The Delivery Had To Be Handed Off Securely, But Nobody Was There To Take It, So It Never Arrived
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Conflicting delivery instructions can make a simple package surprisingly difficult.
One business demanded that its shipment never be left unattended.
The problem was obvious.
Its doors stayed locked for four more hours.
Let’s check out all the details below.
Delivery: The Customer Got Exactly What They Asked!
My job is delivering packages for Amazon Flex.
One recent day, I had a package to deliver to a business.
And unlike many business deliveries, this one had a “no recipient required” in the delivery instructions.
This meant that I wouldn’t have to get a signature for the delivery.
The delivery note said: “Do not leave the package unattended.”
But the delivery notes from the business itself very emphatically said that they didn’t want the package left unattended.
Well, this delivery was at 7:00 am, and it turned out that the business didn’t open until 11:00 that day.
This was long after my delivery block was over.
So, this man decided to just return the package to the Amazon station.
So, I returned the package to the Amazon station at the end of my delivery block.
I was annoyed that I had to make this extra trip, but I also felt kind of good about it because it meant that the business wasn’t going to get their package that day.
It was a kind of revenge to them for making such delivery demands!
Hey… make stupid rules, get stupid results!
The company may have had a good reason not to want to leave the package unattended.
Let’s read the responses of other people on Reddit to this story.
This user shares their personal thoughts.
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Here’s a valid point from this person.
I don’t blame them for their requirements, says this person.
Someone who worked in logistics shares their opinion.
Finally, this person thinks it’s a weird combination of requirements.
The driver followed the business’s instructions and refused to leave its package outside the locked building.
Since nobody arrived before his route ended, the shipment returned to the station instead.
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