I ordered a radio a few days ago, and knowing the problems some of
the parcel services have delivering on time and without damage, I
decided to take the day off when the it was due to arrive. Around 2
PM today, I heard a noise at the front gate and when I went to
investigate, I saw my package flying over the fence and landing in the
front yard. I couldn't see the driver, but boy was I ticked. This
was a $1500.00 Icom R8500 and this guy had just treated it like a
bale of hay. I screamed at the top of my lungs "You blithering idiot,
if you damaged my radio, I'm gonna kick your ass out the top of your
head and then call your boss and get your lazy butt fired"!

As I was bent over checking the condition of the package, the driver
apparently came over the fence and booted me right in the ass, causing
me to fall on the package. I managed to stagger to my feet and lunged
at the goon, but he got me in a head lock and proceeded to kick my ass
repeatedly all over the front yard, down the fence row, and back into
the front yard again. This guy was bull-strong, apparently from
throwing heavy packages over fences, and huge..at least 6 feet 7 and
probably 320 pounds. After beating the living daylights out of me for
the better part of 10 minutes, he headed back toward the fence, but
stopped near my package and did about 5 or 6 of those elbow drops on
it, like the pro wrestlers do. Needless to say, the radio was totally
destroyed.

The only good thing to come out of this was that the radio was insured
and I'll be able to get it replaced. Now here's my problem. Should I
use the same company for delivery next time? They did get the radio
to me pretty quickly and it probably would have arrived safely if the
driver hadn't thrown it over the fence. If I sit out on the street
with a real tough and intimidating look on my face when the driver
arrives next time, that should do the trick, don't you think?

J.C. Jones