When delivery drivers foul up

[LVSteve]

We have a habit here of not putting steaming hot cars in the garage. We wait until it's dark and they've cooled off some. It's a Vegas thing.

My wife came home at 1700 the other day, parking outside the house and coming in through the front door. Just before 2200 she remembered her car was still outside. I went with her for security, to get the mail, and to check for any Amazon deliveries. Imagine my surprise when I found several bags of groceries on the doorstep. No clue when this stuff was left as neither of us heard the doorbell or any knocking.

There was a gallon of OJ that had a sticky label attached. This informed us that the goods came from Walmart (matching the bags) and it was for delivery to someone with a very recognizable Asian name but no address . Bigger snag, I'm 99.9% certain that nobody would have that name anywhere near my house. So here we are at 2200 gone, no number to call, and some potentially heatsoaked food that is not ours. Anyway, we were about to hit the sack so I threw it all in the fridge.

After several days, nada. No notes on the door, nobody stopping by and asking "did you get an unexpected delivery the other night", nada. I guess somebody has been yelled at, and I hope the person who ordered the stuff got their money back. I guess we should look and see if anything is usable, or it will all go in the trash next week.

 

[Alk8944]

Possibly not the driver, the person taking the call could have mis-understood the sddress, or wrote it down wrong. Wasn't there any addressee information on or in the delivered bags?

 

[pharman]

Could you have phoned the nearest Walmart to try to find out who it should have went to?

 

[Greyman50]

FWIW have you seen those " involved" with picking groceries for delivery at wally world?????

 

[duke2002]

I have had walmart deliveries to me that were not mine more then once. Just a name on the pkg. I have had my walmart stuff delivered but just not to my address. Bout impossiable to get walmart to come get it.

 

[Fvernic]

Competency is a rare commodity these days…..

 

[Roofuss]

Amen !!

 

[Walkin Horse]

I had the same thing happen a few years ago from Wegmans. I put pictures on the neighborhood page of the Edwards cream pie.After a few days of no response I posted another picture of me eating the pie.

 

[taz666]

... and who doesn't like eating someone else's pie?

 

[TX-Dennis]

We have a habit here of not putting steaming hot cars in the garage. We wait until it's dark and they've cooled off some. It's a Vegas thing.

My wife came home at 1700 the other day, parking outside the house and coming in through the front door. Just before 2200 she remembered her car was still outside. I went with her for security, to get the mail, and to check for any Amazon deliveries. Imagine my surprise when I found several bags of groceries on the doorstep. No clue when this stuff was left as neither of us heard the doorbell or any knocking.

There was a gallon of OJ that had a sticky label attached. This informed us that the goods came from Walmart (matching the bags) and it was for delivery to someone with a very recognizable Asian name but no address . Bigger snag, I'm 99.9% certain that nobody would have that name anywhere near my house. So here we are at 2200 gone, no number to call, and some potentially heatsoaked food that is not ours. Anyway, we were about to hit the sack so I threw it all in the fridge.

After several days, nada. No notes on the door, nobody stopping by and asking "did you get an unexpected delivery the other night", nada. I guess somebody has been yelled at, and I hope the person who ordered the stuff got their money back. I guess we should look and see if anything is usable, or it will all go in the trash next week.

That happened here, but it was a 40 lb. bag of cheap dog food. I called Wal Mart. They said they would come pick it up, but they never did. I eventually gave it away since my wife is very picky about what our dogs eat.

 

[SMSgt]

Happens far more than one might imagine with all delivery companies--Amazon, UPS, Walmart, you name it.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Many delivery drivers here can't speak or read English. Those that can, can't comprehend or they don't care.

A wireless camera lets me know when someone is in my driveway.

 

[Krogen]

Or it could be a mess-up by the person who ordered it. Why would I say such a thing? Well... Lemme tell ya.

I had ordered a case of 22LR ammo. Tracking number said "delivered." Wut? Not to me. I checked the order and dang it, I hosed up my own address! Fat fingers, not brain dead (yet anyway). I trundled on down the road to a neighbor I hadn't met. Introduced myself and asked if he had an unexpected delivery. Yep. He thought his kid had ordered some ammo and didn't look at the name on the box. I showed him my ID, had a nice chat and went home with my ammo. Nice to meet a new neighbor.