nmoira Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I'm ashamed to say that yes, I do. I can even tell when it's going to stop near my house, just by the sound. This is an anonymous poll. I thought about a companion poll, "Do you know your UPS guy/gal by name?" but then reconsidered because some things should remain private. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Yes. and I can tell by the speed he's driving as he starts down my street whether he's stopping here, going further down my street, or turning into the adjacent cul de sac. And I do know him by name. And he's sooo cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deidre in GA Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 yes, pathetic to say. he was just here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagnfun Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I voted "other".. When my UP man sees me around town, he asks how I'm doing or about the kids or the dog. For the first few months when he delivered, he was always chewing gum. Once one of my kids asked him about it and he said its better then eating junk food or smoking. Since that day every time he delivers, he adds a stick of gum per kid to the drop off. Now, whenever I order something, I have a pack of gum waiting for him when he gets here. Ok, is that freaky?haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 We have at least 3 regulars. I don't know any of their names... I think they're afraid of me. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I'd never thought about it before, but now that I consider the question, yes I do. That's probably why I'm always at the door before the delivery person. Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 And I do know him by name. And he's sooo cute. Sometimes I think that UPS is like Hooters, but for women. [i know there are women drivers -- my FedEx drivers are women -- but I've never had a female UPS driver.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Yes, and my UPS guy recognizes me whenever I see him around town. Terrible. I need to start going to stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Sometimes I think that UPS is like Hooters, but for women. [i know there are women drivers -- my FedEx drivers are women -- but I've never had a female UPS driver.] :lol::lol: Something about a man in brown shorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 We have at least 3 regulars. I don't know any of their names... I think they're afraid of me. ;)Mine once told me that he "knows a few other households like mine." :001_huh: Coincidentally, they're homeschoolers as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Yes. And I scare him with my enthusiasm. :w00t: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I know mine, but I also have a second line of attack in case I'm working out and have my ipod on. My older dog who we adopted was thrown out of a truck when a puppy, because of that she equates the sound of large trucks to bad things. Over the years this has turned into a thing with the UPS truck. She still gets worked up over others, but when that UPS truck goes by or stops she goes ballistic. She has deemed UPS drivers her mortal enemy. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Sometimes I think that UPS is like Hooters, but for women. lol! I've never understood the particular appeal -- but my college roommate wrote poetry about The UPS Man. (BTW, I've had a female UPS driver show up on occasion -- maybe only around the holidays though... My regular guys are all, well, guys... Who say thinks like, "You guys sure like Amazon, huh?") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Yes, not only do I know the sound of my UPS truck, but so do my kids :) Dh calls it "The Big Brown Truck of Savings" - lol. My kids probably think it's really called that, instead of UPS. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saille Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 What a funny thread! I live on a rural two-lane highway, and traffic is fairly noisy, but yes, I know my UPS truck and my postal worker's car, and I meet them at the gate. I'm going to make them cookies this winter, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I, too, have a dog that goes completely ballistic when the UPS truck is nearby - very hard on the nerves.:glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I know the sound, I know the schedule and it's always spot on. My dogs know the sound, my son knows the sound. I also know the sound of FedEx, and the schedule. (A neighbor gets FedEx deliveries daily, and we do on occasion.) I also know the sound of the mail carrier, and his schedule, which again is always spot on. So do the dogs. lol I always feel like I'm a regular Gladys Kravitz just by the mere fact we school at our kitchen table which overlooks the street, so I know everything going on in the neighborhood by default. My next house (if there ever is one) the kitchen will be in the back. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Yes...this dear man is the only delivery driver who drives the nearly one-quarter mile off the main road to deliver goodies to me. Not only that: He often has to open our large, jinky cattle gate when we've forgotten to. He knows the trick and replaces it when he goes. Our driveway is really a very narrow road that winds through the woods. He has to turn that big brown truck around in a very small area with lots of trees, chickens, and dogs. He walked several heavy boxes up to the house from the main road one Christmas Eve when the gate was blocked. He rocketh! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted October 17, 2008 Author Share Posted October 17, 2008 He rocketh! :DBut is he cute? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Crazy Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 We've recently moved and this UPS man is nicer than the last one. The new mail lady already has commented on the amount of packages I get. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 My UPS guy asked me if I homeschool :D. He use to have a route in a BAD school district and told me that he would deliver HUGE boxes of books to some of those families. Boxes from Abeka and Rod & Staff and Amazon. And yeah, he's cute, AND he works well with the girls, (helping them carry the boxes and such) AND he brings heavy boxes into the house :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Not really. But, I know the sound of the city bus stopping by our house, because that means dh is home! