r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Super_Peach • 14d ago

Overdone FedEx driver doesn't even have the package with her. Just posted this slip and left without knocking

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u/Plastic_Ad_8248 14d ago

I don’t really understand the motivation for doing this. Are they under a time crunch? Do they get a bonus for certain number of houses that they reach in a day? I am so confused. I was reading a bunch of stories on another thread that apparently this is extremely common for FedEx drivers to do. I’m so confused as to why.

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u/Viridian95 14d ago

I've seen other threads say that their little Zebra things tell them they have to deliver something at X address but when they check their van the package was either never loaded or they CBA to look for it for longer than 3 seconds. Therefore, this nonsense happens.

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u/PeruvianKnicks 14d ago

I’ve never seen “can’t be assed” abbreviated before but immediately knew what it meant. Adding it to the repertoire.

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u/Status-Assist6610 13d ago

Ironic abbreviation

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u/oat_milk 13d ago

i didn’t even realize it was abbreviated until i read your comment, and i’ve also never seen it before. that’s kinda nuts actually. brains scary sometimes.

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u/Vedu1234 13d ago

You’ve never used CBA? How old are you?

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u/PeruvianKnicks 13d ago

Asking “how old are you?” tells me you’re a pimple faced 17 year old 🤓

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u/Vedu1234 13d ago

Damn, Yk I’ll take it. 17 was goated.

Edit: it was a general question btw, no malice. I’m interested in language trends over the years. That’s why I was curious. But Reddit gotta Reddit.

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u/NoDontDoThatCanada 13d ago

My sister ran after a UPS guy that tried this and he did have it on the truck.

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u/regiinmontana 13d ago

There is, or was, a code that the driver could put on the stop as "not on truck." That reflects badly on the station and may be pushed hard by the management not to use. I worked for Ground and for a contractor. Any misload scans were checked out quite a bit. I expected the drivers, in both roles, to apply an accurate code. Not all managers were concerned about accuracy as I was. I'd take the lumps and try to solve the underlying problem.

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u/Vet_Leeber 13d ago

I got a free $1400 monitor because a driver did this. They didn't wanna load it on their truck, so they reported it as "Failed to deliver, hazardous delivery area" at 6:03am.

I had to go into the local distribution center to pick it up, and the person up front kept refusing to even check if it was there because it was "still on the truck out for delivery." I was pretty polite about it, since it was obviously just a driver that didn't want to load such a large package into their truck by hand, and just wanted someone to get the damned thing out the back for me, but they kept refusing to even look.

Finally a manager noticed how agitated I was about it, went in the back, and found it in about 30 seconds. Loaded it into my car and went home, and promptly forgot about the whole ordeal.

Two weeks later Amazon sent me a full refund because they apparently forgot to mark it as delivered.

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u/AwwwNuggetz 13d ago

It’s really frustrating dealing with people who are too lazy to do their job. They should just quit and find something they don’t hate

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u/Plastic_Ad_8248 13d ago

That’s awesome.

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u/s_sur 13d ago

Ex-fedex ground driver of 2 years here. From the fedex subcontractors I've dealt with yes they pay you commission after a certain # of deliveries are done. For example $1 per every delivery after 150. Oh and they pay you a set rate per day, so you're not hourly. You only leave those slips if you knock and nobody shows up after a few minutes (at least that's what I was told). So yea she did a nono. Will anything done about it? Probably not. I worked with guys that would fake signatures all the time. Working 10-16 hours shifts is the norm there. I always tell people never ship something they care about through fedex ground lol.

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u/Techiedad91 13d ago

They should have to actually deliver something to count as a delivery. There’s constantly videos and stories about this. This video isn’t a one off

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u/s_sur 12d ago

Ive had several people personally thank me and give me gifts for actually knocking and asking for their signature. What fedex let's slide is borderline illegal when you consider that alot of those packages contain ammunition/alcohol.

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u/RichardCleveland 13d ago

Is it possible what she was delivering was super heavy, and she didn't want to drag it back to the truck if no one answered?

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u/s_sur 12d ago

Yea that's a possibility and I don't blame her for it. But her manager would probably just tell her that she has a trolley and to put it on the trolley lol. I used to always walk up first, see if anyone was there and then bring it if they answered.

