@jwz Is this (giving a fake number) some kind of USA thing? How else is the courier supposed to contact you?
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Radomír Žemlička (razemix@mamutovo.cz)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 19:53:13 JST Radomír Žemlička -
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jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 19:53:12 JST jwz @Razemix Why the *fuck* would they call me?? Why the *fuck* would I answer??? You people are animals.
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jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 20:13:20 JST jwz @breizh @Razemix
I haven't answered a call from an unknown number in over 30 years. -
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Breizh (breizh@pleroma.breizh.pm)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 20:13:26 JST Breizh @jwz @Razemix Here they call to make sure you can receive the package. If you don't answer (or answer but say you're not available), they'll drop the package off at a relay or try to deliver another day.
This is also useful when they can't find your address, so you can guide them to avoid dropping it off at a relay or sending it straight back to sender...
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Peter Krefting (nafmo@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 21:00:05 JST Peter Krefting @jwz @Razemix Google Maps gives bonkers driving directions to where I live (no, you can't drive over the football pitch and onto the bicycle path), so couriers keep calling with "I'm here at the school, where to now?" and I have to tell them to drive back to the road they started from, and around a couple of blocks and actually look at the roadsigns...
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