My kid worked at a FedEx warehouse last summer near Chicago. The master conveyor belt sometimes broke down, and when hub Midwest warehouses were at their busiest, trucks might be rerouted to any number of other smaller warehouses. “Crapshoot” is definitely a key descriptor.
Always excuses.
Whatever happened to:
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds?
The thirty year evolution of Compassionate Capitalism into Squid Game.
I had two cases leave the fulfillment houses on Monday. I just redirected both to my local FedEx store like I have in the past. Both due on Thursday. I’ve had good luck with this process in the past. Fingers crossed.
There’s Devolution for you!
Yeah, a week or two ago I had a bottle of whiskey shipped and it sat in California for four days. No explanation. No reason. Clearly struggling with staffing shortages etc.
Different issue for me. Came home from a fifteen minute walk and found my Under the Wire shipment sitting on my doorstep. No signature given.
My FedEx delivery from the East Coast to Idaho looks as if it will arrive tomorrow, two days early.
Fedex delivery due with a medication (ear drops) arriving from Chicago … I live one hour north of Chicago … tracking says delivery will be today but shows the meds as still at the Chicago shipping location. I am hoping they manage to get it here tomorrow but who knows.
I wish I could have that problem. the signature thing is the bane of my existence.
18 hour delivery on 500lb pergola in 5 boxes. Helps that it was shipped basically from our distribution center…
FedEx was a no show for a scheduled pick up at a wine warehouse I use in Sausalito yesterday.
AMAZON too!
My sister has had two separate orders from two different companies for a large storage cabinet go awry one lost and one not delivered in San Rafael, CA, but rather KY!
Sitting at home today waiting for FedEx to deliver some wine. Check my email, and I get a notice saying it was delivered. Sure enough, I go outside, and by the front door - which is along a busy sidewalk in Chicago - is my box of wine. Never buzzed, rang, knocked. No request for ID or signature.
My two boxes of Ridge or on the way. This morning, the FedEx site said they were to be delivered on Wed by end of day.
They arrived in ??, ID at 7:10am this morning. They were indicated to be delivered by end of day today (Thurs). They arrived
in Henderson, CO at 10:30 am. That driver is going to have to go like a bat outta hell to get them to SantaFe today, onto a truck
for delivery to LosAlamos, and up here by end of today. Thiese were shipped on Mon for 2-day delivery.
Tom
I briefly chatted with my FedEx driver today while we discovered 1 box out of a 4 box (not wine) shipment wasn’t loaded on her truck… She says they are absolutely slammed now and they are sure it’s going to much worse as we get closer to the holidays. She knows I’ll start receiving wine soon (I try to wait until mid-November before OK’ing shipments, but I’m not always successful) and suggested I do everything I can to hold up shipments until early next year. Luckily, I’ve cut way back on purchases recently, so I only have a few wineries to convince …
That’s about right. FEDEX says signature required but drivers say otherwise.
FedEX quoted me 2 days for my Andremily shipment, but got it to me next day.
First wine shipment of the fall … no signature required.
I do seem to get all my fedex shipments but have occasional day or two delays.
I talked to a UPS driver last week after a case was delivered a day late to our home in the Bay Area. There were 35 wine deliveries the previous day that were marked as “nobody home for signature” by the same driver in our area. That’s quite a coincidence. The guy is known for not wanting to get out of the truck to deliver a heavy package. So he just scribbling the appropriate code on the box and goes on his merry way so that someone else has to deliver them the following day.
38 lbs is heavy for a UPS driver? Time for a new job.