MEMPHIS, Dec. 25 (UPI) — Because severe weather in the U.S. Southeast prevented FedEx from delivering some packages to recipients, some employees volunteered to work on Christmas Day to make up some of the backlog and get holiday parcels to their destinations.
In recent days, storms and tornadoes swept across southeastern states like Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee — where FedEx’s corporate headquarters and main distribution center is located. The weather grounded FedEx planes, meaning some of the packages it had intended to deliver before Christmas didn’t make it.
To try and help, many FedEx employees volunteered to work Christmas Day to pass out as many packages as possible. Some locations were open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, CNN Money reported.
“FedEx is doing everything possible to get customer shipments delivered by Christmas in spite of slight delays due to heavier than planned last-minute shipment volumes and severe weather outbreaks in some areas of the U.S.,” FedEx said in a statement. “Priority is being given to residential shipments for Christmas Day deliveries. Many of these will be re-attempts to customers who were not at home to accept previously attempted deliveries.”
Some upset recipients took to social media Thursday to express dismay over packages they had hoped to get under the tree by Christmas Day.
“Grinch of the season: @FedEx who didn’t meet the 430pm deadline for a @ToysRUs delivery today,” one person tweeted Thursday.
“I’ve waited all day for a package from @FedEx that said it’d be delivered today, and it turns out, it’s still in OREGON. Boo, FedEx,” another unhappy customer tweeted.
The shipping difficulties were reminiscent of a similar situation two Christmases ago, when similar weather also interrupted deliveries.
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