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my abiding loathing for UPS
Jun. 10th, 2008 09:55 pmOr perhaps my loathing for UPS is still in transit. I'm not sure. I try not to use UPS. They aren't very good at delivering packages to my apartment, nor even to my apartment building, and it's terribly inconvenient for me to get to the UPS office for pickup. (Some health insurance plans say they only pay for medication if one gets them "by mail," but they don't mean "by mail," they mean "by UPS." The difference is significant. When I order a package by mail, I can reliably get it delivered within a mile of my home.)
A few days ago, I ordered a new touchpad, to use with my computer at work. When I bought the old touchpads, in 1998, or perhaps as recently as 2002, one could plug it in through the mouseport and use the straightforward point-and-click functions. The manufacturers wanted users to pay extra for a driver, that would activate programmable features, buttons that would make the touchpad do other things I never particularly wanted my touchpad to do. (round the world, loop-the-loop, spinners, etc.) Touchpad+adapter will connect to a new computer's USB port, but needs a driver to make the new computer recognize even the point-and-click functions.
I ordered the new touchpad online, and paid for 2nd day shipping, once I figured out what I needed. While my new job is not very computer-intensive, needing to use a mouse has made it more painful. Amazon sent it UPS. Did I mention hating UPS? According to their tracking service, my package was delivered 12/20/06, in Florida. That's a very fast-response touchpad! I'd actually be ok with having them deliver the time machine *or* the touchpad, whichever is more convenient. But yesterday, please.
A few days ago, I ordered a new touchpad, to use with my computer at work. When I bought the old touchpads, in 1998, or perhaps as recently as 2002, one could plug it in through the mouseport and use the straightforward point-and-click functions. The manufacturers wanted users to pay extra for a driver, that would activate programmable features, buttons that would make the touchpad do other things I never particularly wanted my touchpad to do. (round the world, loop-the-loop, spinners, etc.) Touchpad+adapter will connect to a new computer's USB port, but needs a driver to make the new computer recognize even the point-and-click functions.
I ordered the new touchpad online, and paid for 2nd day shipping, once I figured out what I needed. While my new job is not very computer-intensive, needing to use a mouse has made it more painful. Amazon sent it UPS. Did I mention hating UPS? According to their tracking service, my package was delivered 12/20/06, in Florida. That's a very fast-response touchpad! I'd actually be ok with having them deliver the time machine *or* the touchpad, whichever is more convenient. But yesterday, please.
