My View. Let's See Yours

[Fr J Hackett]

I agree.....except sometimes it is the driver....leaving off the distant town because it’s getting close to the end of the day...or pretending they can’t deliver because no one is there just so they can quickly unload at a parcel reception hub...so you have to lug heavy batteries home yourself.
But at the end of the day...until the driverless delivery system arrives....they are the face of the company....anyone else you talk to might not even be in the same country or real.

We get the same problem and a few weeks ago when we caught the driver lying, irrefutably so we contacted DHL who initially tried to give us the run around but when we gave them enough rope to hang themselves we opened the trapdoor and showed the proof of phone logs etc. They sent us €50 and the parcel the next day with a different courier.

 

[Alicatt]

I agree.....except sometimes it is the driver....leaving off the distant town because it’s getting close to the end of the day...or pretending they can’t deliver because no one is there just so they can quickly unload at a parcel reception hub...so you have to lug heavy batteries home yourself.
But at the end of the day...until the driverless delivery system arrives....they are the face of the company....anyone else you talk to might not even be in the same country or real.

We had a similar problem in getting the domestic batteries delivered, 3 weeks late and I had to track down where they were myself somewhere between the trade supplier the retail shop and the final destination. They arrived the day before we got underway to come home.
Arrived on a pallet and brought to my door by a forklift truck

 

[Wansworth]

Mixing with the up market espanols…..part of the marina at Sanxenxo in the Ria de Pontevedra……other photos disappeared….bit like a mini Barcelona,bars and eateries

 

[ingenious]

Well, not exactly my view. My friend in Aberdeen sent me this to show me what it's like at the moment because apparently it's going to be pissing down on Monday when I'm there. Oh bliss.

 

[Bouba]

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Well, not exactly my view. My friend in Aberdeen sent me this to show me what it's like at the moment because apparently it's going to be pissing down on Monday when I'm there. Oh bliss.

Those masts have a nice rake…in fact so nice that those towers on land have decided to imitate them

 

[ingenious]

Those masts have a nice rake…in fact so nice that those towers on land have decided to imitate them

The 'towers' aren't on land, they are the legs of a jackup rig in the south harbour for repair.
And the rake may because Alan was pissed but I would never say that.

 

[shan]

Why pick on the driver who has nothing to do with how the company is run? That's just mau-mauing the the flak-catcher, and achieves nothing except ensuring the next delivery is put in the bin.

More often than not, here in Portugal, it is the driver. We actually had one send us a WhatsApp, after we had sent the google pin he requested, telling us that it was too far and he wasn't going to deliver. The parcel was then returned to the seller. Normally, they say it verbally and then deny it; this one actually wrote it in a message. The best case scenario, tends to be them leaving it at a collection centre NEAR where we live (9km). We have had a courier leave it a collection centre 40 kms away.

 

[Koeketiene]

Not nautical - exploring inland.

 

[ChromeDome]

We have had a courier leave it a collection centre 40 kms away.

Happened to us in Denmark too.

To add to the fun we got a message that it had been delivered to a shop, in one direction, when it actually was twice as far away - in the opposite direction.

 

[shan]

Happened to us in Denmark too.

To add to the fun we got a message that it had been delivered to a shop, in one direction, when it actually was twice as far away - in the opposite direction.

Oh... we have also had the delivered to the supermercado bit... except they refused to tell us which supermercado they had delivered our parcel to and to top it off, proof of delivery was literally an 'x', where the signature should be. Fortunately, Amazon Spain saw our point of view and refunded us.

 

[Wansworth]

If I can I have packages kept at the warehouse in the city……I was tired of trying to explain were our house was to delivery drivers who once out of the city seem to loose any sense of direction

 

[Alicatt]

Thankfully we have a post box of lockers at the top of the road, if you are not in they stuff the parcel into the locker and send you the code to get it.

Also as we seem to be the retired ones, we get the parcels to look after for our neighbours for when they are at work, don't mind it IF I am at home.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Grotty weather temporarily in abeyance and unfortunately having to put up with warm, calm & sunny for a while.

 

[ingenious]

Those masts have a nice rake…in fact so nice that those towers on land have decided to imitate them

The towers - jackup rig Noble Intrepid. The rusty hulk beside is Solong. The container ship that rammed a tanker off Hull a few months back

 

[Bouba]

The towers - jackup rig Noble Intrepid. The rusty hulk beside is So long. The container shop that rammed a tanker off Hull a few months backView attachment 196490

Great picture....the accommodation block really does look like a council estate .....is that to make the Scottish oil rig workers feel at home?

 

[ingenious]

Great picture....the accommodation block really does look like a council estate .....is that to make the Scottish oil rig workers feel at home?

Oh, I've stayed in much worse than that. Modern rigs are palatial compared to ones I've been on in Tunisia and West Africa

 

[ingenious]

Some tall ships

 

[Bouba]

I’ve decided to upgrade my stern thruster

 

[ingenious]

I’ve decided to upgrade my stern thruster

Stop mucking about and get a big one

 

[Alicatt]

Todays excursion with the grand kids, first time out with the new tender, we had some fun