OT: Delivery Fail

he could deliver, but might need pen and paper to record that he had done so. Or, he could have asked the recipient to come out to the van and sign on the screen when the device was plugged in.

But both of those need initiative.

The problem is the slimy salesman (and the slimy person who bought some said salesman) sold the system as 100% perfect. So why would anyone waste a seconds time (or a penny) on devising a backup system which will never be needed (I know).

It's all very well becoming "low cost" and "100% efficient". But the corollary is you are completely unable to cope with any change in the environment.

I suspect the coming woes from all angles are going to leave a lot of operations floundering. Yes, it was a great idea - trebles all round - to reduce 2 people who can do the job to one. But when that one person is unavailable ....

Presumaby not an eastern european immigrant, then.

Or he could sign it himself as quite a few do. My signature on those touch screens tends to end up squiggle no matter how I try to do my normal signature.

Richard

Quite. Wonder if an expert could prove it was yours?

It would make more sense to take a thumb print.

Or a photo of the recipient ?

In message snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com, Tricky Dicky snipped-for-privacy@sky.com writes

Very slowly is best. I can usually find a sharp finger nail for the ones without a scribing tool.

Makes a lot more sense to take a photo of the individual who accepts the parcel. That way if a neighbour accepted it etc, you can see who did.

Happened to me too. A new laptop battery had the street number on it not very legible and it got delivered to the neighbour across the street. When it had not showed up, I talked to the person who delivered it who was adamant that he had delivered it. That neighbour was happy to hand it over when I knocked on the door of the house the courier said he had delivered it to and claimed that he hadn't got around to bring it to my place days later.

I hope he delivered it and made a hand written receipt and told the boss where to stick his chrappy machine! Brian

Probably not paid enough to use that. Brian

Don't they put a card through your door saying where it's been left?

Not up to your neighbour to deliver it to you.

In article snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com, Tricky Dicky snipped-for-privacy@sky.com writes

I struggled to do a normal signature on a piece of paper the other day - so accustomed to just doing a squiggle on a screen.

Next time I see the neighbour, I will ask if it was delivered. He won't know about the machine, though.

The problem here, though, was that the machine was broken, so it couldn't even know that it was at the right place, let alone accept a signature.