FED*EX + My Driveway = Whoops!
Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:40 pm
Poor Fed*Ex guy. He shouldn't have tried backing out of my driveway!!
Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:37 pm
lol Yoop, go push him
Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:16 pm
Haha that is awesome.
What happened between you, FedEx, and the police? Anything?
What happened between you, FedEx, and the police? Anything?
Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:22 pm
Noooooobb!
Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:37 pm
I'm sure there's a SuperBowl ad just waiting to be born here.
Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:49 pm
Originally posted by Evan
Haha that is awesome.
What happened between you, FedEx, and the police? Anything?
I wasn't home at the time, but my wife was (I was wondering why she kept paging me! Ha!) She took the pictures.
The cops were there just for traffic control. A tow truck showed up and winched out the FedEx truck. As you can see in the picture, the white snow makes it hard to tell there is a ditch there at all...there is no difference in contrast between the lawn, ditch, and road.
The Fed Ex guy mowed down one of my driveway reflectors, but they're buying me a new one. Hooray...
I kinda feel sorry for him, actually. I bet he sure got a ribbing back at the FedEx terminal!
One More
Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:56 pm
Ok, I gotta post just one more!
Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:02 pm
poor guy.
Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:39 pm
FedEx drivers own their own trucks, he might have had to foot the entire bill for it to get yanked and any damage.
Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:03 pm
oof
Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:09 pm
their own trucks?? what? so he can use that on weekends to move his buddies and stuff?
Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:57 pm
Funny thing is...is that I have a U-shaped driveway, so he didn't even really need to back out at all. <shrug>
As far as owning their own trucks. Hmmm...never heard of that before. Are you sure you're not thinking of the big trucks (i.e. the "semi's" or tractor-trailer trucks)? It is common for owners of semi's to contract out with companies to haul for them (the "owner-operators")...
Either way - damages are quite minimal. I don't think the truck was damaged (he drove it away, and certainly didn't go in the ditch hard), and the damage to my driveway reflector...well, I expect they'll be out $5.00.
As far as owning their own trucks. Hmmm...never heard of that before. Are you sure you're not thinking of the big trucks (i.e. the "semi's" or tractor-trailer trucks)? It is common for owners of semi's to contract out with companies to haul for them (the "owner-operators")...
Either way - damages are quite minimal. I don't think the truck was damaged (he drove it away, and certainly didn't go in the ditch hard), and the damage to my driveway reflector...well, I expect they'll be out $5.00.
Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:42 pm
Ha HA thats funny! Where are you located again Yoop, are you in the UP, i forgot the last time i asked? Mostly i wanna know because around detroit and saginaw my home town there isn't a whlole lot of snow.
Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:21 pm
DAMN plow your driveway 
Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:42 pm
Yes the small Fed ex trucks are personally owned...
As for damages...well i'm sure the TOW bill was what really hammered him...
As for damages...well i'm sure the TOW bill was what really hammered him...