Parcel Mania!
By JENNY ARCHER
@bookbar (1609)
Sudbury, England
December 16, 2015 9:18am CST
Just sitting here, watching Interlink go around in circles, as I track my parcel delivery on their map, as I am delivery number 93, on today's route.
Now I'm sure their route manager knows what he/she is doing...but so far today, they have been through my village around 3 times, en route to elsewhere, the driver when he eventually gets to my delivery number will then have to backtrack for miles, to get to my door.
Is it me ?...Or do others think that everything in life has become unnecessarily complex and complicated.... and we won't even mention those phone calls to 'Customer services'... now that's a really big no-no.
So here I am on myLot, twiddling my thumbs, as I daren't leave the house, just in case he takes a short cut and arrives early, or a long cut and is late.
So that's my moan for today out of the way!
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12 responses
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
16 Dec 15
I have noticed the same thing, too, when tracking a parcel I was expecting. There seems to be absolutely no logic to their route. In fact, it's almost as if they WANT to burn petrol! You would think that, with all the mapping and location facilities available, someone would be able to put the daily deliveries onto the computer and work out exactly what the optimum route is and exactly how the packages should be loaded onto the van to make things as efficient and as quick as possible for everyone.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
17 Dec 15
@bookbar I'd be thinking seriously about writing a detailed letter to the CEO of Interlink, pointing out the apparent inefficiency of their system with details of the journey extracted from the tracking site. Of course, it's probably too late now because I doubt that you took screenshots or recorded the track!
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 15
I missed a signed for parcel today so I have to go to the post office sorting office to collect it tomorrow. GRRRR
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
17 Dec 15
@garymarsh6 Guess they think we're all psychic and will know when their dodgy deliveries will appear, that's where Interlink win out, you do get tracking info at least an hour before due delivery, but they do have a few, shall we say, not quite English drivers, who sometimes have a problem with British addresses
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
18 Dec 15
When the UPS guy delivers a package to me, I'm the last box in his entire truck @bookbar . Geez!
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
18 Dec 15
@nanette64 Oh, poor billy no mates, it must feel like the Ugly Duckling....
Oh, poor billy no mates, it must feel like the Ugly Duckling....1 person likes this
@Poppylicious (11133)
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17 Dec 15
Ah, life was so much more simple when we couldn't track our parcels on the internet!
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Dec 15
They tell you what number you are? They sure don't do that in the States. But what they do do is pass by my town my package goes 80 miles to another postal place, then back past my town to the other postal place and finally my package will get here. Doesn't make any sense to me how all that works.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
24 Dec 15
@fishtiger58 Yes they do, even show you a little map that follows the driver, along with estimated time of delivery...this is great, but also a different stressful, when you see that driver criss crossing so close to you and then driving off elsewhere... but at least you don't have to be in for 8hrs waiting
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Dec 15
@bookbar In the US they just tell you it will be delivered today. Now the thing is if it's coming through the US Postal Service then you know when you usually get your mail. Mine always comes between 9 and 10 in the morning.If it's coming by FedEx or United Parcel then they just tell you by 8 pm that becomes all day.
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
16 Dec 15
The one thing that I really hate about deliveries is the unknown factor of what time someone will arrive. It is ridiculous to think that they can never even predict whether the delivery will arrive in the morning or afternoon, yet that had to be decided the previous day in order to load the vehicle correctly.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Dec 15
Several delivery companies seem to think that Northampton is the same as Notthingham and North London. I've watched parcels bounce up and down the country, sometimes driving within about 10 miles of my house without them actually finding us.
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@rebeccaelaine (25)
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16 Dec 15
I detest having to call customer services as thy never seem to know what I am talking about and ay my parcel should be here or it doesn't even exist.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
17 Dec 15
@rebeccaelaine and that's after you have gone through all the button options and cruddy musak, no doubt
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