Don't you just hate it ..

It's worse when you're waiting and you need a number 2, you rush upstairs and it turns out to be a little messy and then the knock on the door comes. Does it ever wipe clean easily and quickly? Does it **** :D
 
This is why I always have stuff delivered to work if possible, otherwise it's a 30 mile round trip and a git of a job to get parked if they try and deliver!
 
I like the delivery service OC use. You check the ETA in the email they send you. I have ordered things recently and it has been pretty bang on.
 
Doesn't beat DPD who knocked on my door when I was expecting delivery of my HTC desire. I went to the door, and there was no-one there, so I closed it, went back in and 5 minutes later a "sorry you were out" card pops through. Come on! :mad:
 
He probably knocked on the door and walked off to wherever he parked the van to go and get the package and when he came back found nobody had opened the door and buggered off - I've seen some delivery drivers do this, leaving you at the door looking around for them.
 
Secret_Window said:
He probably knocked on the door and walked off to wherever he parked the van to go and get the package and when he came back found nobody had opened the door and buggered off - I've seen some delivery drivers do this, leaving you at the door looking around for them.
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I know, that's exactly what he did. But he didn't even give me any time to answer. I'd been on my toes, and almost ran to the door as soon as I heard the knock but he'd already gone :p
 
Just got off the phone with DHL with the same issue. Them lying about being here and leaving a card. There was none. Rung them up and kicked up a fuss, I got put through to the driver himself that claim he was there. Asked him which time as I have CCTV and will have a look (i don't have) and he started stuttering and looking for excuses thinking he may have been at the wrong property.

He is now coming back to redeliver. Muppets.
 
When my PSU died and I had no computer I used my housemates PC. Luckily his room is right out the front and as soon as 2pm came long I kept looking out. I had the door open before he was half way up the drive. :D
 
I missed a delivery a few weeks ago because I was in the shower and covered in soap. I figured that by the time I rinsed off, dried and put on my dressing gown the postman would have tried my (practically housebound) neighbour. Of course she wasn't in, so I had to wait a day and collect it :(.
 
Vixen said:
I missed a delivery a few weeks ago because I was in the shower and covered in soap. I figured that by the time I rinsed off, dried and put on my dressing gown the postman would have tried my (practically housebound) neighbour. Of course she wasn't in, so I had to wait a day and collect it :(.
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Despise waiting for yet another day knowing some sexy hardware goodness is in the package for me.
 
Brian8bit said:
Got a card through the door saying the stuff was too big to fit through the letter box today. Which is actually the truth. I'm waiting on a new router from OCuK. But when I first moved here I was awaiting my first package delivery and the posty came round and I opened the door expecting my delivery. She said she didn't have it and that the fella would be round in the van later. I didn't believe em, but considering I was using normal free postage I didn't kick up a fuss and went back to my computer. About an hour later the postvan pulled up outside and my item was delivered. I told him I hadn't been expecting him to turn up and he said that anything that isn't letter box sized will be delivered by the van, so the ones on foot don't have to lug stuff around. So far it's been the case, standard mail and junk will be delivered by the woman who's got our walk and then any packages I have ordered will arrive by van later. Great service.

On the flipside, I've had the ****s at ****ty link not turn up for deliveries despite the website tracking claiming it was out and on route. Granted I'm up the North coast, but I think they decide it'll take them an hour to drive back to Belfast, so take that extra hour to clock off and **** off back home.
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Posties do deliver a lot of packets, hence the van for bigger stuff. It would have been a van driver from the same delivery office not a parcel force driver.
On some occasions the postie may deliver certain packets for the driver if they know a customer is likely to be home, I think it's called team work. :)

Next year Royal Mail are talking about scraping cars and bikes on delivery and have posties working in teams using vans and NO van driver for large parcels. If you think parcel delivery is bad now just wait until next year! It's about to get a LOT worse..... :(

As my postman doesn't drive he says he will have to team up with a postie who does, CHAOS is guaranteed and delivery could be as late as 4pm- 6pm in some areas. As for Special Delivery don't expect the 1PM target to be guaranteed. When you have two postman working together from one van it will slow down delivery by as much as 1-3 hrs by the end of a shift.
 
Earlier this week I got delivery food. They usually take at least 40 minutes to deliver, and being that it was 6pm (i.e. I suppose a rush hour for them) I quickly nipped to the shops. Unsurprisingly the git came while I was gone for no longer than 5 minutes. About a half hour after they said they would deliver they tried again and I got cold food. :o
 
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