I despair of the Royal Mail and it's parcel tracking systems.
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I just got a SMS to say that they would be delivering a parcel to me between 07:24 and 10:24 today - which is fine, I understand the need for a reasonably sized delivery window. Only thing is that it's 08:50 now, so the message is telling me that they could deliver the parcel an hour and a half ago ... :sigh: I guess it's better than the usual message "We'll update the tracking once we've delivered the parcel" which is all they give you once they have received it into their system. Just not much. Computer systems don't seem to be their forté - Horizon anyone? :-D
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I just got a SMS to say that they would be delivering a parcel to me between 07:24 and 10:24 today - which is fine, I understand the need for a reasonably sized delivery window. Only thing is that it's 08:50 now, so the message is telling me that they could deliver the parcel an hour and a half ago ... :sigh: I guess it's better than the usual message "We'll update the tracking once we've delivered the parcel" which is all they give you once they have received it into their system. Just not much. Computer systems don't seem to be their forté - Horizon anyone? :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I had a parcel coming via FedEx "Express" a couple of weeks ago. They said it would be delivered on Friday before 10pm, which was fine. About 3 'o'clock Friday afternoon they sent an email saying it would now be delivered the following Monday before 10pm; OK, they don't work weekends. On Monday morning I received an email saying it would now be delivered on Tuesday before 10pm. Well, Tuesday we were off to the Cornwall for a few days so I had to redirect it to a local collection point. Tuesday morning I got a message confirming that it would be delivered to said point, on Wednesday! When I arrived at the hotel later on Tuesday and checked my email I discovered it had been delivered that day (Tuesday) before we left home. Fortunately it was nothing urgent.
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I just got a SMS to say that they would be delivering a parcel to me between 07:24 and 10:24 today - which is fine, I understand the need for a reasonably sized delivery window. Only thing is that it's 08:50 now, so the message is telling me that they could deliver the parcel an hour and a half ago ... :sigh: I guess it's better than the usual message "We'll update the tracking once we've delivered the parcel" which is all they give you once they have received it into their system. Just not much. Computer systems don't seem to be their forté - Horizon anyone? :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I needed a part to sort out a telly problem in our social club. I would imagine the parcel ought to be small enough to go through a letter box. So I told them to deliver it there, rather than come to me first. I also included full details of opening times in the delivery instructions section. Yesterday's "We attempted delivery" message was timed at 7:05pm, when the Club was open. So how exactly can you fail to deliver to an open boozer when even the lamest of buffoons must be able to see the lights on the the people inside? Do delivery drivers perhaps have some vampire blood and are unable to cross the threshold unless invited?
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I needed a part to sort out a telly problem in our social club. I would imagine the parcel ought to be small enough to go through a letter box. So I told them to deliver it there, rather than come to me first. I also included full details of opening times in the delivery instructions section. Yesterday's "We attempted delivery" message was timed at 7:05pm, when the Club was open. So how exactly can you fail to deliver to an open boozer when even the lamest of buffoons must be able to see the lights on the the people inside? Do delivery drivers perhaps have some vampire blood and are unable to cross the threshold unless invited?
I can kinda understand that - if you get filmed going into a boozer in delivery uniform and then driving away, Tiktok isn't going to assume you were dropping off a small parcel! :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I can kinda understand that - if you get filmed going into a boozer in delivery uniform and then driving away, Tiktok isn't going to assume you were dropping off a small parcel! :laugh:
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
They also had the option of ringing the doorbell!
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I just got a SMS to say that they would be delivering a parcel to me between 07:24 and 10:24 today - which is fine, I understand the need for a reasonably sized delivery window. Only thing is that it's 08:50 now, so the message is telling me that they could deliver the parcel an hour and a half ago ... :sigh: I guess it's better than the usual message "We'll update the tracking once we've delivered the parcel" which is all they give you once they have received it into their system. Just not much. Computer systems don't seem to be their forté - Horizon anyone? :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I just got a SMS to say that they would be delivering a parcel to me between 07:24 and 10:24 today - which is fine, I understand the need for a reasonably sized delivery window. Only thing is that it's 08:50 now, so the message is telling me that they could deliver the parcel an hour and a half ago ... :sigh: I guess it's better than the usual message "We'll update the tracking once we've delivered the parcel" which is all they give you once they have received it into their system. Just not much. Computer systems don't seem to be their forté - Horizon anyone? :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
Only thing is that it's 08:50 now, so the message is telling me that they could deliver the parcel an hour and a half ago
I see that all the time. Seems like it shouldn't be that hard to substitute the earliest time with the current time if it's in the past, even if only so it doesn't look so dumb. That, and the weather forecast saying the high's gonna be 24 today, but also reporting it's currently 27. Why not take a chance and report the high as 27 then...? [Extended rant] Is there any other job that allows you to be so wrong, so often, and yet remain employed? I'd love to see someone collect weather forecast data and how it gets revised over time, and then after the fact, compare what was forecast with what you actually got, and plot a graph showing the deviation over time. "They" keep saying forecasts are now more accurate than ever. I don't believe that for an instant, and I'd more readily believe forecasts were more accurate "back in the day" (whenever that might be).
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I needed a part to sort out a telly problem in our social club. I would imagine the parcel ought to be small enough to go through a letter box. So I told them to deliver it there, rather than come to me first. I also included full details of opening times in the delivery instructions section. Yesterday's "We attempted delivery" message was timed at 7:05pm, when the Club was open. So how exactly can you fail to deliver to an open boozer when even the lamest of buffoons must be able to see the lights on the the people inside? Do delivery drivers perhaps have some vampire blood and are unable to cross the threshold unless invited?
My mail delivery folks are notorious in my household for not delivering packages because "unable to access house" when I live in a house 1) without a fence, 2) on a public street, and 3) the front door is 15 feet of unobstructed grass from the public sidewalk. Lazy sod just doesn't want to say they skipped this part of their delivery route, so they make up an excuse.
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I just got a SMS to say that they would be delivering a parcel to me between 07:24 and 10:24 today - which is fine, I understand the need for a reasonably sized delivery window. Only thing is that it's 08:50 now, so the message is telling me that they could deliver the parcel an hour and a half ago ... :sigh: I guess it's better than the usual message "We'll update the tracking once we've delivered the parcel" which is all they give you once they have received it into their system. Just not much. Computer systems don't seem to be their forté - Horizon anyone? :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I often get "proof of delivery" notices that state "handed to Derek" and a photo of my house ( taken from the street, not even from the front garden). This usually happens when I'm away for the weekend. Fortunately the guy that does this actually leaves things in the side passage (behind the door) as requested.... 😂
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