In time for Christmas? UPS says yes, no matter how late!

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:18:43 GMT

Not feeling 100% well yesterday, I went to bed and turned the light off around 10pm last night. All was quiet. It was getting foggy outside despite being a relatively clear night, so the moonlight was washing through the air, reflected off the tiny water droplets, giving the ground a strange white hue. It looked almost like daylight out there.

I drifted off to an uneasy sleep, since the common cold soreness I was getting, was tickling the back of my throat, making me want to cough every minute or so. This eventually subsided and I was fully asleep by 11pm I'm certain.

An hour later, at 12:07am, the dog barked, and I was roused to the sound of a truck engine idling nearby. Since we live on a country road, this is highly unusual, so I was naturally concerned and jumped out of bed to look out through the blinds to the driveway at the front of the house.

There, in the semi-twilight still bathed by the whiteness of the moon and the fog, was a large dark brown UPS van, clearly trying to turn around at the top of the drive.

The poor guy had actually delivered a package from JC Penney at midnight to our house!

Watching him finally get the van turned around and drive off, I was relieved it wasn't something more sinister, and with heart still racing I returned to bed. It took another hour or so to get to sleep, and of course the dog was jumpy and kept growling from time to time by way of warning.

So, I write this with mixed feelings this morning. Wonderful service by UPS. Amazing dedication by that driver. I will definitely use UPS for urgent packages in the future. However, surely both the driver and myself deserve to sleep undisturbed after midnight?

Thanks guys, but can you please let your drivers take the night off from house to house deliveries after say, 10pm?

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In time for Christmas? UPS says yes, no matter how late!