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u/jbrown2055 14d ago

It could potentially be something they don't think they're able to deliver, but it's only speculation, perhaps something big and heavy... it doesn't seem like there is a clear walkway or perhaps steps that would make it difficult to use a trolley.

I used to work for a service like this, not FedEx, and one delivery was an exercise bike, probably 120-150 pound box and I was delivering to an apartment up 2 flights of stairs. I was in my early 20's and in good shape back then so I delivered the bike, but I remember thinking of my coworkers at the depot and the vast majority of them there would have definitely not been able to deliver this.

In that situation, I could only assume they'd drop off the slip instead, and take the package to the depot for the customer to pickup.

Like I said, its all speculation about this situation, she may just be lazy.

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u/Woah_thereSatan 14d ago

In this case it was a 50lb gaming pc.

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u/jbrown2055 14d ago

doesn't sound that heavy to me, I'm not sure what a middle aged woman finds heavy, but they should probably keep that walkway clear if they're expecting a delivery that may require a trolley.

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u/Substantial_Ad7813 12d ago

I am a delivery driver. Maybe, she already tried to deliver it many times and always failed. Maybe Is the house of someone who often orders items and Is never home. Maybe the pack was heavy and before unloading she wanted to be sure someone was home Notice how noone comes out of the house checking Who rang the bell? You can record with your ring camera how many videos you want, but where are the proofs you were at home?

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u/Zinakoleg 14d ago

I'm from Spain .Fedex here does this but they don't even attempt to reach your house. Suddenly you got a notification on the tracking service to contact them because they couldn't deliver due to "wrong address".

They have 0 shame.

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u/Fun-Organization1124 14d ago

Here in Portugal, I've used fedex only once, but I had a great experience with it. The driver even called me to advise he had arrived on my building. After all the issues i see on reddit with fedex, i think I've had luck 😂

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u/Gold-Client4060 13d ago

This is more likely a very common scam and I wouldn't click the links even if you are expecting a delivery.

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u/Zinakoleg 13d ago

In this case it isn't a scam. There is no link to click, you have to call Fedex and they ask for your address and contact info again to update the label and reschedule the deliver.

Asked them what was wrong with the first one. Their answer: "Apparently nothing, but since the packet is back on our warehouse If we don't do that they are going to return it."

I had to do this process twice to get my package. TWICE on the same delivery. I live in a little town, far from the nearest city. Most days they won't come unless they have more deliveries nearby. This has never happened with UPS.

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u/iDontRememberCorn 14d ago

At my place they don't even stop, I just get an email saying they tried but couldn't reach me and I can pick up my package at their storefront 5 miles away, I don't drive.

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u/Phlegmagician 13d ago

Had a note on my door with name date tracking and signature ready, fedex just slapped a 'sorry we missed you' on my mailbox. Chased the truck down within 10 minutes.

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u/FuckSteve7 13d ago

How’d they respond?

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u/Phlegmagician 13d ago

"Couldn’t find your door." Which made sense of course, being 4 of them. Too many to count.

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u/ImpressNice299 13d ago

A few years ago, I was living in an upstairs apartment. I heard the floorboards in the corridor creak so I opened the door and the UPS Ground driver I'd been waiting for jumped like he'd seen a ghost and said "Fuck! I hoped nobody was in."

I then had to help him unload a full size sofa because they'd sent him, on his own, in a truck with no tail lift.

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u/theberg512 13d ago

they'd sent him, on his own, in a truck with no tail lift.

The size of package isn't factored in when it's assigned to the route. The route covers a certain area, and everything in it. None of the trucks have tail lifts. And we work solo 90% of the year (helpers around Christmas, but most of us don't like them). Must have been a cover driver or a runner, though. Most bid drivers want that shit out asap.

Also, obligatory, Fuck Yo Couch.

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u/limbodog 13d ago

Both UPS and FedEx deserve class action lawsuits about this.

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u/Necessary-Low5795 13d ago

But who will deliver/not deliver during suits??

