Get Me to the UPS Drop Box On Time
Val and I are obtaining a home equity loan to do some major work around the house (complete roof tear off and replacement, drywall, painting, ceiling fan), and to complete our loan process, we had to fill out documents, get them signed by a notary public and return them in the UPS Overnight mailer our lender provided July 5.
With Val's mother, Janice, a notary public, we had everything worked out; after we filled out the forms in her presence and Janice validated them, we would stop at the (apparent) nearest UPS Store to Janice's Amherst residence, at 3842 Harlem Road in Cheektowaga, to make sure everything was in order and ready to be sent.
So, when we got there at about 7:15 p.m., we discovered that this UPS Store closed at 7 p.m.; as panic started to set in (the papers were dated and had to be sent out July 5), we decided to stop at the nearby home of Val's sister and brother-in-law, Tricia and Brad Dossinger (as well as their son, Jack), to see if we could borrow either their computer/Internet access or telephone.
Of course, they were eating dinner when we got there, but they immediately understood our problem and Brad called the UPS 1-800 number. After several humorous and stilted statements to an automated system, Brad wrote down the address of the five nearest UPS drop boxes, with one, at 3906 Harlem Road, between the UPS store and the Dossinger Estates. We profusely thanked Brad, Tricia and Jack, drove out to the box and dropped off our package.
Since we hadn't eaten dinner yet, Val suggested we stop at Zetti's in the University Plaza, which I happily agreed to; when we pulled in the plaza and parked, we saw that next door to Zettis' was an ... open UPS Store. We laughed, we cried, we swore and we all but dashed to Zetti's to get our pizza.
With Val's mother, Janice, a notary public, we had everything worked out; after we filled out the forms in her presence and Janice validated them, we would stop at the (apparent) nearest UPS Store to Janice's Amherst residence, at 3842 Harlem Road in Cheektowaga, to make sure everything was in order and ready to be sent.
So, when we got there at about 7:15 p.m., we discovered that this UPS Store closed at 7 p.m.; as panic started to set in (the papers were dated and had to be sent out July 5), we decided to stop at the nearby home of Val's sister and brother-in-law, Tricia and Brad Dossinger (as well as their son, Jack), to see if we could borrow either their computer/Internet access or telephone.
Of course, they were eating dinner when we got there, but they immediately understood our problem and Brad called the UPS 1-800 number. After several humorous and stilted statements to an automated system, Brad wrote down the address of the five nearest UPS drop boxes, with one, at 3906 Harlem Road, between the UPS store and the Dossinger Estates. We profusely thanked Brad, Tricia and Jack, drove out to the box and dropped off our package.
Since we hadn't eaten dinner yet, Val suggested we stop at Zetti's in the University Plaza, which I happily agreed to; when we pulled in the plaza and parked, we saw that next door to Zettis' was an ... open UPS Store. We laughed, we cried, we swore and we all but dashed to Zetti's to get our pizza.
posted by Kevin J. Hosey at 5:09 PM
2 Comments:
This is really hilarious!! Going all through those hassles and then in the end, a UPS store is still opened just near the pizza outlet you went to!! Well that's life, we get to learn about something everyday. Thanks for posting and keep em coming! :)
Hi there! Thank you so much for sharing your life's experiences. This one really made my day!!! :) Funny how you went through all that, just like a needle in a haystack and then suddenly realizing that the nearest UPS outlet is just next to the pizza outlet you've been to!
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