Doortags and Being Home
Posted November 11th, 2009 @ 04:45pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Found another doortag from FedEx on my door just now… It's marked 2:23pm. I've been home since 8:30am. They don't ring the doorbell - they walk up to the door with a tag that's been pre-filled and stick it on, then walk away.
What I don't get is this: they're going to have to deliver it eventually. Do they just do this on days when they're behind?
Posted 12 Nov 2009 at 9:46am #
You need a door that detects when a tag is placed and rings the bell. And a webcam so you can check it's FedEx. And a tractor beam the prevent the truck from leaving while you're going to the door.
Posted 12 Nov 2009 at 9:50am #
I actually got a FedEx doortag the other day... in addition to the package on the doorstep. No doorbell, no knock. They just dropped the package off and stuck a doortag telling me when they did it.
Posted 12 Nov 2009 at 2:06pm #
I've never had FedEx do this (to my knowledge)
But UPS? All the damn time.
I WORK FROM HOME PEOPLE. I know when the delivery dude is full of crap.
Posted 12 Nov 2009 at 2:19pm #
[quote comment="56084"]I've never had FedEx do this (to my knowledge)
But UPS? All the damn time.[/quote]
Yeah, I should have been clearer. FedEx is usually better about this - and this was FedEx Ground, which is out of a different building and is apparently almost an entirely different business, than "regular FedEx."
UPS does seem to do it a lot more frequently. Plus, they're far more likely to leave a package by my garage door - which I almost never see - instead of my FRONT DOOR, which is where my address actually is.