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Cake day: August 3rd, 2023

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  • kungen@feddit.nutomemes@lemmy.world•lol
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    21 days ago

    FedEx in Sweden doesn’t even leave their warehouse to succeed in making their failed delivery. Same with UPS. It’s honestly impressive how successful these two companies can suck at doing the only thing they’re enlisted to do.

    I can see in tracking that my packages first get scanned upon arrival to their regional warehouse, and then within 15-30 minutes it becomes “failed delivery, no one home”. Even if I was to be their first stop, driving from the warehouse to my house would take at least 2 hours. Maybe they’re actually trucking it at 300km/hr, but then I’d notice the police chase. But no truck ever seen. Many days I worked from home because I was to get an urgent package that never came.

    After the first few times, I joined their “My Choice” and “Delivery Manager” or whatever they call it… but that did absolutely nothing, even if I explicitly choose “leave the package at my doorstop, I don’t care if someone steals it”, the shit still never leaves their warehouse!

    I have never seen the face of a single FedEx or UPS man in real life, despite having 30+ packages from them over the years. Maybe they don’t dare to show themselves after screwing me over for so many years…? But then they could at the least just throw my packages outside my door and run for their life instead of hoping I’m going to drive to your warehouse and pick it up myself!

    If I want to buy something and don’t see a PostNord or DHL option, I’m not buying. And if it ends up being FedEx/UPS somehow, I contact the seller to choose something else, or to just give me a refund directly, because it’s not gonna arrive.

    And what might come as a surprise for some Germans, DHL here works wonderfully basically 100% of the time. Thank you Germans for doing your jobs ❤️







  • kungen@feddit.nutoComic Strips@lemmy.world•just robot stuff
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    1 month ago

    Female USB-A cables were still common enough that we’ve learned to accept it.

    It could be a lot worse. Imagine seeing your robot looking at male-to-male power cables. Call me old-fashioned, but that’s where I draw the line, no robot of mine would have such extreme tastes.







  • kungen@feddit.nutoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The Price of this Candy Bar
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    1 month ago

    Am I uneducated about how SNAP works, or is this a rare Texas W?

    I think it’s outrageous that you can’t even buy hygiene articles or medicines with SNAP, and in that way it’d make sense that something so non-nutritious like candy shouldn’t be allowed? Alcohol isn’t allowed either for example, despite the fact that beer would be (at least marginally) more nutritious than candy.

    So other than increasing the stigma already associated with SNAP, is it really problematic to ban candy? Even if it’s not a major cost point, the principle of “poor people are too dumb to budget themselves, so we won’t let them buy necessities like diapers and tampons… but we’ll gladly let them buy candy” just feels wrong to me?