Video: USPS & UPS Rivalry Caught on Camera
Footage from a doorbell camera has emerged showing an intense race to the door as both USPS and UPS arrive at the same time to deliver packages. The rivalry amongst the various courier companies is not new and is often well documented between the big 4 of USPS, UPS, FedEx and now Amazon.
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It is not common however, to see these rivalries play out in real time in the real world, but that’s what has been caught on a Ring doorbell camera. Unfortunately there is no clue as to where this event took place, however you can see the footage below. The TikTok video has now been viewed over 5.6 million times.
USPS vs UPS
As you can see in the TikTok video it is all in good spirits as after the short race (which UPS won and playfully rang the doorbell first) the two delivery drivers can be heard laughing with each other as they walk back to their vehicles.
The comments on the TikTok include one from someone who claims to be a USPS worker that states:
“Me being a USPS worker, this is the best times. People always assume that we are enemies but we’re not”
TikTok Commenter
Other comments included those which poked fun at the other courier companies including “FedEx are a block down the street delivering to the wrong address” and “Amazon delivered 5 hours earlier”
In what seems like a stressful world with so much uncertainty it is still great to see that people can find ways to have fun in their jobs.
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Dave Furness
Dave is a Co-Founder of eSeller365. For over 10 years he has been involved with eCommerce with a particular interest in the marketplaces and the huge opportunities available for sellers when utilizing a multi-channel strategy. After a year of being the UK’s youngest eCommerce consultant, he built an education platform called UnderstandingE that showed the world how to utilize Magento as the “Third Generation of Multi-Channel software”.
Dave has also created a YouTube channel dedicated to entrepreneurship and eCommerce as well as a podcast dedicated to mental health awareness. When Dave isn’t working his main interests include learning and playing Chess, researching the Crypto and NFT space, and trying to find the nearest beach.