a Enterprise rental van.

Didn't need to call the cops though. We have to 'self-protect' out here as the quickest response time we get from the police is about 15 minutes...

But we don't need to "self-protect", because IT'S FREAKING UPS.

Home Invaders don't rent vans.

saves tons of money rather than buying new trucks for the Christmas rush. I
wonder how dogs react to them, they seem to have a built in dislike for those brown trucks.

IIRC, U-Hauls were used in the first attack on the twin towers.

they'd be able to at least print a bunch of magnetic UPS Delivery stickers for the side of the trucks. Not foolproof, but it might take the edge off.

One could argue that it sets a precedence for abuse, but coming up in unmarked uhauls isn't better.

who show up in battered cars at 8 am and ring my apartment to get into our building to deliver packages that are definitely not for me (because I do not have Amazon Prime). I finally had to call Amazon customer service and tell them they had to knock this off.

And this is not a holiday season thing--it's year round.

have for years, get multiple deliveries from them on a routine basis and mine are always delivered by UPS or in the case of small non-rush packages UPS to local USPS. I must have spent tens of thousands of dollars with them in homes in 3 states and I've never seen or heard of an Amazon Prime driver. Apparently Amazon Flex started in Seattle two months ago, but they use contractors not employees. I'd be intrigued to know more about this year round exposure....

Just regular guys, no uniforms, driving their own cars. This is in a very large urban area, with mostly high- and mid-rise apartments.

If the person for whom there is a delivery doesn't answer, they just think they can ring anyone's buzzer so that they can get into the building and leave the package. However, we are never supposed to ring in people we don't know. So I tell them, "Sorry, it's not for me, I can't let you in." (And I'm not running down six flights in my bathrobe to check them out.)

I know the UPS and FedEx people. I don't know these contractors from Adam.

(Runs to bedroom and assumes fetal position while crying under the bed.)

All that's missing is the cops shooting a driver.

We are all gonna die!!!

Sounds like he had the gun ready to go.

In fact, last week a cops wife was caught stealing presents on doorsteps in her neighborhood.

A neighbor had a pair boots and dress stolen just two days ago. Many emails/phone calls apparently to Amazon for refund etc...

We need those drones to just drop them in our laps...



About the UPS guys, I have seen this for years at this time of year in NYC...

People afraid of UPS drivers in U-Haul trucks, and
Christmas shopping season

Don't think it is out of the realm of possibilities that somebody will decide a UPS driver is a thief and will shoot one claiming self defense.

I can see it if they are taking packages but they are delivering them. What is the alarm about - just general fear of everything out of the ordinary?

for the last 3 decades?

for UPS drivers. Some jerk may believe this and take matters into his own craziness.
Thanks for the info.

They're WHITE.

UPS delivery in a U-Haul truck...and was a day early..

they still would be uniformed and have id.

How hard can it be? A magnetic sign on each door would do it.

Thieves do use UHaul trucks in house burglaries sometimes.

and make sure the drivers are in full uniform, too.