by Fogdude » Sep Fri 22, 2017 12:55 pm
The worst thing about Houston weather, aside from the occasional hurricane, is my van's A/C. I need it 8 months out of the year, but when the cold weather does finally arrive, I always forget to run it, now & then. Sure enough, when Spring rolls around, the seals have dried up, the freon has leaked out & I have to have it rebuilt & reserviced again. If I could just remember to run it once or twice a week, it would probably be fine for several years. But then, what would I have to complain about?
Oh, I know! I just got notified by Amazon that the case of 6 gallons of anti-freeze I just ordered got damaged in transit & the carrier refused to deliver it, so they sent it (what was left of it) back to Amazon. SO, I've re-ordered & we'll see if they've learned their lesson on how to treat such items.
Then, to top that off, I had to order a new hydraulic patient lift. I need it to transfer my wife from her bed to her power chair & back. Her old one broke a wheel this past Monday & I've been coaxing it to work until I can get a replacement. There's a wheel replacement kit, but it costs almost half what an entire new lift does & takes 2 weeks to get here (I ordered it anyway). So, I bought a new lift, which should have been here last night. The UPS truck arrived, the driver got out, fiddled around in the back for awhile, so I went out & stood waiting. He came back to me & said that the box isn't in his truck. It's on his manifest, but the box just isn't there. He had no idea why & no idea if it's on a different truck, got damaged or mismarked. I explained what it was & how much I need it. He said he'd do what he could to resolve it when he got back to the shop. This morning, UPS says it's out for delivery again, so we'll see. I think we're looking at the same problem. These UPS guys, when they find themselves presented with a heavy item, just drop them, rather than place them. They get damaged or the box splits open & dumps the contents. They don't care. It's not their stuff.
So, how's your day going?