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United Parcel Services - Harassment: Beware of Seasonal Driver Helper Asking Your Phone Number If You Are A Female Customer Waiting For Your Package
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Review by lissipalowsky on 2012-12-19
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- This is a long story, but definite worth your notice, so sit back and have a cup of coffee/tea and read on....
In early November I was waiting for a package to arrive. My package was sent via UPS according to the website of my purchase. I live in New York and there was Superstorm Sandy happened at the end of October. The packages in New York were handled partially through its Maspeth facility location. Because of the storm, UPS website showed the tracking status on the day that my package was estimated to arrive as 'Out for Delievery' and the time was 5 AM for the update.
Then I waited all day at home, doing things here and there while waiting, but it didn't arrive. Around evening, I was on my way outside of my apartment building, I saw a UPS guy dressing its uniform standing in the lobby waiting for elevator in my building. Thought I didn't see him holding my package, he said 'hi', I responded 'hi.' Later I walked outside of my building, I saw a UPS truck so I walked over to ask the driver who was unloading some boxes from his truck to see if he has any more packages for my building. The driver said 'Wait for my helper, he is in your building now, and he is coming back soon.'
I realized the guy I saw earlier in the lobby of my building is the driver's "helper". Later the guy came back to the truck, he saw me, I asked him if he has any more packages to my building as I was anxiously waiting to get my package. The "helper" guy said 'No.' Then the driver said 'it may be in another truck and your package will arrive, don't worry.' So it was fruitless.
Later I went home, I checked again on UPS website, the status on the website was never updated that day, it was still 'Out for Delivery' since 5 AM that day up until midnight when I went to sleep. Then the next day around noon time, the UPS website updated my package status as 'Exceptional Condition beyond control', 'Delivery Rescheduled'. It didn't say when my package would be delivered.
Around 6PM the evening, suddenly someone knocked on my door. I saw it was a UPS guy, I thought he had my package though the website was still 'Exceptional Condition beyond control, Delievery rescheduled.' I opened my door. It was the guy standing in the lobby of my building yesterday, the driver's "helper". He said "Did you receive your package?" I said "No, do you have my package?" He said "I will check it for you. What is your phone number?" In a split second, I thought there was a tracking number, is it really necessary to give my phone number? But I thought he might give me a quick call when he goes back to his truck to see if he can find my package in his truck. So I gave the UPS driver helper my phone number. The he said 'My name is Gabriel.' I told him my name, he shoke my hand. He left.
Then about half an hour later, around 6:30PM, I got a call, it was that driver helper. The phone number is 347-xxx-xxxx, it looks like a cell phone number. He said 'I will track your package for you.' I said 'Thank You.' Then he said 'By the way, you look really really beautiful, are you married?' I said 'Thank you. I am engaged.' Then he said 'Oh, engaged? But we should definitely talk sometimes, please call me ok?' I said 'thank you.' That's all I can say since you don't want to say anything bad to this person. Then a minute later, he called again. He said 'Ok, I will definitely track your package for you.' I thought it was a little weird he never asked my tracking number. I said 'Do you want my tracking number?' He said 'Oh, what is your tracking number?' Then I read the number to him. He said 'I will check your package for you, please call me.'
It was a conversation going nowhere and getting weird. I said 'Thank you.' Then after another minute, he called again. I picked up. He said 'Oh, the package is in Maspeth location.' I said 'I know, I can see it on your website.' Then he said 'I will definitely find out when the package will be delivered, but please call me.' I said 'Thank you.' After another minute, the 4th phone call from this UPS driver helper, he said 'tomorrow I will definitely find out and hand over the package to you. Please call me, ok?' I said 'Thank you.'
So I picked up 4 phone calls from this guy. I went on to spend the evening with my family, later I was shocked to find out this UPS driver helper called me another 5 times at 10:42PM, 10:43PM, 10:44PM and 10:46PM. I started looking for UPS customer service information online and made a call to talk to someone at UPS to file the official complaint. UPS determined it was harassment from this person. After the phone conversation, I just found out this guys called another time at 11:47PM at night.
