Scaring my cat

"Emily" wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
"Peter R." wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote:

UPS drivers don't come back as cats. I'm sure they come back as a much
lower
form of life.
Hmmm, the drivers who serve my neighborhood have all been excellent.
Very
friendly and likable. What's been your experience?

--
Peter

Two broken computer monitors last week from the rough handling that some
of which I watched take place. One was dropped from the back of the truck
to the ground.
That's not the pilot's fault!

I never mentioned pilots.

Peter Duniho wrote:
"Emily" wrote in message
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Two broken computer monitors last week from the rough handling that some
of which I watched take place. One was dropped from the back of the truck
to the ground.
That's not the pilot's fault!

If by "pilot" you mean "driver", in what way is it not the "pilot"'s fault?

By "pilot" I meant "pilot of something larger than a truck". :-)

I don't know, I never see the truck drivers.

"Emily" wrote in message
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Peter Duniho wrote:
"Emily" wrote in message
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Two broken computer monitors last week from the rough handling that
some of which I watched take place. One was dropped from the back of
the truck to the ground.
That's not the pilot's fault!

If by "pilot" you mean "driver", in what way is it not the "pilot"'s
fault?

By "pilot" I meant "pilot of something larger than a truck". :-)

I don't know, I never see the truck drivers.

In my post I ONLY spoke of the drivers and the drivers are the ONLY people
with UPS I ever see. I would assume that would hold true for the vast
majority of UPS customers.

What contact do you have with UPS that you never see the drivers?

Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
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In my post I ONLY spoke of the drivers and the drivers are the ONLY people
with UPS I ever see.

Yes, well, beer + usenet is not a good combination. Beer makes you read
things that aren't there.

What contact do you have with UPS that you never see the drivers?

Dated a pilot for a few months (few months too long). And they are a
customer of my company. I never actually *ship* anything UPS.

("Emily" wrote)
Dated a pilot for a few months (few months too long).


Women seldom have ANYTHING good to say about past relationships. I think it
helps them get over the relationship ...and move forward.

Men may gripe about their current relationships, but will often wax
nostalgic for their old flame(s).

Just a 30 year observation. g


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
("Emily" wrote)
Dated a pilot for a few months (few months too long).


Women seldom have ANYTHING good to say about past relationships. I think it
helps them get over the relationship ...and move forward.

Men may gripe about their current relationships, but will often wax
nostalgic for their old flame(s).

Just a 30 year observation. g


Montblack

LOL Soon as I read it, it struck a chord. Excellent observation.

Blue skies

John

"PR" == Peter R writes:
PR Hmmm, the drivers who serve my neighborhood have all been
PR excellent. Very friendly and likable. What's been your
PR experience?

Mine too. But one evening I watched 3 different UPS drivers go down
the street delivering packages! Don't they organize deliveries by area?

"PD" == Peter Duniho writes:
PD I have yet to see any delivery driver actually driving safely.

Well, I haven't seen, for instance, any cops on highways driving
safely either. Multiple lane changes without signaling, weaving
in-and-out of traffic, and this seems to be normal (not in pursuit or
going to a call).

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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Well, I haven't seen, for instance, any cops on highways driving
safely either. Multiple lane changes without signaling, weaving
in-and-out of traffic, and this seems to be normal (not in pursuit or
going to a call).

Yup. No argument there. Well, maybe a little argument...I think over the
years I must have seen at least a few police officers who weren't violating
any motor vehicle laws. But you're right, on the whole they drive as badly,
if not worse than, the average driver. The police are some of the worst
tailgaters I see, especially when out on the highway.

As I said, it's not really so much that the delivery truck drivers are
*worse* than the average driver. It's that they are *just as bad*, in spite
of supposedly being professionals.

Pete

"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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Mine too. But one evening I watched 3 different UPS drivers go down
the street delivering packages! Don't they organize deliveries by area?

They don't. Sure seems like they ought to, but I have had multiple packages
arrive on the same day, all delivered by a different driver.

Doesn't seem very efficient to me. But of course, I'm not privy to the
entire package delivery process. It may be that at some step of the way,
the cost of consolidating the packages is higher than the cost of multiple
visits to the same address.

Actually, now that I think about it, I have a friend who as an IEOR student
worked multiple internships at UPS dealing with these very kinds of
questions. I'll try to remember to ask him about the multiple delivery
thing.

Pete