Make your mark
This afternoon, I had one of the kindest interactions with a delivery driver, ever. There was a signature requirement, and I explained that I could not see where to sign. The driver asked if I would accept a big X next to my name, on the gadget, as proof that I had received the package. Transaction complete.
The concept of signature on delivery leaves me baffled. If the driver came all the way to your house, and left you with a parcel, what is the point of getting an autograph? Particularly a generic X. And does anyone actually verify the manifest, at the end of the day? Plausible deniability, or something. I live in the country, and the big van found the way here using a GPS. Not dead reckoning. I am sure that the strategy makes sense, if you are delivering gold bullion, but that is not how this game runs. There are parcels, often from Amazon.
Anyhow. I guess it makes sense in the most basic logistic manual. In the real world, I am unsure.
The driver had to contend with a second issue, which involved two very loud dogs. My and the loaner. The conversation between the two humans was masked, and a lot of gestures were used. Ones I could not see. No wonder the driver went with the time test X which as been in use for a very long time on documents. I should have checked to see if either of the dogs could offer a paw print in place.
