WTF-J

Meet Vicki the UPS driver who delivered  most of the WTF-J out of the brown truck you see here.  (Seriously!)  Personally,  I think Vicki is actually a secret weapon in the mass destruction of traditional retailing.  Considering the stuff she brings us in addition to most of a car, you easily come to the realization that it’s simply more cost and time effective to shop on the Web and let Vicki bring it a couple of days later.  

My favorite UPS story happened one day when we were out at the Vet’s with one of our furry feral friends.   We saw Vicki making a delivery and mentioned that we had a couple of items to ship.  (Since we get an almost daily Amazon fix, I don’t bother to pay for a scheduled pickup when I do the on-line shipping process.  We also have an "electric pink" index card we put in the window and Vicki knows that’s the signal for a package pickup.)  Well, 4p came and went and we figured that the package would have to wait ’til the next day and then the doorbell rings; turns out that our favorite UPS person had indeed forgotten about the pickup, but turned around and came back to get it.

With service like that and gas at over $3/gal, who needs the Mall?  Oh yeah, the box on the trailer?  It holds the seat belts and safety harnesses from Impact Racing, so there may be second thoughts  about passing on the opportunity to buy a temporary tag.

PS…

FedEx Ground is also great.  The one area they beat UPS is in Saturday deliveries.  Just a guess, but I’ll bet it’s because their delivery process is outsourced to independent contractors ("Owner Operators") who are paid by the package.  If package tracking says "Monday" and it’s FedEx Ground, I have been "trained" to look for it on Saturday.  (Don’t worry Vicki, you still bring over 80% of what gets delivered here!)