Through the Eyes of a Delivery Goddess |
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Has anyone else noticed this? Now, unlike other installments, this happened to me this morning (May 23, 2008). On Monday, I received notification for one paper customer to be stopped for a week due to vacation. I don't remember off of the top of my head if they were to restart on Sunday or Monday coming up, but I don't believe they were to restart today, (Friday), nor did I receive a notice to restart them like we usually do when someone returns. My manager called and asked me to take a paper out to them, they called and said they didn't get a one this morning. I said that they were stopped, but I'd take one out, anyway. I was cooking, then opened something on the counter and found tons of those little itty-bitty ants, so I didn't get the paper out right away, but took one about an hour later. It was about 9am; roads were filled with work-bound motorists. I'm used to driving in the dark, or if I'm delivering pizzas, in the evening when folks are on their way home from work. People are NUTS out there in the mornings. REALLY!! Has anyone else noticed that people are dangerous and zombie-like behind the wheel lately? Nearly every car coming toward me crossed the yellow line, causing me to swerve to the berm. When I got to the complaint address, about seven miles from home, they already had a paper in their tube. Either they did not even go to the curb to see that I had screwed up and left them a paper through the night - just assumed since they were home early from vacation, that they hadn't received one ... or ... customer service screwed up the complaint (also a likely occurance), possibly a neighbor called and said that they were on vacation and should NOT have gotten a paper. The latter did not occur to me until I was driving back home, but either way, it's a good thing I hadn't driven my own vehicle down. I had taken a paper from my truck and driven Bob's car down. Had I been driving my own truck, I'd have thrown all seven left over papers into their driveway. GEEEZE - call me to complain you didn't get a paper without even checking to see if there's one there!! And yes, I looked, and it was, in fact TODAY'S paper in their tube. I hadn't been braindead on any other day this week. I threw one in the driveway anyway, and kept going. On the way back, my seven miles had to have taken an hour. Unfortunately, I'm sleepy in the mornings, so I was having a difficult time staring into the sun and staying awake to begin with, but I swear every stinking Pokey Joe on the planet who couldn't handle their car at more than 15 mph was in front of me. The trip home is away from Pittsburgh, away from the city, the opposite direction of most people on their way TO work in the mornings, or as a friend pointed out - retired folks on their way to a doctor's appointment. Guess these folks had nowhere to to, and all day to get there, (as the saying goes). And again - all but four cars that I can remember crossed the yellow line at me - but THIS time, the berm was packed with people taking their dogs for a walk or jogging on a BUSY MAIN ROAD. C'mon people - there are housing plans with sidewalks for that - for crying out loud, we are literally YARDS from Hartwood Acres which is 300 acres of rolling hills outlined in sidewalk especially for foot traffic. Every school in the area has a track open to the public. Why on EARTH do people pick the busiest time of the day to walk along the edge of a busy road that has only about fifteen inches of berm along the edge????? I made it home without killing anyone, but it's a good thing I had Bob's little tiny car that was narrow enough to escape the line-crossers coming at me, and still miss the peds on the side of the road. Is everyone eating Zombie Flakes in the mornings, or WHAT?? Think I'll find a 3-11 job - don't think I can handle the morning rush hour on a daily basis~! |