Re: Way OT - Fedex Ground

Part of the delivery problem may be that many drivers can't read.  The
strangest situation we had in this area was the driver of an 18-wheeler who
tried to take a "short cut" through the Smoky Mountains National Park and
ended up stuck around Cades Cove Loop Road, a primitive, one-lane tourist
road that circles the cove.  The park service had to use cranes to get that
truck out.  Also, noticed that licensing for driving those things includes
oral exams for those who can't read the test.

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN




> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 05/19/2004 4:20:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Way OT - Fedex Ground
>
> I would think they would all have access to Billy Gates's Map Point 
> program. Every job I send out of the nursery has a site map tucked in 
> the work order.
>
> Wasn't always like that. When I first went to work at the nursery, a 
> crew transplanted the wrong queen palm on the wrong lot. So maps. At 
> least the lot will be right; what the crew does after they get there is 
> still up for grabs. Sort of.
>
> On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 07:24 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Chuckle...that reminds me of the christmas presents I sent my sister in
> > Lethbridge, AB.  They hadn't been delivered and UPS tracking indicated 
> > a
> > problem.  I called UPS, they gave me the 800 # in Canada, so I could 
> > talk to
> > the Canadian UPS people.  Very  nice people but for some reason their 
> > driver
> > could not find 7th street.  She asked if *I* would give her directions.
> > Don't they have maps?????? We finally had them change the delivery to 
> > her
> > office at the university.  That they could find.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Zemuly@aol.com>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Way OT - Fedex Ground
> >
> >
> >> I'll certainly never use FedEx Ground again.  You all probably know 
> >> that
> >> FedEx's int'l headquarters is in Memphis.  LaGrange (where I live) is 
> >> 40
> > miles
> >> east of there on what is one of Memphis's main thoroughfares.  (There 
> >> are
> > no
> >> turns at all.) FedEx Ground couldn't find it!  I had to call the
> > warehouse, speak
> >> with the driver and give him specific instructions on how to find this
> > town.
> >> zem
> >>
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> Island Jim
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