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December 3, 2007
Why UPS is better than FedEx
So I'm at my neighborhood Seven-11 last Friday buying my junk food du jour and after making my selections and walking back out to my car, notice a big UPS truck parked near me.
I unlock my car and start to get in when I notice the UPS driver emerging from the back of the truck with two small packages.
"Hey," I say, 'cause it's my local driver, whom I see about three times a week, most often with stuff from Amazon.
He walks over to me and says "These are for you."
Huh?
He then tells me he recognized my car in the lot as he was approaching the store and figured I must be there so why not save a trip out to my house?
There's something to be said in favor of living in a Podunk town.
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Ah, I found it. I knew there was a reference to junk food around here somewhere.
Anyway, speaking of junk food, since there does seem to be the occasional interest in potato-poopie/corn-curlie kinds of eatables, I figured I'd chime in with my two new "finds." (I'm sure they've been around forEVER and "what rock have YOU been under, you provincial bumpkin" and all that, but, well, anyhow...) So. I have a new favorite potato chip: Cape Cod "Robust Russet," in a russet (natch) colored bag with a picture of a lighthouse on the front. Small, crispy, curly little chips with a beautiful dark golden color and a real potatoey flavor. No strange, unidentifiable bottle-of-oil-that's-been-in-the-back-of-the-kitchen-cabinet-for-ten-years taste.
And, these Blue Diamond Nut Thins. Perfectly round, shiny, 1&1/2-inch diameter rice crackers with ground-up nuts and some actual flavor. They come in Almond, Smokehouse Almond, Pecan, Hazelnut, Country Ranch Almond & Cheddar Cheese Almond. (I'm very fond of the Smokehouse Almond.) And 16 crackers only costs you 130 calories! And, if it's important to anybody, they're wheat/gluten free. I guess that's if you have, what is it, splue? grue? Whatever.
I found these tasties in Kroger's exotic/"foreign" foods department. (Of course, at the Kroger I frequent, a can of mandarin oranges is considered an exotic food.) Such excitement!
Posted by: Flautist | Dec 5, 2007 3:06:33 PM
I was looking for a UPS box one day, when I noticed the UPS truck in the lane next to me. We were stopped at a red light so I asked him if he could accept mt package. He did so with a laugh and accepted it with my thanks. Sounds like this could make for an interesting commercial.
Posted by: richard | Dec 4, 2007 1:36:23 PM
I don't know...I work on a pretty large campus, and both the FedEx guy and the UPS guy (we have one assigned primarily for the entire campus), will tell me I have something if they see me across the way and occasionally hand it to me as I'm walking into a meeting.
Then again, I do order quite a bit, from my meds to my near daily Amazon / Woot / WhateverIsOnSlickDeals (cheap-o mini gel pens for $2 with shipping!)...maybe it is just easier than having to go all the way to the torture chambers I work in. Less nightmares for them I guess...
Posted by: clifyt | Dec 3, 2007 1:35:41 PM
Our local postie's very well trained. He drops stuff off at a friend's office up the road if I'm not in 'cos he knows taking it back to the depot is a pain for both of us.
Posted by: Skipweasel | Dec 3, 2007 10:57:20 AM
I live in the 25th largest metro area in the US, not a podunk town, and my UPS driver still knows me. He might see me outside my neighborhood and he still honks and waves. Last week he was making a delivery at my house as I pulled up. He had blocked the driveway, so rather than making me wait in the street while he went to the house to deposit the package (which is probably what he's supposed to do), he came to my car and handed it to me. And he is ALWAYS happy and laughing. I want to know what drugs he's on.
Posted by: Al Christensen | Dec 3, 2007 10:34:22 AM
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