The next day, the third day from the original date that my package was supposed to arrive at my door step, I was waiting to see if this guy ever dared to call my phone again. It didn't happen. Around late morning, I got a call from someone at UPS complaint center, this man said 'they already took care of this and the driver helper's boss is going to talk to this guy and make sure it will never happen again.' Since I told UPS this driver helper's phone number and name when I filed my complaint last night, I figured they already found out who that was and the boss already knew it and that's why I didn't see the guy calling me again the next day. After the call from UPS complaint center, about half an hour later, a man showed up in my lobby and I saw it was a different person, and he looks like a supervisor. The man was very nice, he apologized for what happened and he explain he was in charge of UPS delivery in my neighborhood area and he already talked to this guy and he said this Gabriel was very scared and this boss made sure Gabriel deleted my cell phone number and promised never dared to call me again. I thanked this supervisor for his decision and let him to decide if he wanted to fire this driver helper Gabriel or not, all I wanted is my package, that's all.
I still have this driver's helper phone number in case I need to take legal action against UPS with the iron clad proof this guy called me 9 times in total. After all, I received my package in the evening after the supervise came to apologize to me. It was downright unprofessional and this guy's behavior ruined UPS reputation. He thought he probably was in some kind of 'Sex and The City situation' that he could get to know some girls through his delivery and had 'some fun'. It was stupid drama, things like that happened in real life are called harassment. I also learned a lesson, NEVER GIVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AWAY, NO MATTER WHAT. What a scary situation, I will never forget. Be careful if someone asks for your phone number, don't give it away for your safety.
In early November I was waiting for a package to arrive. My package was sent via UPS according to the website of my purchase. I live in New York and there was Superstorm Sandy happened at the end of October. The packages in New York were handled partially through its Maspeth facility location. Because of the storm, UPS website showed the tracking status on the day that my package was estimated to arrive as 'Out for Delievery' and the time was 5 AM for the update.
Then I waited all day at home, doing things here and there while waiting, but it didn't arrive. Around evening, I was on my way outside of my apartment building, I saw a UPS guy dressing its uniform standing in the lobby waiting for elevator in my building. Thought I didn't see him holding my package, he said 'hi', I responded 'hi.' Later I walked outside of my building, I saw a UPS truck so I walked over to ask the driver who was unloading some boxes from his truck to see if he has any more packages for my building. The driver said 'Wait for my helper, he is in your building now, and he is coming back soon.'
I realized the guy I saw earlier in the lobby of my building is the driver's "helper". Later the guy came back to the truck, he saw me, I asked him if he has any more packages to my building as I was anxiously waiting to get my package. The "helper" guy said 'No.' Then the driver said 'it may be in another truck and your package will arrive, don't worry.' So it was fruitless.
Later I went home, I checked again on UPS website, the status on the website was never updated that day, it was still 'Out for Delivery' since 5 AM that day up until midnight when I went to sleep. Then the next day around noon time, the UPS website updated my package status as 'Exceptional Condition beyond control', 'Delivery Rescheduled'. It didn't say when my package would be delivered.
Around 6PM the evening, suddenly someone knocked on my door. I saw it was a UPS guy, I thought he had my package though the website was still 'Exceptional Condition beyond control, Delievery rescheduled.' I opened my door. It was the guy standing in the lobby of my building yesterday, the driver's "helper". He said "Did you receive your package?" I said "No, do you have my package?" He said "I will check it for you. What is your phone number?" In a split second, I thought there was a tracking number, is it really necessary to give my phone number? But I thought he might give me a quick call when he goes back to his truck to see if he can find my package in his truck. So I gave the UPS driver helper my phone number. The he said 'My name is Gabriel.' I told him my name, he shoke my hand. He left.
