RANT on AAS

[BlitzkriegBob]

You may not have anything to worry about. I worked at UPS for a short time while I was in college. I was a driver's assistant. I had to study a manual on the proper procedures for delivering packages. All of that information got thrown out the window within the first 5 minutes of being on that truck. A UPS driver has to deliver all of the packages on their full truck, and they don't really have time to mess around with filling out the forms required when someone isn't home. If you're not home, then more than likely someone is going to read your name on the package, and voila, you just signed for your package. I've been home on occasions when our UPS person is delivering a package to us, and they don't even ring the doorbell. They just leave it by the front door.

Now you may get someone who actually follows proper procedure, but I wouldn't stress about it until it happens.

[FullCount]

Around here, and the in the last place I lived, you can leave a note on your front door addressed to UPS stating that it is ok to leave the package if no one is home. Sign it and date it and that's all you have to do. Here, in the Dallas area, you can state whether it's for a one-time only delivery or whether it's good for all future deliveries. I think you can also set that up on-line now. You're probably gonna be ok.

[c4in]

**UPDATE**

I left a note for UPS with a request to leave the package, signed and dated it. They left a sticky note saying that they will try again tomorrow and that someone will have to be there to sign for it. Sooooo, I did the online thing to have them hold it at UPS and I will pick it up, 36 miles, fuel and time added to the cost. So yeah, I'm still ticked at AAS and their lack of any form of customer service.