James_Potter wrote:
> *wussy.*
Not liking to get bitten by dogs makes you a wussy?
> *You must get packages a lot, or you live in a really small town, if
> your UPS guy actually knows your dog. *
Generally, each driver has a route they do regularly. They get to know
every house on the route. The dogs stand out, if they keep you from
getting to the door. As a delivery person, you learn not to trust dogs.
Most dogs will just bark, but a few will protect their territory.
I was bitten once as a UPS driver, by a tiny little dog. I walked up to
a house surrounded by little ankle-biting dogs, all yapping at me. One
of them got my achilles tendon.
1. Annoying.
2. Harder, and it could have screwed up my walking for a time.
3. How do I know said yap dog doesn't have rabies or some other nasty
problem?
4. So don't call me a wussy.
There was another house I often went to that had three large dogs, all
barking at my door. Their circular drive went right in front of their
porch, so one time I was able to toss the package (carefully) onto the
porch without exiting the vehile. It is not my job to "experiment" with
your dogs. Of course you also don't get a yellow sticky-note on your
door either, for the same reason...
I worked for UPS less than four months, but during that time, I had
Oyster Bay, NY as my area for several weeks running. I could still
probably find any address there within minutes (without using
Mapquest).
UPS is generally very good about delivering to my house. My biggest
gripe is when they don't leave things out of sight and out of weather.
It's not that hard. Leaning up against the front door doesn't cut it.
Also I don't like when I order things online, relatively inexpensive
ones, and instead of being delivered, I get a note on my door saying I
need to sign. Why don't you tell me this up front! I'll have you deliver
it to my work, or someplace where there's always someone there to sign
for it!
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