that if the shipper wants a signature,
they won't now accept the delivery slips signed it seems.
They need the electronic gizmo signed in person. I think they don't want to have to bother with scanning the paper signatures.
I know this, because I stayed at a Holiday in last night?
No, actually I temped with UPS during holidays!
I'm still unemployed, but it was a bunch of fun. I actually went from slightly overweight from years sitting at my computer terminal to the high end of healthy range. Wow, I'll write a book, the UPS diet!
It was fun dropping off the cr*p people order online and a great thrill to ring their doorbell so they get their cr*p faster. The jaded career drivers just leave it but being new and naive I got a thrill out of them getting their stuff.
Unless of course the box had a rip in it or looked banged up, then we just left it to avoid them returning it immediately.
Even ran into a family walking thru parking lot near their home, and the little kid looks up and says "Who are you". I said "We're santa's helpers", and we actually had a package for them right then :)