"
"Because he might not put them where you want them to go?"
"OH, OK then".
Another similar case, the answer was "Can he come back later as I'm not in the house and my wife isn't allowed to be seen by men" (I kid you not).
Another "He's too early, can he come back in a couple of hours?" (the customer was inside the house at the time, my driver could see him on the phone).
All our drivers will return stuff to the depot if it's not paid for, otherwise will use their initiative, or look for boards etc.
Driver outside house, people inside moving about, not answering the door. I rang the contact number, "Our driver is outside with your delivery, could you show him where you'd like the materials put?"
"Why?"
"Because he might not put them where you want them to go?"
"OH, OK then".
Another similar case, the answer was "Can he come back later as I'm not in the house and my wife isn't allowed to be seen by men" (I kid you not).
Another "He's too early, can he come back in a couple of hours?" (the customer was inside the house at the time, my driver could see him on the phone).
All our drivers will return stuff to the depot if it's not paid for, otherwise will use their initiative, or look for boards etc.
I had a complete ahole of a delivery driver last week.
I'd order some bits for the Tiv. I purposely stayed at home on the delivery date so I could sign for it.
Delivery driver knocks on the door, I say 'hello, were do you want me to sign?'.
The driver doesn't speak a word of English and can't even grasp a pen properly. He just stared at me and made little squeaky noises.
How bloody rude.
Took his photo so I could complain to the delivery company.
hole of a delivery driver last week.I'd order some bits for the Tiv. I purposely stayed at home on the delivery date so I could sign for it.
Delivery driver knocks on the door, I say 'hello, were do you want me to sign?'.
The driver doesn't speak a word of English and can't even grasp a pen properly. He just stared at me and made little squeaky noises.
How bloody rude.
Took his photo so I could complain to the delivery company.
I finally got my HTC Touch 3G yesterday after waiting in til 17:30 and then i saw him from the 2nd floor window walk to my house... nothing in hand, so I run down.... he looks at the sign to say please ring my number as its difficult to hear the ones who knock and dont use the door bell (im 2 floors up in my flat) and walks off without doing nothing...
I catch him outside and ask who he is looking for and was he delivering my parcel, he ums and ahs about it and says no... I ask him who hes delivering to and he cant tell me and so i asked him to stay put when I ring the company to find out who's delivery it is coming to my flat.
He then caves in and gets the parcel.... fker!!
I blame a fruit that refuses to deliver phones to stores as it would stop this from crappy delivery companies....
I catch him outside and ask who he is looking for and was he delivering my parcel, he ums and ahs about it and says no... I ask him who hes delivering to and he cant tell me and so i asked him to stay put when I ring the company to find out who's delivery it is coming to my flat.
He then caves in and gets the parcel.... f
ker!!I blame a fruit that refuses to deliver phones to stores as it would stop this from crappy delivery companies....
I find the post office the funniest. Our postie handed me a card recently as I was standing outside the front door having a fag. 'sorry you were out so we couldnt deliver...' . But I'm right here says me. I know says postie but I didnt bring any of the parcels with me as they are too big and wont fit in my bag, you can collect from the post office in town.
So much for door to door delivery..... not the first time either....
So much for door to door delivery..... not the first time either....
Some are good, some are bad, same as everything.
I do like it when they don't deliver on the right day and tell me I was out. No card left mind. SO when I say no I was in and if you get within about 10ft of the front door there would have been one of three large dogs barking at you.............. They just tend to say they'll try again (before that point it's the old no you have to go to the depot).
I do like it when they don't deliver on the right day and tell me I was out. No card left mind. SO when I say no I was in and if you get within about 10ft of the front door there would have been one of three large dogs barking at you.............. They just tend to say they'll try again (before that point it's the old no you have to go to the depot).
SGirl said:
They're not all bad. Just to redress the balance.
I was waiting for an expensive piece of kit to turn up, but I had to take SBaby to school. Got back half an hour later to find the front gate open. I just knew I'd missed the delivery driver, so I wandered round looking for the card he should have left. Couldn't find one, so I breathed a sigh of relief that I'd probably just missed my last consignment of JWs or something.
2 hours later, doorbell. One delivery driver carrying the requisite equipment. As I was signing for it, he said "on the school run this morning, then?". What? Turns out he had indeed called earlier that day, but didn't bother leaving a card because he knew he'd have to come back past our place on his way back to the depot. Nice guy.
That may have been me, that was always my way of doing it. If theres no-one in during school run i'd go back later. I used to cover your area, looks like Iver from the car picsI was waiting for an expensive piece of kit to turn up, but I had to take SBaby to school. Got back half an hour later to find the front gate open. I just knew I'd missed the delivery driver, so I wandered round looking for the card he should have left. Couldn't find one, so I breathed a sigh of relief that I'd probably just missed my last consignment of JWs or something.
2 hours later, doorbell. One delivery driver carrying the requisite equipment. As I was signing for it, he said "on the school run this morning, then?". What? Turns out he had indeed called earlier that day, but didn't bother leaving a card because he knew he'd have to come back past our place on his way back to the depot. Nice guy.
Edited by Nickyboy on Wednesday 8th April 22:42
Edited by Nickyboy on Wednesday 8th April 22:42
V6 said:
Delivery drivers are idiots. When I used to work for John Lewis Online we used 'Large town-connection' for deliveries and they were shocking. Forged signatures, cases of wine left outside a terraced house (and obviously stolen), drivers claiming they'd attempted to deliver but obviously hadn't (they had to state what colour the door was and would often be wrong..)
Reminds me of the driver who swore blind that he'd tried twice to deliver a package to a client's office premises one particular day and got no answer. When asked if he'd noted anything odd about the office premises he'd tried to deliver to he said he'd noticed nothing strange apart from he couldn't get an answer at the door. Which was strange since the office in question had burnt down the previous evening. 
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