Brown Truck of Annoyance!

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Evolute

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Yesterday, I found a note from UPS on the gate of the apartment complex where I am right now, saying that Mr. Brown Socks attempted to deliver my Busse knife, but couldn't get past the gate, because he couldn't find the listing for me, so that I could buzz open the gate.

Well, DUH! That's because I don't live behind any gate. The front door is right out front, perfectly visible from the street, next to the gate. So I left a large note for him (same spot where he left the note for me), telling him that the front door is not behind this gate, and giving him very precise directions how to find my front door. Then I also called UPS to tell them to inform the driver of the same.

Today I heard the low rumbling of the UPS truck pulling away after a second failed attempt to unnecessarily get past the gate to try to deliver the package where I told him I don't live. So I ran after him. I was quite visible in his side view mirror--I could see him looking at me--as he drove obliviously down the street, while I ran behind his truck, waving my arms, yelling for him to stop. I chased him down to his next stop, about 1/2 mile away. The whole time that he drove along, he nonchalantly watched me in his mirror.:mad:

Anyway, I chased him down and got my knife.
 
I tracked an order that was send via UPS. The tracking info said that it was already delivered, but I hadn't gotten it yet. I found the UPS driver later that afternoon. My package was still in his truck. He faked the delivery because it was due that morning.
 
Mike,
Glad you caught him!! I feel bad for you though, sorry, I laughed too.:D ;)
 
Hey, guys--no need to apologize for laughing. If you all got some amusement, then at least there was some upside to the behavior of this brown-socked cad.
 
Got my BAIII today!!! Great Knife!...Didnt even have to chase the BTOJ....He left my new toy in the door! I guess they "GUY IN THE BROWN SOCKS" is'nt the demon he sometimes seems to be!!
:D
 
Evolute,
Sorry to hear about the trouble receiving the knife, but the real question is "What is it and how do you like it?" :D:D
 
Mr. Brown is on the good list at my place! Mine came today and grateful am I.

Great knife!:D The thinner stock will make for a more useful knife and should be just as soldier-proof. The only thing I find somewhat annoying is the sheath. While the knife fits good and the attachment system is superb, the closure just doesn't work right.

I've modified mine just a bit and when I think of something better, I'll likely change it. Maybe some of that new 3M Dual-Lock stuff, you know, the Velcro replacement. Really cool stuff, just can't find it locally yet.

I've move the snap lanyard from the sheath, where it's hard to snap in place and wrap, etc... to the knife. I've shortened the line and run it through the front hole, except it kinda dangled in the way when in use, so moved it again. Right now, it's lashed to the butt lanyard hole. There, when unsnapped, it dangles behind the knife out of the way. Holds the blade securely in the sheath, easy to attach and detach, and is much more convenient than the way it came.

If I've :footinmou , please ignore. Just my opinion,
Ed
 
The knife I received today is my (Mikey Likes It!) recurved Satin Jack Variant. I already had this knife before. I had sent it in, and am now getting it back.

I'm still waiting for a Pepper Shaker, a Steel Heart Variant, and a Skeleton Key. Plus a Battle Rat from The Missus's knife company.
 
Evolute, that was the second funniest thing I have ever heard!:D ROFLMFAO

The first was the fact that you still think that recurved SJ is yours!??? Can you send it back to me now like you promised you would...please...:p

...you wont hey, well, post a pic and I might let you keep her...might...
 
Yeah, my BTOJ driver needs to learn NOT to talk to the wife.

Last summer, during a buying frenzy, I was home to meet him each time and get all of my deliveries on the QT.

Then, I was away on business one time, and he delivers to the wife.

Of course, the first words out of his mouth are, "Man, how many of these things does he have now. I think I've delivered 7 or 8 of them."

Man, did I have some 'splainin to do....
 
Inconsiderate bastid. You should have taken the Busse out of the box and gave that baby-**** colored truck the old what-for.

Let him explain to his boss how it ended up a pile of shrapnel...
 
Great stories guys. BTW, I've chased down a Fedex truck whilest waiting for some JSP toys! I'm waiting for ol' mister brown socks today for my damn luminox that was supposed to be shipped monday, last week that is:mad: :mad:
Matt
 
I've had nothing but problems with UPS. Shipped an antique painting once from Indianapolis to Oceanside, CA...they assured me it would be handled carefully and would arrive in perfect condition.

It arrived...looking like it had been dropped from the top of a 10-story building. Was insured for $2000...took 212 phone calls over a period of 3 1/2 months to get the $$. I talked to probably 20 different people during this mess and 19 of 'em were rude and obnoxious. The moron they sent out to inspect the damage wanted to take the painting with him..like we were going to let him or anyone from UPS anywhere near it again!!

A friend of mine who lived in an apartment building had been waiting for his Busse for a long time, and when it finally came what he got was a note on his door from the UPS driver saying he couldn't leave the package when nobody was home unless it was a private residence...the driver then added that if my friend would get a better job and buy a house he wouldn't have these problems. Total jerk like every UPS fool I've ever had the misfortune of dealing with.

Why anyone would contract these clowns to do their shipping is a mystery to me.
 
I will not use UPS after receiving 2 different shipments from them, both with crushed outer boxes.:mad: Fortunately the knives were well packaged inside and therefore undamaged.

Gene
 
gundy, gundy, gundy...

"The first was the fact that you still think that recurved SJ is yours!??? Can you send it back to me now like you promised you would...please..."

The Mikey Likes It! recurved SJ variant has now symbiotically bonded with me and become a part of me, an extension of my hand. The only way it can be excised from my hand is to place Uncle Screwtape's Busse Behemoth in my other hand.

"...you wont hey, well, post a pic and I might let you keep her...might..."

Sorry, the basic account doesn't let me post pics. I don't have a digicam, anyway. Perhaps I'll be able to show it to you in person when I come to Australia, in a few months.

In the meantime, perhaps my other pictures will sate you. Click on the link in my signature.
 
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