Auguries of Sweltering (monthly mini-rants)

USPS leaves stuff at our garage door. Right in the middle of the garage door. But they don’t lie about it. In fact, they don’t say anything about it at all. That way my wife can drive over it when she backs out of the garage, because who the fuck leaves a package in the middle of the driveway?

Plenty of room on either side of the garage, but I guess the dude thinks this way we will be sure to see it when we come home. Idiot.

I ordered some muffin tops tp be delivered. I have a front porch with a roof so it is prtected unless the wether is really bad. So the delivery person through the box marked perishable into my fenced in back yard during a hard rainstorm. The cardboard box retty much melted but fortunately everything was wrapped in plastic, and my dog was too dainty to go out in such weatherf. When I compalined they said the driver was worried the box would be stolen from the front porch.

I once ordered a child’s plush toy and received a specialized bicycle wrench instead.

I used their customer chat to complain about having to go out of my way to return it, since this went way beyond dissatisfaction with the product I ordered, and they removed the charge and told me I could keep or donate the wrench.

For which I was grateful, because I think if I had returned it they would’ve refused to credit it because I sent them a wrench instead of a plush toy.

Yes, “keep or donate” was what we were told also. They sent us the correct item, and we did donate the other to a local shelter for their sale. They gave me a receipt for the value of the donation and my gf used it at tax time.

That reminds me of the time a bunch of high-end steaks were accidentally delivered to my house. They said “Keep it.” Don’t mind if I do!

The only time I had an item delivered to my house by mistake from Amazon, I was expecting a package and they said it was delivered. I went out and there was a package with my address on the label. But when I opened it, It wasn’t what I ordered, instead it was a set of cabinet hinges.

I flipped the package over and there was another label on the other side, for an address nowhere near me. I called Amazon and let them know. I guess somehow they had labeled the package correctly, then somehow put my label on it also. They then scanned the wrong label and shipped it to me, assuming it was my package.

By contacting them, I wanted to make sure they sent me my real package, and could get this item to the right person. They said they were going to send mine out, and send more hinges to the other person. I could keep the hinges.

Of course, I had no use for a couple of random hinges, and had no idea who would want them. There were just a pair, like they’d go on one cabinet door. I just tossed it.

Most folks with muffin tops want them to disappear. Preferably without the need to diet or exercise.

I think you’re the first person I’ve ever met who ordered a muffin top. I’m curious what you’d do with more than one though; you’ve only got one set of hips and waistline. :wink:

On a serious note, the one thing I want Amazon, UPS, and FedEx to do with their feedback forms is add an option that says “The delivery person lied about where / how they delivered it.”

They won’t weed out the bac delivery people as long as they let them lie about what they’re doing.

At my work I’m always having Amazon issues. Once they said an item was delivered to our receptionist. We don’t have one though we do have a front counter to deal with walk-in customers. We’re in an office on the second floor of a building.

I walked around and finally found the box. It was down on the first floor, in the huge lobby, sitting on a public bench. The asshole delivery fucker walked into the building, dropped it off on a bench where anyone could grab it, and then lied and said it was delivered to our reception person.

A while back Barnes and Noble said they had called me to let me know a book I’d ordered was in. They said a message was left on my answering machine. I didn’t have an answering machine. An employee apparently lied so they could do less work.