Bloody delivery companies
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Two weeks ago I ordered a mattress. I was told that delivery would be w/c 15 June and that I'd get 3-4 days notice. Fine.
7.02am this morning. The unconscious Simpo is woken by the phone ringing. Thinking it must be a relative in distress, he answers it. A cheery voice tells him that his matteress will be arriving in 30 minutes. On informing the gentleman that said Simpo was fast asleep, the man gives a minor laugh and says that unfortunately I'm the first drop of the day.
7.20am - mattress arrives.
Am I being unreasonable to be hopping mad? It's just bloody antisocial ringing people up at that hour. I bought the mattress to gain sleep, not lose it
7.02am this morning. The unconscious Simpo is woken by the phone ringing. Thinking it must be a relative in distress, he answers it. A cheery voice tells him that his matteress will be arriving in 30 minutes. On informing the gentleman that said Simpo was fast asleep, the man gives a minor laugh and says that unfortunately I'm the first drop of the day.
7.20am - mattress arrives.
Am I being unreasonable to be hopping mad? It's just bloody antisocial ringing people up at that hour. I bought the mattress to gain sleep, not lose it
I picked up a missed delivery note a couple of weeks ago, sitting in with the regular mail saying I had missed the delivery which was about to appear in 10 mins time.
It's a pity I didn't pick it up a few mins earlier, as i would have been able to get to the sorting office collection desk and hand over my evidence of time travel.
It's a pity I didn't pick it up a few mins earlier, as i would have been able to get to the sorting office collection desk and hand over my evidence of time travel.
Simpo Two said:
Two weeks ago I ordered a mattress. I was told that delivery would be w/c 15 June and that I'd get 3-4 days notice. Fine.
7.02am this morning. The unconscious Simpo is woken by the phone ringing. Thinking it must be a relative in distress, he answers it. A cheery voice tells him that his matteress will be arriving in 30 minutes. On informing the gentleman that said Simpo was fast asleep, the man gives a minor laugh and says that unfortunately I'm the first drop of the day.
7.20am - mattress arrives.
Am I being unreasonable to be hopping mad? It's just bloody antisocial ringing people up at that hour. I bought the mattress to gain sleep, not lose it
You bought your bed, now lay in it7.02am this morning. The unconscious Simpo is woken by the phone ringing. Thinking it must be a relative in distress, he answers it. A cheery voice tells him that his matteress will be arriving in 30 minutes. On informing the gentleman that said Simpo was fast asleep, the man gives a minor laugh and says that unfortunately I'm the first drop of the day.
7.20am - mattress arrives.
Am I being unreasonable to be hopping mad? It's just bloody antisocial ringing people up at that hour. I bought the mattress to gain sleep, not lose it
Stop moaning and enjoy the fact that it has arrived and you can remove that spring from your arse.
I got a loud knock on the door at 8:30am and was pretty pissed off to be woken up by the courier coming to pick up my laptop for repair, so 7am and I would of shouted go forth and multiply out of the window!
I was more pissed off because it woke up my son, who was having a lie in for the first time in...well a long time! It could of been such a happy morning.....
I was more pissed off because it woke up my son, who was having a lie in for the first time in...well a long time! It could of been such a happy morning.....
EINSIGN said:
How do they deliver when you are at work?
I work from home. I normally wake up around 8.30am and get up at 9.00am. No point in starting any earlier because nobody's at work.OK, I appreciate we all have different lives. Perhaps you get up at 7.00am to go to work. Point is, if somebody rang you up at 5.30am while you were fast asleep how would you feel? It's just bloody thoughtless and disorganised.
Naked. Hmm, it might scare the neighbours!
Best service I've had has been from UPS - unfortunately when they took my XBox 360 away...
On the drop-off/pick-up option screen you specify the window of time you want, so you won't just be allocated the 0600 delivery - I picked 1400-1600. Doorbell rang at 1402, XBox away by 1404. Similar standard of service when it came back refurbished. Why can't it always be that easy?
On the drop-off/pick-up option screen you specify the window of time you want, so you won't just be allocated the 0600 delivery - I picked 1400-1600. Doorbell rang at 1402, XBox away by 1404. Similar standard of service when it came back refurbished. Why can't it always be that easy?
Taffer said:
Why can't it always be that easy?
Because there are always middle managers needing to fix the unbroken to justify their existences.I recently needed some special equipment collected from my mother's house. The telephone number provided is never answered, so I have to relay everything through another department at social services.
The house is unoccupied so I needed a time to meet them and let them in. It should be easy. You ring up and agree a time. How hard can it be?
First they said they'd collect on 11 June. This mysteriously became 18 June. But this morning (17 June) I got a phone call from a driver saying he couldn't find the house. Too bad mate, I'm not there until lunchtime. He said he'd be back tomorrow, so I said I'd leave the stuff out in the drive for him.
When I got back there was a message from some office girl saying they'd collect next Wednesday.
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k them, I give up. The stuff is in the drive getting wet.Edited by Simpo Two on Wednesday 17th June 22:45
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