Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn

It's pretty unrealistic to think that the drivers can routinely show up on time or close to it every day when the schedule for people calling for pickups is essentially completely random. Think about it. You don't think that a driver leaves directly from the the Fedex terminal and goes straight to your place? Even with the best intentions they are bound to have quite a bit of variability in traffic on their routes. The solution is to just call when you are already home and have your package ready, not calling far in advance when you don't have the package ready yet or you are out running errands yourself.