How Does Brown Work For You?

So I’ve ordered myself a phatty new development machine and flat screen LCD in the past few weeks. The machine came last week and the LCD came today. When the machine came I had to hawk the UPS guy down in my car to get it, because he had left a note saying that I’d have to sign for it and he just wouldn’t leave it on my porch.

So when I knew the LCD was coming, I left a signed note taped to the front door that told the UPS guy he could leave the package there and I would accept responsibility for it. I’m not working too far from home right now, so I can check the Internet to see when it’s been delivered. When it’s there, I can just jet right home and bring it inside. No big deal.

Well this all happens today. I see the notice online that the package has been delivered. I get home to find a note taped to my front door that tells me my package has been left on the back deck. I open the back door of my house to find the package as well as another note taped to my back door telling me my package was on the back deck. Thanks.

Now before I say this, know that I’m not knocking the UPS guy. But if you’re going to go to the trouble of putting the package on the back deck, you are presumably doing it to lessen the likelihood that someone will gank it off your front porch. Fine. I get that. But I think you lessen the effectiveness of your crafty UPS guy package hiding technique when you leave a big note on the front door that essentially says “Free Gear on the Back Deck!!!!”

But that’s just me. In any event, I now have my new blazing fast system and 20″ LCD screen. You could say I’m a very happy geek today.