So I used to buy shampoo/soap/facewash/et cetera from Yves Rocher. I liked the products. I liked the free gifts. I even liked the little perfume samples that I would open just to smell but never wear. And then, early this summer, I received a flowery notice from Yves Rocher saying that they were partnering up with UPS for all further deliveries. GAH. I e-mailed them to ask if I could request shipments to be sent another way, but they answered (kindly) that UPS was wonderful and this partnership was a good thing.
Let me explain something here. I live in a condo. I have to be home for packages, because they'll never be left for me if I'm away. UPS never comes when I'm home. Therefore UPS packages must be picked up from the outlet next to the airport. This means that every time I get a UPS package, I spend about $60 on cab fare just to pick up the package. IT IS NOT WORTH IT. Yves Rocher will no longer get my business because I'm not going to deal with UPS.
However, I did discover a wonderful new product. It is SoftSoap's vanilla brown sugar liquid soap. Mmmm... it smells warm and that makes it feel warm. It is a gentle, loving soap, and Yves Rocher will just have to accept that. As well as accepting that they will get no more money from me.
The organic supermarket has excellent facewash, my Garnier shampoos and conditioners can be found anywhere, vanilla brown sugar soap makes me happy—so that leaves me just one thing. Deodorant. Where can I find a good non-white deodorant? It was hard enough finding the Yves Rocher deodorant, and now I must find a new one. Yves Rocher, I will not return to you. I will not return to the dark side. I will find a good new deodorant! But where?
2 comments:
I concur that UPS is not wonderful. However, they will make three attempts to deliver a parcel, if you're not home the first time. Of course, that's not really helpful if they arrive at the same time - and you're not home at the same time - every day.
But why, oh why, would you spend $60 on cab fair instead of just taking the bus there?
The buses that head out there are never kind to me. I've taken the bus to the airport, which is not far from there, and it took me about three hours. Three hours with a bunch of luggage. Some packages are too large to manage on the bus. A guitar in a 60-pound case? Awkward and difficult on the bus. Normally I get around smoothly on the bus. It's what I do. I'm a bussing whiz. But getting to the UPS outlet is killer.
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