No you didn't ! I was here waiting for you! Use the bl...y door knocker, that's what it's for!
And after I rebook the delivery online, I get:
Your request has been actioned."
Actioned? It's not a verb, 'Action' is a noun.
Darned APC Logistics.
Rant over.
Do you want them to reach out to you?
Or perhaps dialogue with you?
It can be both, you know.
My New Shorter Oxford Dictionary includes the verb "action" meaning "take action on, put into effect". The first recorded use is in the mid
20th century.Action that!
And Winnie was fond of annotating a briefing with "Action this day". Did he mean that he wanted some action to be taken today (noun), or that he wanted the note to be actioned today (verb)?
Anyone remember the sketch with the delivery man sneaking up to the door, popping a "we called but you were out" card through the letterbox, and scarpering? Maybe Not the Nine O'Clock News?
Why do these guys do this sort of thing? It only takes 30 seconds to knock/deliver and get a signature.
Agreed. The knocker on our door can be heard all over the house, and I was within sight of the door all morning, deliberately. I even heard various vehicle doors closing, which happens all the time, but by the time I got to look outside, there was nobody there. The note pushed through the door has no attempted delivery time on it, just the shipping reference. Now I have to wait in tomorrow until it comes.
It depends. I've got to get to the front door - assuming I'm not in the loo, the discover the key is not where it should be - it can easity take a couple of minutes. And if they knock rather than ring the bell, I might not hear them anyway.
It was Alas Smith & Jones IIRC
Lucky it's only a delivery and not a fire.
Yeah..........
Even if they cheat on, say, 20 out of 100 deliveries the time saved is only about 10 minutes.
Then I could use the door into the garden - or even break a window.
Break the window with what?
Yup. So it's just bloody laziness. The package I am expecting is neither heavy nor big, two litre-sized containers, full.
As it happens, I have to get up early tomorrow to unlock the oil tank, as I am the first delivery of the tanker's run, so I will be ready for APC whenever he comes. The APC time is quoted as "between 8 am and 4 pm".
"Accuracy, accuracy".
Ah, I wonder if the parcel has destinated yet? Brian
I see that UKmail's tracking seems to be catching up to DPD's features, one hour window, re-arrange delivery before getting carded, drop-by-drop follow the driver, even a text when you're the next drop.
Another piece of integration that impressed my about DPD the other week, I had a delivery due from Hong Kong, supplier had booked the delivery, but apparently hadn't actually shipped the item, the supposed delivery day came and went with no status tracking, I was pretty sure it hadn't left the warehouse, but phoned DPD to check, and a robot voice said WTTEO "we've recognised from your mobile number that you have an overdue delivery to $POSTCODE and are directing you to someone to assist" sure enough the person who answered confirmed the parcel wasn't yet in their hands.
"Actioned" is a noun that has been verbed.
At least they didn't insist that you pick it up from their inconveniently distant logistics centre.
Best one I had was "we tried but you were out".
This was clearly a lie since the village was cut off by snowdrifts and we could not move at all that day. Neither could anything apart from a snowplough - and they were all busy keeping the A19 & A66 clear.
but they still managed to put the card in your letterbox?
Arrrggghh! Don't even go there!
That was an option, or the default if the re-scheduling didn't work. 45 miles round trip.
The package was just delivered, the guy knocked sensibly using the door knocker, and gave no hint of having been here yesterday, so I think it was a different driver.
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