Comments on: Miscellaneous Local Links – 12/12/06

By: acalhoun

acalhoun — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:33:06 +0000

I think it’s because my wife and I live on the west side of Calhoun. Maybe they divy it up that way…

By: tmay

tmay — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:34:04 +0000

I only took one sick day all year long, so I think that’s close enough! Next year I’m shooting for zero! I can’t even take all my vacation time this year! (mostly just because I’m not paid enough to go anywhere, though)

By: Mpls Simpleton

Mpls Simpleton — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:15:21 +0000

Tmay...If you want to fully assimilate to MN culture you have to learn to never get sick, and if you do still don't take a day off and come in and contaminate all your co-workers.

Don't feel guilty about having stuff shipped to work. It's really ok!

Signed,

Gen. Mills, Ret.

By: tmay

tmay — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:58:56 +0000

I'm convinced (and I've heard some stories to back me up), that there are times where a driver doesn't even try to deliver. They'll fill out the little "I missed you" form, even if the recipient happens to be home.

Actually this happened to me once. I was home sick for the day and when I went downstairs to check my mail there was one of those notices. Never even tried to ring my buzzer. Fucking assholes, seriously.

I share the guilt about mixing it in with business stuff, though. It just doesn't seem right to me.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:44:11 +0000

tmay, I have the same issues with UPS (and also Qwest–they wouldn’t schedule an installation at any time other than 9-5 M-F). I have a car, but I hate driving out to their facility. I’m convinced (and I’ve heard some stories to back me up), that there are times where a driver doesn’t even try to deliver. They’ll fill out the little “I missed you” form, even if the recipient happens to be home.

My old apartment had someone in the office during business hours and they’d receive my packages, but my new place is too small for that. So I do as others suggested and have it delivered to work. I do feel a bit guilty about making my receiving department deal with it. Maybe that’s just my Catholic upbringing.

By: MunsingW

MunsingW — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:42:08 +0000

I used to worry about that, but now I think of it as a benefit that my employer provides. It’s cheaper than dental insurance.

By: tmay

tmay — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:36:26 +0000

possibly, but it’s not really too good of an idea to do regularly. We get a lot of packages at work anyway, but I don’t know whether or not it would be frowned upon to get personal ones mixed in with that. Plus, if it’s anything heavy, I still have to get it home from work … which is, admittedly, much closer than the broadway facility, but still kind of annoying for heavier stuff.

By: MunsingW

MunsingW — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:28:11 +0000

Tmay --

Can't you just have it shipped to you at your work address?

Problem solved! No thanks necessary.

By: tmay

tmay — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:15:07 +0000

I hate UPS so much. Why can they not have seperate delivery schemes for residential and commercial locations? You already have to check which type it is when you ship, don't you? "Hey, let's always try to deliver packages to people's apartments and houses in the middle of the day! It's not like anyone works for a living and has to adhere to regular business hours! haw haw haw!"

And then, because I'm never home when they decide to drop by, they hold my package (on broadway, btw). But I don't have a car, and there's only one bus that goes up there extremely infrequently. If my package is anything bigger than what I can fit in my bag, I've got to wait for the bus, hitch a ride with a friend or take a cab. None of those are particularly convenient options, and really kind of destroy the whole convenience of getting something shipped to you in the first place. I mean, am I supposed to take the day off work to wait for a package that *might* come by anytime within a six hour window they give you? If they could at least be a little more specific about what time of day the deliverman would be stopping by I would come home to sign for a delivery and head back to work. But no, we just get four neatly divided times of day that are way too long to bum around hoping for a lucky break.

For fuck's sake, can I just have something shipped via the USPS and held at the downtown post office? At least that's got a bunch of bus routes by it! UPS must realy hate city-dwellers.

Oh, and the lines at the broadway facility are always awful after the trucks come back in, which is of course the only time you can actually pick your stuff up, because it will roam around town for another 5 hours after they try to deliver it.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:51:22 +0000

I have a UPS-related question

wait, do you live in mpls or maple grove? i live in mpls and my ups packages are always at the shipping center on broadway. if you go at any time other than say 5pm, there's never a line. weird.