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The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.
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There is no link between the two sentences. Ocado text the name of their delivery driver (which is sensible for security reasons), plus they give their vans silly names (which seems to be pretty pointless, but perhaps they think it's cool). Ocado are not into anal sex or vaginal mesh, AFAIK. Not yet, anyway.
Perhaps they are like Eddie Stobart?(I just lurve spiders!)
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Ocado ... give their vans silly names (which seems to be pretty pointless, but perhaps they think it's cool).
The vans have colossal pictures of fruit/vegetables etc all over the outside. The name of the van tells you what the pictures are of. It's an additional security feature so you know which van to expect as well as which driver.
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The vans have colossal pictures of fruit/vegetables etc all over the outside. The name of the van tells you what the pictures are of. It's an additional security feature so you know which van to expect as well as which driver.
Sounds like a good idea! :T
Does the driver wear a fruit or veg costume too?
If not, why not!(I just lurve spiders!)
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We've never worried too much. A person comes to our front door at about the right time carrying bags of groceries, and my first thought is not "Goodness, this could be a kidnapper!"No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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Peter in Cabbage van has already delivered to us.I'll hazard a guess at an Ocado delivery
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We've never worried too much. A person comes to our front door at about the right time carrying bags of groceries, and my first thought is not "Goodness, this could be a kidnapper!"
Yes, I must admit, I did wonder why security might be a problem for a delivery.
I mean, it's not as if you're handing over the money or paying by card at the door.
And they are giving you stuff, not the other way around.
Still, maybe there has been some incident and they're playing safe?
Maybe some robber has knocked at an elderly person's house with a box and said they'd carry it in as it's heavy, and then proceeded to rob them?
Or said they were from Ocado and that the person hadn't paid enough and they'd need to pay the driver the difference?
Not heard of anything like that, though.
Mind you, DPD always give the driver's name, and a photo of them too, which is always useful.
They don't have prettily designed vans, though! Just ones with DPD on them! Bor-ing!
(I just lurve spiders!)
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It's definitely something along those lines isn't it!
Those of us in the pauper classes had no idea that the vans were named, or had big drawings on them... nor that you'd get a text with the driver's name.
When I'm in L1dl next, I'll check to see if my trolley's got a name... although the only markings I'm likely to see are "Do Not Steal This Trolley" ... which is probably not a similar thing.0 -
There are some "smart crooks" who notice a van one day at regular intervals. e.g. "Always on a Tuesday between 10 and 11".I did wonder why security might be a problem for a delivery.
I mean, it's not as if you're handing over the money or paying by card at the door.
They might get it into their head that if they turn up with the right sort of outfit/bag at 9.55am then that's the easiest way into a posh house to rob it. No need to worry about alarms or how to enter - no alerted householder .... the door will be opened to them.
Bish, bash, bosh, over the head with the tosh.
Goodies ransacked.
Leave.
Of course, I bet most householders don't squeak at drivers through a crack in the door with the security chain on .... but willingly see what looks like the right sort of event occurring at the front door and open it wide.0 -
Yes, I must admit, I did wonder why security might be a problem for a delivery.
I mean, it's not as if you're handing over the money or paying by card at the door.And they are giving you stuff, not the other way around.
Still, maybe there has been some incident and they're playing safe?
I think it's just their way of applying a "personal touch"Mind you, DPD always give the driver's name, and a photo of them too, which is always useful.
I think it's DPD that has a Google map on their tracking website, showing where the driver is, the number of drops before they get to you and approximately how long before they arrive.
I surprised the driver one day because I'd only just reloaded the page, which said he was still 15 minutes away, when the doorbell went.
I told him he was 15 minutes early, a good excuse to take a short break :rotfl:0
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