Apparently UPS has taken upon itself to discriminate against those of us living here at 1488 Westminster street in Providence -- they refuse to leave any packages unless they are signed for in person. And since everyone works here there's no one to sign so . . . well you see the catch-22 here. FedEx leaves packages here but not UPS. Nope. and when I called to ask about this "policy," I was informed that because of where we live UPS couldn't risk leaving packages outside. It's a bad area.
BAD AREA? Maybe it's all those black kids, or Latino males hanging round Mi Ranchito, eh?
Bad Area. Hardly. It's quiet, peaceful and we have had no problems since moving here. Nor has anyone else.
No, it's discrimination pure and simple. Just like the in (not-so-) old days when insurance companies and realtors would discriminate against certain neighborhoods because, ahem, people of color or modest means were the predominant inhabitants. Some attitudes continue to lurk just beneath the surface, even in our (so-called) age of enlightenment.
Well, I've got to go and put out some land mines in the parking lot -- this is a bad area don't you know?
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