Gotta Love Fed Ex!

Always some excuse to use.

IMPORTANT!
Tropical Depression Isaac and the DNC are causing service delays in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and North Carolina

Not like those things are a surprise, Steve...and, fwiw, I've been receiving frequent FedEx Service Bulletins regarding conditions, so they are making the effort to advise their customers that there could be delays.

I can see the storm but the DNC causing delays?
Must be a lot of secret service down there blocking off roads to protect Obama. LOL

I know the RNC made Tampa a nightmare...lots of road closures and flight restrictions. Where I work we were affected by the flight restrictions and we are about 30 miles away from Tampa. I didn't ship at all that week, between the weather from the storm and the RNC. It might have been fine, but I was afraid to try.

Yes, they had this same service delay warning for the RNC in Tampa as well.

I think the concern is that the downtown area becomes so crowded and congested with traffic, attendees, functions and events that on-time deliveries to those areas become very difficult.

We actually didn't see a lot of reptile shipping issues during the conventions, but this past week was a BEAR for Memphis FedEx Hub delays. Late arrival refunds (for insured packages) out the wazoo. Probably the most delayed week ever for packages. No DOAs though : )

A little before 9:00 tonight, I got on the 405 freeway just north of Avalon blvd and found everyone honking at a FedEx Express truck over in the left lane. He had his rear loading door all the way up with some straps flapping in the wind. The shifting packages truly looked as if they were going to go flying out any second and for all I know, some already did. The driver didn't seem to understand that all the honking, high beams, and gestures were for him. A semi pulled along side, that driver was more his level and seemed to be shouting at him, but the FedEx employee just looked at him totally baffled. I was baffled myself because I continued to see him in my rearview for miles and the honking and flashing went on behind me past quite a few exits. The driver had to have known at that point, so I don't get why he wasn't pulling over to the right any. I wondered if perhaps it was meant to be open like that, I'm not familiar with their vehicles, but honestly nothing seemed secured down and there didn't even appear to be a lip stopping the boxes from spillling out. I've never seen them just open like that on a freeway, we were doing sixty, and the whole thing seemed incredibly unsafe to me. The dozens of other waving at him must have thought it didn't look right either...

That is not normal is it? I just kept imagining someone's animal in that cargo.