A Delivery Person

I don’t expect excellent service from delivery companies. Recently, on-line tracking services have been better, but I still experience delivery delays and losses.

One evening, a delivery person came to my house and pressed the doorbell. He had a big package and asked me if the package was for me. I checked name and address. The name which was printed on the label was not mine or the previous resident’s. The shipping address was correct, but Apt C was written on the label as well. My place is not an apartment. I told him that it might be wrong. He took it back.

I was surprised at his work. He thought that something was wrong with the address of the package. Most delivery companies leave packages on the porch or in the mail box and basically don’t request the customer’s signature. I have received packages with incorrect shipping addresses and names. In his case, he thought the second part of the address Apt C, might be the wrong. I can’t help thinking that even this small thing is excellent, and that he is smart. A mistaken delivery might be a small thing in the U.S. However I really want to avoid getting into delivery trouble because a third person has gotten involved in the realignment of the delivery. I don’t know the delivery person, the sender or the receiver, so it’s hard to communicate with these people on the phone.

I told my landlord about this. He joked that someone might live in the loft or the basement as Apt C. One day after that event, I was able to figure out what the package was. A lady came to my house. She asked if I had mistakenly received package. She lives across the road from my complex. Her address is quite similar to mine.

I’m not sure she will be able to get her package, but I hope she will be able to get it quickly.