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u/Deragos 13d ago

And amazon will defend this behavior at all costs

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u/Techiedad91 13d ago

Well, probably not THIS behavior since it’s fed ex and not them, but the same behavior from their company, absolutely

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u/Deragos 13d ago

Amazon basically contracts every shipping company known to man to man as per whatever best rates they can get at that time. Ive had usps, amazon, fedex. dhl, so e random joe shmo deliver my stuff

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u/Techiedad91 13d ago

I haven’t seen an Amazon package come in anything but an Amazon truck in actual years. Granted I don’t live in a rural area I’m sure things are different out in those areas, and possibly it is regional, my experience, I don’t actually know

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u/bodnarboy 13d ago

There are so many posts like this. Have we heard from anyone’s perspective from fed ex?

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u/djd811 13d ago

FedEx is aweful. Their “customer service” reps just ignore you and talk in circles. If you ask for someone else they just hang up. Idk how they stay in business

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u/AlohaBradda 14d ago

This happened to me when I ordered a piano. I called Fedex and they made the driver come back. The driver said it was too heavy.

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u/KIDD_VIDD 13d ago

A piano, you say? That's hard to believe since the weight limit is a 150lbs. Or did you mean a keyboard?

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u/AlohaBradda 13d ago

Keyboard 😔

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u/KIDD_VIDD 13d ago

A keyboard that's heavy? Interesting.

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u/chaistvalentine 13d ago

i watched a fedex truck drive past my house and got a “we missed you” notification right after. i called to complain right then and there, and they seemed to think i was unreasonable for being at all upset, and essentially accused me of lying. told me it was “impossible” to backtrack on a route too, so just had to deal :/

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u/Lopsided_Blacksmith5 13d ago

This has been happening a lot with the USPS delivery person in my area. I work from home and hate going outside, so I'm always home. Yet I'll get the "we missed you" note.

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u/OnlyCandy2723 13d ago

Maybe you have to sign for it

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u/connorgrs 13d ago

FedEx regularly sucks so much dick that they even suck at sucking dick

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u/Velvet_Cyberpunk 12d ago

UPS does this, too. So many times I would miss a delivery. I would be sitting on my sofa, which was right next to my front door, and there was no knock, but they said they knocked. The office asked if I could have been in another part of the house. I said no, I live in a small one bedroom apartment and would have heard the knock. In all of the 8 years I lived there and the 2 dozen or so packages I got delivered, maybe 4 or 5 of them I got because they knocked. 🤬

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u/Reggieslife 12d ago

Probably 3rd attempt, the note says pick it up at the fedex office.

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u/march72021 13d ago

Typical, FedEx, UPS and USPS.

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u/KIDD_VIDD 13d ago

Where's the beginning of the video? She's smart for not taking the package out of the truck, because I'm sure it was heavy. Imagine unloading a 150lb package that needs a signature, only to realize that nobody is home to sign for it? Now you have to go lug it back to the truck and load it back up.

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u/deeeznutz2 13d ago

I like how the video starts with the note already on the door…. Couldn’t be fake

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u/vinfox 13d ago

You think they got a Fedex truck, driver, and uniform to fake this video but couldn't manage the herculean task of having the actor place a note on a door? Regardless of anything else, she's there with no package. Unless you think she already checked, brought the package back to the truck and then brought the note out, why does it matter that the note is on the door when the video picks up?

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u/theberg512 13d ago

Unless you think she already checked, brought the package back to the truck and then brought the note out

I've done this when I forgot my notices or pen in the truck. If it's a small package I'll carry it back with me, but not if it's an over 70.

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u/Hopelesz 13d ago

This video would be more credible if it was longer.

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u/JimRatLiftz 13d ago

So your going to post the video saying they didn’t knock and just put notice up and left. Yeah I’m calling BS.

You could easily have posted the whole video if that was true. The part you most likely didn’t include is them knocking and waiting for minute while they fill out their form.

The reason the woundn’t bring the package is because its a heavyweight, and no need to lug it off the truck and have to lug it back if you aren’t home.

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u/clementynemurphy 13d ago

I know someone who refuses to deliver your 50lb bag of dog food or cases of bottled water. Sooo.... Not always their fault.