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We live out in the country and have a 150 yd driveway. We've had a number of UPS and Fedex deliveries this last week. We have a big parking area in front of the house and have had trucks with 28' trailers turn around with no problem. This last week, though, drivers have been parking out by the road and walking down the driveway. They must have some rule now about parking within 100 yds of a house. That would sure slow down their schedules.
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I had a FED X delivery yesterday from a U-Haul truck. They backed into the driveway but not all the down.
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We live out in the country and have a 150 yd driveway. We've had a number of UPS and Fedex deliveries this last week. We have a big parking area in front of the house and have had trucks with 28' trailers turn around with no problem. This last week, though, drivers have been parking out by the road and walking down the driveway. They must have some rule now about parking within 100 yds of a house. That would sure slow down their schedules. We have a similar situation with our driveway. UPS and FedEx trucks almost always come on down the driveway, and turn around. A few times each year though, we'll get a driver that parks at the end of the drive (or sometimes in the road ), and walks the whole 400' to the house. This seems to be related more to driver IQ (or lack thereof) than any change in policy.
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I'm expecting a FedEx delivery this afternoon at the office. I will ask if there is a national policy change.
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They pulled to our front door yesterday. We have a circle driveway
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Just a thought, but a new driver may look at a long drive and think he might not have room to turn around, and isn't all that keen about backing out.
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We live out in the country and have a 150 yd driveway. We've had a number of UPS and Fedex deliveries this last week. We have a big parking area in front of the house and have had trucks with 28' trailers turn around with no problem. This last week, though, drivers have been parking out by the road and walking down the driveway. They must have some rule now about parking within 100 yds of a house. That would sure slow down their schedules. I haven’t observed a change.....Yet! memtb
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FEDEX has F ucked up three deliveries in a row. Firs it says "out for delivery" then it fails to show and all you get is "pending" and nothing else. Their chat line is worthless and if you use the phone you get some zipperhead in BFE that is no help at all.
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these drivers think my drive is a speedway ,after numerous times getting on em to slow the fug down I finally had enough and told em gonna start jerkin em out of the truck and either give an ass whippin or take one .the big boss got ahold of me a nd assured me that the matter was takin care of' so far they have been keeping it slowed down
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FEDEX has F ucked up three deliveries in a row. Firs it says "out for delivery" then it fails to show and all you get is "pending" and nothing else. Their chat line is worthless and if you use the phone you get some zipperhead in BFE that is no help at all. FedEx isn’t what it once was. We’ve had numerous issues with our regular delivery guy....if there’s a bit of snow, he refuses to deliver. Last year, our daughter sent flowers for Mother’s Day....they were left at the mail box 1/2 mile from the house. Many of the drivers are now “contract employees”.....you get what you pay for! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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We live out in the country and have a 150 yd driveway. We've had a number of UPS and Fedex deliveries this last week. We have a big parking area in front of the house and have had trucks with 28' trailers turn around with no problem. This last week, though, drivers have been parking out by the road and walking down the driveway. They must have some rule now about parking within 100 yds of a house. That would sure slow down their schedules. We have a similar situation with our driveway. UPS and FedEx trucks almost always come on down the driveway, and turn around. A few times each year though, we'll get a driver that parks at the end of the drive (or sometimes in the road ), and walks the whole 400' to the house. This seems to be related more to driver IQ (or lack thereof) than any change in policy. Same situation here...
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It probably is a new driver. Until recently, we have had to train new UPS and Fed Ex drivers to leave all deliveries at our second gate - which is about a mile from our house. We don't want them to come up the driveway as their trucks tear up our gravel driveway. We finally solved the problem by installing an electric gate, so it is now permanently closed.
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Most here come up the 100 yard driveway, unless snow is too deep
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Had deliveries yesterday and the day before. Both times they drove up the house and turned around in the yard.
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I had a FED X delivery yesterday from a U-Haul truck. They backed into the driveway but not all the down. shortage of delivery trucks......
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I had a FED X delivery yesterday from a U-Haul truck. They backed into the driveway but not all the down. shortage of delivery trucks...... We see that sort of thing around Christmas.
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FEDEX has F ucked up three deliveries in a row. Firs it says "out for delivery" then it fails to show and all you get is "pending" and nothing else. Their chat line is worthless and if you use the phone you get some zipperhead in BFE that is no help at all. Easy Jorge...That “Zipperhead” has a name and it’s Thomas, or Michael, or Daniel or Jonathan....😬😎
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Fed Ex and UPS have merged- - - - - -their new name is FED-UP!
LOL!
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I think FedEx is struggling with what to do.
Pulling away from Amazon was right but there's not a GREAT alternative.
What they SHOULD do - IMO, is get with Shopify and be tight with them. Competitor to Amazon with a slightly better model (IMO) and great density.
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UPDATE: This morning’s UPS delivery.....to the door! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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