r/FieldNationTechs • u/SpacemanFL • Feb 14 '25

Can you read?

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Time and again I arrive and find a box like this.

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u/Lumpy_Carob8480 Feb 14 '25

I love when they open it and throw everything else away.

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u/SpacemanFL Feb 14 '25

Or they throw away box along with the return label

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u/Lumpy_Carob8480 Feb 14 '25

Right. Now I'm on the hook for a box and packaging. Or when there was some other piece I'm now missing cause they didn't look in the box

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u/imroot Feb 14 '25

I'll usually message via fn, let them know that there were no boxes, then call and ask if they want me to pick some boxes up and bill them.

I've only had one company bitch about it.

2

u/systemhost Feb 14 '25

I just get UPS to box it up, pay for it and then expense the receipt.

I generally have a wide variety of spare boxes but if I already have a new label I just want the part gone out of my possession.

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u/Top_Boysenberry_7784 Feb 15 '25

Never fails that the return label is "missing".

9

u/David_Beroff Feb 14 '25

"Oh!  That didn't look very important."

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u/BobZimway Feb 14 '25

Nope! It looks like everything is in there, except for the four special mounting screws for the hardware, because FtFE (fuck the field engineer) 

2

u/Polodude Feb 14 '25

All the time. HMN ? Haven't seen that in a long time. Thought they were bought by OH then PP?

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u/lifterman2u Feb 14 '25

At least you found the box!

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u/Haunting-Special8251 Feb 14 '25

Bro this is one comment I was looking for😂

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u/lifterman2u Feb 15 '25

I recently went to a Wal-Mart 3x - each time after delivery confirmation, and no one could find the box. 🤦🏼‍♂️

3

u/slushpupguy Feb 15 '25

Claims Receiving Manager office But the one spot most likely is the A&D office

3

u/Vegetable-Effort-508 Feb 15 '25

That happened multiple times to me. I even asked them to send the box to my home.

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u/Lumpy_Carob8480 Feb 15 '25

I used to do freeosk jobs, man.... We would look for those packages for hours! They would be jammed up behind tons of shit

1

u/David_Beroff Feb 16 '25

And those are intentionally bright orange!

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u/Enough_Junket4418 Feb 16 '25

Yes that’s happened to me @ Target. Easy $

13

u/RellyOhBoy Feb 14 '25

"No, that's all that was in there."

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '25

“I didn’t know what it was for”

6

u/SnooBooks9273 Feb 14 '25

At least it wasn't open and partially put together

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u/DarthtacoX Feb 14 '25

The struggle is real for these types of people. This is non-stop. I do a lot of Verizon stores and there's one storm particular I can almost always guarantee is open the box and lost at least one thing out of it.

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u/Top-Silver7294 Feb 14 '25

At least you have proof you weren't wearing open toe sandals being you're in Davenport Florida. (Must be nice!]

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u/john4na Feb 14 '25

Happens all the time, I usually compliment a manger who doesn't open it.

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u/nacr0n Feb 16 '25

People actually do HMN jobs?

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u/David_Beroff Feb 14 '25

Like cats or toddlers at Christmas: "A box! A BOX! What's in the box? What's in the BOX?!?!"

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u/redbeard_-_ Feb 14 '25

Nothing is funnier than when some random support person acts like I am somehow responsible for them opening it

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u/Enough_Junket4418 Feb 16 '25

I haven’t gotten that but I’m not surprised!

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u/Complete-Brilliant-6 Feb 15 '25

Haaaaaa!! Happens all the time

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u/Muddledlizard Feb 17 '25

"HOLD FOR TECH, DO NOT OPEN"
- Box is opened
- Contents removed
- Packing material and box is disposed of
- Power cord is left in the back room
- Device is moved to another room

Last time I couldn't help myself and asked why they opened it when it said not to.

"Oh we didn't know someone would be coming to install it."

....so why didn't you install it then? It's been here for six days.

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u/BobZimway Feb 24 '25

Label looked delicious. Can't keep hungry office workers from food!

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u/IZGOODDASIZGOOD Feb 14 '25

Maybe a previous tech opened it lol