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In directly related news, I hate UPS with the fire of a thousand suns. Not only are they incapable of reading simple notes, let alone following the directions stated on said notes, but they just generally suck balls. They're currently holding two of my packages hostage, and I'm about ready to swear out a fatwa against them. Because I have evening classes the next two days and hence won't be home to receive packages, and of course I can't drive out to the UPS facility to pick the fucking things up. So I'm going to have to call them and see if they will keep my packages until Friday, and either have them redeliver them then (which I'm not thinking they'll do) or find someone who'll take me out to pick them up.

I really wish places would give you the option of how you want something shipped; I would pay EXTRA to get something delivered NOT by UPS. (And it certainly wouldn't be any slower...with UPS' fucking moronic delivery method, and complete inconvenience of their package pickup centers, I'd get fucking USPS Media Mail faster than this shit.)

So...calling UPS tomorrow. If they are not polite and professional and willing to accommodate me, I'mma go ballistic - and while I'm normally pretty laid-back, when I go off I go OFF.

In completely unrelated news, reality reflects crazy Japanese pop culture, take 2. (Take 1, of course, being the kids who attacked/killed their parents who may or may not have been inspired by Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.) Sadly, my first reaction was not "oh god, how horrible," but "goddammit, how stupid do you have to be to spell 'desu' wrong?"

And speaking of the wacky Japanese, have some ramen porn. (Worksafe, if not particularly brainsafe.)

...does planning ahead to skip a class tomorrow make me a bad student?

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Had a similar problem with UPS this summer when they were delivering my TV (a heavy 42" flat screen). I missed them by 30 minutes, and I had to explain to them that there's no way I could pick up such a huge item, and because of my teaching schedule I couldn't settle for delivery on another business day.

It took a lot of fuming and complaining on my part for them to realize it would be a lot less laborious to just have the driver return to my house instead of returning to the UPS facility, unloading the huge box, and loading it again for a redelivery attempt I wouldn't have been there for anyway.

Fortunately when I got my TV they delivered it on a Friday, which is the one day I can legitimately stay home and be available for delivery. :D

But yeah, it seems like every time I get something UPS they have this habit of delivering at the exact same time (during which I'm absent) every time, even if I've left a note on my door leaving the specific times I will be home for delivery. >_

Interesting...usually it's FedEx that f's up packages at my house. Or (god forbid) DHL, who are the absolute WORST. Then again, I think last time UPS f'd something up, J complained to his mom, who works for a hub manager at UPS. Maybe our house is registered in their computer as "DO NOT FUCK UP ON PAIN OF DEATH" or something now, because they've been really reliable ever since.

My favourite stories to do with them fucking up come from me + a friend, around the same time in fact. I've been mail-ordering hay for my bunnies for a long time, from this awesome place called Oxbow Hay Company. (Now they're carried in local shops, which I need to check out, but they didn't used to be.) A lot of hay sold in pet shops shouldn't be fed to anyone, let alone someone you care about, but Oxbow's is good stuff. Anyway, they only ship UPS. One day, even though I asked that they specify that no signature was required since no one's home during the day, the UPS driver determined it was unsafe to leave the hay at our townhouse.

There's no reason this should have been the case, but it took over a week and me skiving off work "sick" one day to finally get it. A BOX OF HAY.

A few weeks later, I'd ordered a laptop online. The laptop came UPS and was left ON MY DOORSTEP. It required a signature, but they left it anyway. :P

Around the same time, my friend Kim's parents had a desktop computer delivered from Gateway via UPS. So it's in the huge, instantly-recognisable cow boxes, right?

The UPS guy, very clever individual I'm sure, left the boxes ON THEIR DOORSTEP, with no signature---but took the time to put THEIR DOORMAT on top of one of the boxes.

You know, because no one will notice these huge cow-splodged boxes if they've got a doormat on them. XD

Also, re: ramen porn: How has Japan not imploded yet? XD

Huh, clearly I need to make friends with some UPS folks! XD

But yeah, the others aren't much better...my stepdad is currently hating on DHL because they are apparently incapable of locating the building where he works, even when given its correct address and directions on how to get there.

Also, wtf at the doormat thing. Maybe he was just trying to say "welcome" to the thieves who might want to steal it? XD

I've had my share of issues with UPS also. My last job we shared space with another small company, but there were two different phone line, and so two different places to call on the call box downstairs. The problem being was we shared the same number. So there would be 456 Company X and 456 Company Y. Well UPS always seemed to call the other company. (Which half the time they were not there because they were just an older semi-retired couple). Well, then we didn't know UPS called. I even left a note on the call box telling them to call us and not them on day. Well, I ended calling ups on the deliver (because he did this several times in a row) and then when he finally dropped the damn thing off he was really nasty to me because I called.

Then I had to figure out how to drag a OSX mac server up four flights of stairs. Thankfully one of the guys in the building helped me carry it up.

Yeah, another thing I've noticed about UPS is that when you call to arrange something extra (delivery, etc.), they get really snippy and pissy. D:

Whoa, you're swearing like me and Travis, you must be pissed!

Haha, I actually swear a lot when I'm by myself, especially if I'm getting frustrated. You should have heard me a few weeks ago when I was putting together my TV cart - there was lots of "fucking sonuvabitch piece of shit furniture" muttering. (Of course, when I realized that it wasn't the cart's fault but my own suckiness at reading directions, I found myself feeling guilty and apologizing to the inanimate TV cart. XD)

This is where we differ; I wouldn't even try putting together a piece of furniture! Directions and I DO NOT get along.

Cockgoblin! That's it! I knew you would help us think of a good name for our next baby!

I dunno, I think Cockgoblin might be better for a middle name...little kids are cruel, they might try to turn that into something insulting. XD

Did you get your package?! Our UPS guy knocks on the door and then RUNS AWAY, seriously by the time I get to the door he is already at the bottom of the stairs, he shouts "Courtney?" I shout "yes" and he runs away again. Unless he needs a signature, then he waits, but not for long!