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Yes. and I can tell by the speed he's driving as he starts down my street whether he's stopping here, going further down my street, or turning into the adjacent cul de sac. And I do know him by name. And he's sooo cute. He's like a member of the family!:lol::lol: Plus, the kids know the sound, and can't wait to show them something they've made, or how goofy they are dressed on a given day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 yes, we all know the sound and wasn't there a Seinfeld episode about the UPS guy and the brown shorts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Yup, even worse now since dh works from home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamagistra Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 But is he cute? ;) LOL Yeah, he is, kinda. (Who am I kidding? He brings me books...you bet he's cute!) :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 The sound is "THE U P S TRUCK IS HERE", with a back beat of little feet stampeding to the door. But yes, he steps on the clutch on the last hill and curve and there is a thunk as he lets go and puts on the bracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWSJ Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 UPS uses diesel trucks. Their sound is easy to identify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncmomo3 Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Yes, and it is such a beeeauuutiful sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Hen Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 My dogs even know the sound of the UPS truck. He's a sweet guy and gives them dog biscuits when he stops. If they aren't outside he asks where they are too and hands dog biscuits over for them. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon H in IL Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I voted 'no,' but then I know my mailman's truck by sound, and by name, and yes, he guessed we were homeschoolers by the many deliveries from Edward R. Hamilton, Bookseller. He & his wife homeschool, too. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.S. Burrow Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm ashamed to say that yes, I do. I can even tell when it's going to stop near my house, just by the sound. This is an anonymous poll. I thought about a companion poll, "Do you know your UPS guy/gal by name?" but then reconsidered because some things should remain private. :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 To me they all sound the same. I can pick a UPS truck out from a block away, but not my particular UPS truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Running the race Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I can't tell the difference between the FedEx truck and the UPS truck and since we live in a neighborhood I tune out the trucks because who knows who it might be for. :) If I knew it were most likely to be for our house then I would be more alert for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom4god Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plucky Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes, even my dog knows the sound of the truck. Our UPS driver talks baby talk to my dog, and gives her treats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joules Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes, and my dogs do, too. As a matter of fact, I can tell the difference between the bark for mail lady and the bark for UPS. Fedex hardly ever comes so they get the generic stranger bark. I don't know my UPS man. I only get to see his back as he runs to the truck. I think it might be the barking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidian Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 No, not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertDweller Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes, I did at our old house. Could tell by the sound of the engine and time of day. The truck had a squeeky loud sound it made when it stopped, so I always knew when he was stopping at our house. He liked to talk to our dog even though the dog would bark at him like crazy. He was the only person that I actually would run down the steps and out the front door to the gate to greet. Otherwise, I almost never answered the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes. and I can tell by the speed he's driving as he starts down my street whether he's stopping here, going further down my street, or turning into the adjacent cul de sac. And I do know him by name. And he's sooo cute. :iagree::iagree: I have two. I wove dem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 One of my favorite sounds is that truck rumbling up our rocky road. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes I know the sound and am sad when they pass my house. I think I need to go place an order. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I voted no, I don't really know the sound (although if I *do* hear it, I would probably recognize it!) but I know it's the UPS truck by the time it speeds down my driveway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Oh, yes. The kids and dogs know it, too. Our UPS driver knows us well enough now that we recently had a delivery at our business (uncommon) and he asked my husband if he wanted him to go get the deliveries out of the truck for the house :blush:. Our regular UPS driver isn't bad to look at, but he had a sub one week that had me :svengo:! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrogMom5 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes. I miss that sound. I haven't been able to order anything for months and I miss my, I mean the UPS truck. :crying: Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I can tell the difference between the FedEx truck, the UPS truck, and the regular USPS delivery truck. My teenage neighbors think our FedEx guy is hot. (He is. ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeyNewt Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yes! I know the sound well... Now as for the USPS truck, we got a new one in the past year and he stopped delivering packages to our door, instead puts a slip in our mailbox and we have to pick it up. We have a lazy mailman... so I love our UPS guy and FedEx gal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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