I F*&king hate UPS - rant(long)

[UrGTI@aol.com (UrGTI@aol.com)]

Since I work for UPS I have first hand knowledge of the "driver release" . 
This is where the company deems a particular neighborhood safe to leave 
parcels outside. The driver is supposed to leave it out of plain site to 
passers by for obvious reasons but its not too hard to watch the driver and 
see where he puts stuff if you are criminally inclined to do so. 
The main reason they went to this type of procedure is cost, its actually 
cheaper to pay for the stolen items than it is to pay the drivers to wait at 
the door for  somone to come  or make several attempts to deliver. The 
company cares so much about efficiency its unbelivable. Picture this as an 
example of time management.
 As the driver appraches the house he comes to a stop parking in place where 
he can leave the easiest/quickest , as he comes to a stop he pulls the park 
brake, shuts off engine and pulls key, puts vehicle in lowest forward gear 
while removing seat belt, gets up unlocks and opens bulkhead door puts key 
ring on finger and reaches in to grab package and looks at next box(more on 
this later), then closes door grabs the Diad (thing you sign) and exits the 
vehicle. All this is expected to be done in less than 15 seconds.Then on the 
way to the house he scans the barcode and looks for a place to leave the box, 
types in where he put it  in his Diad then types in the address of the box he 
looked at while pulling the current stops box all this of course before he 
gets back to the vehicle. 

Oh yeah what were we talking about again? On all future purchases I suggest 
you either specify "adult signature only" or leave a note to have it left 
with a neighbor who is home or make arrangements with a nearby business works 
too. I even have a couple people on a route where there garage code pops up 
when there address is entered in the Diad. The guy thats comes to my house 
puts the stuff in my car and locks it. The driver will get reamed for losses 
especially if it happened twice at the same house.
Our loss prevention loves to set up stings and bust criminals I am sure you 
have already contacted them on replacement I would damn sure insist on next 
day air too.
Yeah its crappy but what can you do technically the crooks are to blame but 
the driver could be guilty of negligence too. Its like just because I left my 
car running doesnt make it my fault its stolen but it doesnt help prevention 
much either.

Jasin
MK1 16v in a pile on the floor