So Now Both FED-EX and UPS Are Doing THIS

[D. Bergin]

Another former UPS guy here for what it's worth:

It's the holiday season and routes are broken up and overlapped and lots of drivers are given helpers/runners to run packages from the truck for them, while they set up the next stops to save time.

It was common for a house call route to go from 100 stops to 200 stops between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Leaving a sign out where you want your packages is a great idea, since there's a good chance your regular guy isn't delivering your area and you have a cover driver with a helper working your neighborhood.

That said, after I left UPS, I'd be perplexed when I'd occasionally see a UPS driver leave a package down in my driveway leaned up against my garage doors, when I had a giant covered front porch just 5 steps up. The type of front porch that was every delivery drivers wet dream to leave a package safely on without much worry of what would happen to it, weather or otherwise.

[jethrod3]

LOL, we never left a pint of whiskey, but I did leave a present a few times to one UPS driver that had a beloved dog. Our dog always loved him as he was always looking out for her to throw a bone while on his route, or leave one for her. He still occasionally has our route, but even before the holidays we've seen several drivers that we've not seen before, so we haven't gotten to know them very well.