With successive lockdowns pushing more people towards online shopping, delivery companies are dealing with volumes that have doubled in a year, and some are clearly struggling to deliver the goods. A recent social media query from The Irish Times about issues people have had with online orders prompted about 1,000 responses in less than 48 hours. Conan Traynor had a brand new pair of runners thrown over the side gate by DPD, which his dog promptly destroyed. Called them and person I got through to couldn’t have been more dismissive.”Laura O’Dea also had an online order ruined by an overly enthusiastic mutt. “I’m literally at home all day every day and there isn’t even an attempt to knock or anything.

Source: The Irish Times March 06, 2021 01:00 UTC