Recent questions tagged delivery

Description : Has US Postal Service delivery gotten notably worse in the last several weeks?

Last Answer : Yes. The cause is Trump’s appointee.

Description : Have you had a bad experience with Uber Eats?

Last Answer : Following.

Description : Is the Post Office still experiencing delays with mail delivery?

Last Answer : I don't know if they will admit it, but in my opinion, yes. Some days I get only first class mail (bills, letters), and some days only 2nd class (magazines, newspapers, ads, etc.) but never ... delivery of all the magazines that have stacked up. They do seem to keep up on packages, in my experience.

Description : How often is mail delivered to the wrong address in your experience?

Last Answer : I would say about twice a year we get someone else mail. We always take it back to the post office and give it to them.

Description : Which side up?

Last Answer : Pretty sure the arrows are pointing up, as in they should be on the side of the box. Not the top?

Description : A question about tipping?

Last Answer : Depends on who’s fault it is… I would still tip. The waiter(es) needs the money to put her/himself through college.

Description : Is it difficult to get a refund when you pay for FedEx Priority Overnight and your package doesn't arrive on time.

Last Answer : answer:Probably not very helpful, but on the 23d, I did get a voice mail message from Fed Ex saying that the driver had tried to make a delivery but couldn't find my house. When I called back saying that I ... be courteous but firm. Ask why no one called you on the 23d. $20 is not to be sneezed at.

Description : Do you have experience with asking FedEx to hold onto a package?

Last Answer : I have had packages re-rerouted to a local FedEx store a few times. It’s very convenient. Never had a package lost.

Description : Is there a way to guess how the US Postal Service will route a package going cross-country?

Last Answer : answer:USPS has a very convoluted system. They don't own their own planes like other mail carriers. See airline and rail division and below on this wikipedia link. If you like to track our packages ... . The USPS is amazing in my opinion. Their rates of losing packages must be close to zero.

Description : Is the USPS tracking system bugged?

Last Answer : It can take a day or two for the information to get loaded into and then updated to the USPS system.

Description : How could the New York Times possibly have such bad customer service?

Last Answer : That’s crazy. My little newspaper here in Albuquerque does a much better job. The few times a delivery was missed, they brought a paper over within an hour.. Since print media may be seeing its demise now, you’d think excellent customer service would be one way to ensure a following.

Description : Just how far is my UPS man supposed to go to deliver his package?

Last Answer : answer:Here is UPS's stated policy on deliveries to multi-unit dwellings: UPS will make up to three attempts to deliver packages directly to the door of multiple-unit addresses, such as senior living ... delivery should be brought to the door of the specific unit, not to the door of the building.

Description : Would you give up steady business for less than .50 cents?

Last Answer : If they keep letting you slide they have to let everyone slide or they may face a class action lawsuit. Add a cookie or bag of chips to the order.

Description : After an emergency c-section, is it normal to feel disappointed?

Last Answer : It may be that you feel disappointed but were you willing to endure all that suffering? I mean you were cut open. It’s something to be proud of that you were not unconscious the first time.

Description : Do you know someone that has given birth in the last five years and has not been induced?

Last Answer : answer:Well I gave birth 6 years ago, but I don’t think my doc has changed much. I was not induced and gave birth on the due date. I think there are many more contributing factors to induction: Birth mom age, baby size, complications, and more.

Description : Is it typical for the doctor to send the placenta to Pathology after a baby is born in the hospital?

Last Answer : I wouldn't be surprised. There's a lot of stuff that is often left over after surgery (arms and legs for example) that you can't really just send to landfill and have to be disposed of ... you send it to the mortuary for disposal but path lab is a reasonable place to arrange for correct disposal.

Description : How long does Fedex take to send something ?

Last Answer : Depends on the delivery method chosen. The overnight costs a touch more, so obviously the shipper didn’t want to pay a few bucks extra. Get a hold of your friend and ask them for the tracking number. From that, it will tell you exactly when your package will arrive.

Description : Ask OB/GYN to "pull me tight" after c-section?

Last Answer : Interesting. I've always had a sort of loose belly and even more so after two Caesarean births, although I don't think it was particularly caused by the sections. If that had been an option, I would certainly have ... more of a let nature take its course person so I'm not sure if I would do it.

Description : Is necessary or customary to tip for this particular type of delivery service? Why or why not?

Last Answer : I always tip delivery people in cash so they can keep every cent. They are nearly always poorly paid.

Description : Should the definition of post-haste be changed?

Last Answer : then I guess the new term should be “internet-haste”

Description : What do I do if I put down the wrong address for something I ordered online?

Last Answer : Contact the delivery company. Get a tracking number from the shipper..

Description : What the heck is up with FedEx being all weird and stuff?

Last Answer : There may have been a customs issues since it's an international shipment. Did you call the person to see if it arrived? The Int'l shipment release in Memphis might just be a paperwork issue, ... to use these phone numbers/methods so maybe you can get through to an actual human). Good luck.

Description : What is the absolute fastest way to ship a letter to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia?

Last Answer : there isn’t a way. you’ve left it too late. the soonest is what dhl said. except if you have it flown at great cost by the airlines, call their cargo number. Good luck!

Description : To show a differentiation between "good delivery" and "bad delivery" when telling jokes, could anybody please find two videos telling the exact same joke, but with different deliveries?

Last Answer : Just look up how Dane Cook ripped off Louis C.K. and youll find the exact same joke delivered two different ways. Dane Cook's delivery was more popular. Keep in mind Louis C.K. s comedy (more ... he's saying, whereas Dane Cook's comedy is physical and performance based and doesn't take any thought.

Description : How can I get the mail person to stop walking across my lawn to deliver my mail?

Last Answer : Ask politely

Description : How long does it take for ups tracking to update from when they deliver the package.

Last Answer : The handheld scanner things the UPS drivers use upload when they put it back in dock in the truck, so you're looking at +/- 2 minutes until the UPS back-end knows your package was delivered, ... get to the front-end database probably takes less than 10 minutes, but there's no guarantee of that.

Description : Natural Childbirth- Those that've done it, would you again?

Last Answer : You say that now, just wait til you’re delivering that baby.

Description : How do I get a "Return to Sender" piece of mail back to the mailman if I don't have a mailbox?

Last Answer : That or your post office.

Description : Anyone have any experience with filing insurance with USPS?

Last Answer : As the receiver of the package, you won’t be able to obtain the value from the post office. Insurance is only paid to the sender, and he/she needs to fill out a paper in order to make the claim.

Description : Do mailmen have to deliver no matter what?

Last Answer : Sounds like one for you, Astrochuck! (Our own “little mailman.”)

Description : Is there any way to find out a UPS route?

Last Answer : They can message the driver, so if you call your local distribution point and beg and plead very nicely, they might send a message to the driver regarding your specific package. I couldn't say for sure whether that ... it's a morning delivery, the driver gets a notice to step on it prior to 10 a.m.

Description : Why are mail boxes "approved" by the postmaster general?

Last Answer : those are the cluster boxes that mailman has access to them by same key throughout the area.

Description : How many women have delivered without drugs or some pain management?

Last Answer : My mom had me on a friends couch. No meds or anything. She’s a tough cookie.