Has Anyone Heard About This....

> > Government concern regarding purchase of UPS uniforms: BE ALERT!!!!
> >
> >
> > There has been a huge purchase, $32,000 worth, of United Parcel Service
> > (UPS) uniforms on eBay over the last 30 days. This could represent a
> > serious threat as bogus drivers can drop off anything to anyone with
>deadly
> > consequences! If you have ANY questions when a UPS driver appears at
>your
> > door, they should be able to furnish VALID I.D.. Additionally, if
>someone
> > in a UPS uniform comes to make a drop off or pick up, make absolutely
>sure
> > they are driving a UPS truck. UPS doesn't make deliveries or pickups in
> > anything except a company vehicle. If you have a problem, IMMEDIATELY
>call
> > your local law enforcement agency right away! TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY! Tell
> > everyone in your office, family, friends, etc. Make people aware so
that
>we
> > can prepare and/or avoid terrorist attacks on our people! Thank you for
> > your time in reviewing this and PLEASE send to EVERYONE on your list,
>even
> > if they are friend or foe. We should all be aware!

Wind, it looked like an urban legend, so I took a gander on Google.

Here are two explanations, this one is from Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/rumors/ups.asp

and this one from About.com's urban legends: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-ups-uniforms.htm

(Fortunately for me, my UPS guy buys tomato plants from me and occasionally takes a tour around my garden to see what's growing. I don't have to worry - I know exactly who to expect in the brown truck - and of course, he's almost always delivering more plants, lolol!)

Thanks Terry for the info, I received this email from a friend and just wanted to know if anyone else had received one as well and if there was any truth to it.

They make us turn in our old uniforms,and now with the new logo they will be making us wear the new ones,not the old ones........

What next? Talk about terror alert! You won't know who is friend or foe.....

Thanks for the info - just like Terry here, the UPS man and me and Steve are like a little family here. I don't shop except through mail order so every day there is some sort of package coming our way and the UPS man is always willing to chat!

Windsurffer, sometime back I came across and bookmarked a web site that has info on email rumors etc. Here it is:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/ups-ebay.htm
"Truthorfiction.com" has been a helpful instrument on several occasions and if I find a message is fiction I dont send it on.
Regarding the "UPS" uniforms they say it is fiction.
Hope this helps.
farizona

Thanks for the info, but I am not worried about it now.

The big problem is not your UPS delivery driver bringing you a bomb or something,the problem is that if terrorists get a hold of say a UPS vehicle,package car,Tractor trailer.........well,UPS can get into a lot of locked gates,and past guards.

And now they make us put locks even on our empty trailers just so a terrorist can't put something in one of our trailers going inside places.......