FedEx, UPS slug it out, rural service at stake

Didnt you hear........fedex and ups are merging...........going to be called fedup

 

This is coming from someone that gets the occasional order of Live Saltwater Fish Via the Web. The places that Ship FedEx I have never had an issue with the Fish showing up alive and then THRIVING in my fish Tanks. I tried a place that shipped UPS. NEVER FREAKING AGAIN. The package arrived Broken in Zero Degree Temps with animals that must be kept above 75 Degrees at all times. I saw how they were packed in the UPS truck that they came in the IDIOT TEAMSTERS had put freaking set of Craftsman tools on top of a box marked Fragile LIVE ANIMALS KEEP WARM. I lost close to 200 dollars on that one shipment. Yes the company I ordered from replaced the order However I demanded they ship the replacements FEDEX or I would never order from them again.

See Fed Ex has a nice thing THEY CAN FIRE IDIOTS THAT DO CRAP LIKE THIS UPS CAN NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE UNION. The person that did this I found out later via the delivery driver every time he sees the Fragile or Live animal tag puts the HEAVIEST package he can on top of it to kill the animals OR BREAK WHATEVER iS IN THERE. He has been written up multiple times however he is related to the head of the Local UNION so they will not allow him to be fired.

 

I am a retired UPS driver......what you say is SO true.

 

I Always have trusted Tom Hanks !!!!

He never said anything bad 'bout Fed Ex !!!

 

It's sad to read how careless some drivers are.

That movie was the biggest waste of my time. It would have been a decent movie if the majority of the storyline didn't revolve around a man lost on a deserted island while talking to and befriending a soccerball named "Wilson". Castaway was the name of the movie I believe.

 

I own 3 routes for FEDEX, great company.

 

Nope, while I was delivering packages at UPS I bought a route and ran it with my cell phone and an exUPS employee doing the delivering. COMPLETELY different treatment! My driver kept saying what a dream it was to work there. Management was respectful, workload was half or less of typical UPS routes. NO STRESS. And I have to agree, all my communications I had with management was awesome. They treated me like a human being, not a slave.....
People that work at FEDEX and complain, have NO IDEA how much more worse it could be. They need to appreciate what they have.

 

LOL there wouldn't be any movie at all without that. I really liked the spinoff commercial where the castaway guy delivers the package only to find out it was a satellite phone lol that could have been used to rescue him.

 

Hey you will do anything at all to stay sane when driven to it. Put yourself in his shoes your Stranded on a Deserted Island ALONE. Your tools Ice Skates a volleyball and a few Video tapes who are you going to talk to.