Then about half an hour later, around 6:30PM, I got a call, it was that driver helper. The phone number is 347-xxx-xxxx, it looks like a cell phone number. He said 'I will track your package for you.' I said 'Thank You.' Then he said 'By the way, you look really really beautiful, are you married?' I said 'Thank you. I am engaged.' Then he said 'Oh, engaged? But we should definitely talk sometimes, please call me ok?' I said 'thank you.' That's all I can say since you don't want to say anything bad to this person. Then a minute later, he called again. He said 'Ok, I will definitely track your package for you.' I thought it was a little weird he never asked my tracking number. I said 'Do you want my tracking number?' He said 'Oh, what is your tracking number?' Then I read the number to him. He said 'I will check your package for you, please call me.'
It was a conversation going nowhere and getting weird. I said 'Thank you.' Then after another minute, he called again. I picked up. He said 'Oh, the package is in Maspeth location.' I said 'I know, I can see it on your website.' Then he said 'I will definitely find out when the package will be delivered, but please call me.' I said 'Thank you.' After another minute, the 4th phone call from this UPS driver helper, he said 'tomorrow I will definitely find out and hand over the package to you. Please call me, ok?' I said 'Thank you.'
So I picked up 4 phone calls from this guy. I went on to spend the evening with my family, later I was shocked to find out this UPS driver helper called me another 5 times at 10:42PM, 10:43PM, 10:44PM and 10:46PM. I started looking for UPS customer service information online and made a call to talk to someone at UPS to file the official complaint. UPS determined it was harassment from this person. After the phone conversation, I just found out this guys called another time at 11:47PM at night.
The next day, the third day from the original date that my package was supposed to arrive at my door step, I was waiting to see if this guy ever dared to call my phone again. It didn't happen. Around late morning, I got a call from someone at UPS complaint center, this man said 'they already took care of this and the driver helper's boss is going to talk to this guy and make sure it will never happen again.' Since I told UPS this driver helper's phone number and name when I filed my complaint last night, I figured they already found out who that was and the boss already knew it and that's why I didn't see the guy calling me again the next day. After the call from UPS complaint center, about half an hour later, a man showed up in my lobby and I saw it was a different person, and he looks like a supervisor. The man was very nice, he apologized for what happened and he explain he was in charge of UPS delivery in my neighborhood area and he already talked to this guy and he said this Gabriel was very scared and this boss made sure Gabriel deleted my cell phone number and promised never dared to call me again. I thanked this supervisor for his decision and let him to decide if he wanted to fire this driver helper Gabriel or not, all I wanted is my package, that's all.
I still have this driver's helper phone number in case I need to take legal action against UPS with the iron clad proof this guy called me 9 times in total. After all, I received my package in the evening after the supervise came to apologize to me. It was downright unprofessional and this guy's behavior ruined UPS reputation. He thought he probably was in some kind of 'Sex and The City situation' that he could get to know some girls through his delivery and had 'some fun'. It was stupid drama, things like that happened in real life are called harassment. I also learned a lesson, NEVER GIVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AWAY, NO MATTER WHAT. What a scary situation, I will never forget. Be careful if someone asks for your phone number, don't give it away for your safety.
Comments:
Posted by clutzycook on 2012-12-19:
Freaky story. At least UPS seems to have taken care of it.
Posted by trmn8r on 2012-12-20:
I skipped to the last few paragraphs because I wasn't in the mood for a long story. It looks like UPS promptly responded to your complaint.
The last real problem I had with UPS was back in 1989, literally. I had one other issue, around 2005, that they very promptly handled. It was related to an incorrect address put on by the sender, but UPS made a special trip to retrieve it and get it to me.
The last real problem I had with UPS was back in 1989, literally. I had one other issue, around 2005, that they very promptly handled. It was related to an incorrect address put on by the sender, but UPS made a special trip to retrieve it and get it to me.
Posted by At Your Service on 2012-12-20:
Some may or may not agree. I see nothing wrong with someone in such a position acting 'interested' and even asking a nice young lady out. But once she makes it clear she is engaged or otherwise not interested, that's where it should have ended.
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