As we don't get too many visitors, we do not yet have a receptionist in our lobby. We do have a phone with a sign next to it indicating that visitors should either call the extension of who they are hear to meet, or pick up the phone and wait to be connected to the office manager. It seems our delivery dudes are illiterate however.
Incident 1: We moved across the parking lot to a new building (in the same complex). The door to our old suite has a sign indicating our new
address and with a little map of which building we are in now. I was expecting a package one day. It doesn't show up and I call the FedEx up and see what's up. Sure the company that shipped the box screwed up and didn't correct our shipping address as I requested, but couldn't the delivery guy read the damn sign, and walk the extra 50 yards?
Incident 2: A DHL guy wanders into an ongoing meeting in the conference room off of our lobby shouting about having a package to be delivered.
Incident 3: DHL shows up to pick-up a laptop that is being returned for repair. Part of the pick-up is that they will pack the laptop for transport. He did indeed bring a box. One that allowed the laptop to rattle around in transit. This is the same box that is used to return the laptop.
Incident 4: I was expecting a package via DHL yesterday. When I checked on the package this morning, I saw that the most recent message was from yesterday and read "1:13 pm Consignee premises closed. Will attempt again next business day.". My workplace was of course not closed at 1 pm on a Thursday.
To paraphrase a friend of mine; There is only one shipping company.
