Comments on: Package Tracking Sucks

By: Max

Max — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:40:00 +0000

Yeah, none of them are any good. I currently have a package coming my way via UPS. It had five status updates on May 5th between 6pm and midnight alone. Since then there has been nothing and today is the 8th.

So either the tracking info is totally uneven and unreliable or my package has been waylaid in Washington state for several days. I don’t like either of these possibilities. View all comments by Max

By: Fedex Sucks azz

Fedex Sucks azz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:02:35 +0000

One day I was getting a package from FEDEX it never came. I check online delivered to some one that don’t even live in the area. They must have delivered it to some one walking by my door. I never see that item again. an other time I will was waiting for a package. When I came home from work and I check online and it said delivered. I still did not got my package. So I knock on every body door and nothing. One guy came out of his house almost getting ready to fight me because I knock on his door asking about a package. Then I call, they said there is some thing wrong with the FEDEX computer. Great!!! They said it had gone back to the sender and an other time I came home to find my neighbor kids play with my package. What the F*CK!!!!! And my other package on the floor in the office were any body can take and it take two different FEDEX Driver to delivery two small package in one day. So I call them and they said if your don’t home they will give your package to your neighbor or office with out you knowing about it. View all comments by Fedex Sucks azz

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:27:30 +0000

I’ve worked at a FedEx Ground facility in Orlando, Florida. Their tracking is excellent, at least in theory. Whenever it moves on a conveyor belt its scanned and automatically sorted. Trucks are loaded and unloaded by hand, and I’d have to say, I’ve watched them lay a carton labeled “Fragile” “Glass” flat and stand on it to load other things into the truck, not once, but pretty much religiously. All those spoofs you see as a comedy bit are pretty much accurate, short of beating the stuff with a baseball bat. Actually, its rated as the country’s worst facility and if you’re there for more than 2 weeks, you’re already working on seniority. That said, I also looked into the UPS facility, and its not that much different. The facility was so dark and there’s so many head injury and trip hazards that the workers should be wearing one of those mining helmets with the light on them. And while they do appear to be far more cautious than FedEx as far as package handling, I’ve seen them drop an few items off the back of their cart and keep going.

Couple distinctions between UPS and FedEx, FedEx drivers are all contractors, and UPS only hires them and most if not all other positions from the inside, and pretty much any new hires start off as package handlers. Also, you can only work at UPS once, so if you quit leave or w/e, don’t expect to come back, or at least that’s what they claim. View all comments by Dude

By: itpdude

itpdude — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:59:29 +0000

Got some USPS stuff coming in and trying to track them. It appears they only tell me when the stuff is picked up and when it leaves that areas postal hub. West coast to East coast, in the farmland, the so-called flyover country, in the corn rows, who knows where the stuff is. . .

And they wonder why I’m not around to accept delivery. View all comments by itpdude

By: emag

emag — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:59:57 +0000

Heh, should have known that the USPS would be behind the curve. It’s not really surprising, now that I think about it, since they have a LOT more vehicles and locations to have to worry about upgrading. And come to think of it, USPS package tracking in general seems a lot less useful, as I think every single time I’we tried their tracking, nothing’s been available at all until after the package was delivered… View all comments by emag

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:32:55 +0000

At the USPS, the information isn’t dowloaded until the carrier returns to the office and the scanner is placed into a cradle. View all comments by Dave