FedEx, Now You're Just F*n With Me

[kitekrazy]

22 hours ago, Shane_B. said:

They're handing out CDL's to them here like they are candy. They can't speak or read English, which is kind of important, you know, when you're reading signs on the highway. Maybe they taught them to recognize the important ones like "One Way" and "Stop". Why they allow them to drive 18 wheelers is beyond me and it's becoming a deadly problem across the country ...

I work at an apartment complex. The number on our street address happens to be the same as one of the apartment numbers. I would say that 85% of everyone's deliveries go that apartment because they don't or can't read the packages when they label says 15 xyz St, Apt 30. They just see the 15 xyz street and drop everything off at Apt 15 even if it says a different apartment number.

 People who know English make the same mistake. They are usually younger people.  I have an address that ends with a 5 but somehow those Prime people confuse a 5 with a 3 and it's not Roman numerals.  I don't do Prime so when something comes I know it isn't for 3. This error happens 3 times a year.

 Cool thing is Sweetwater has a warehouse very close to me. Everything is next day for me and I don't have to pay for shipping.

 Back in the day of shrinkwrap if you ordered from EW they charged you for overnight shipping. If you are not home it would get shipped back to them.

[Amberwolf]

1 hour ago, kitekrazy said:

I have an address that ends with a 5 but somehow those Prime people confuse a 5 with a 3 and it's not Roman numerals.

If it *was* in roman numerals, it would be much harder for them to confuse the two.  

[Shane_B.]

1 hour ago, kitekrazy said:

Cool thing is Sweetwater has a warehouse very close to me. Everything is next day for me and I don't have to pay for shipping.

You just jogged an old memory.

I ordered an amp one time. They only had the floor model at Guitar Center and I wanted a new in the box one. It was in stock at the warehouse in the same city. Waited and waited, no amp. So I called and asked if I could just drive there and pick it up. The kid got snotty with me and asked why I wanted it so bad.

I said, you know, your right sweety, I don't want it that bad. I cancelled the order and I haven't bought a single thing from Guitar Center since. That was a good 7 or 8 years ago. Maybe more now that I think about it. The amp wasn't the only reason I stopped buying there, but it was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

That said, I did take them for a like new condition hollow body with matching hardshell case w/logo for $240 bucks that normally sold for $1000 w/case. This was before the amp debacle. They said they couldn't get rid of it because it was left handed so I helped them out with it.