Metro’s Ready for the 4th of July Parade!

We’ll see you downtown Ann Arbor for the

Ann Arbor Jaycees 4th of July Parade 2013

Metro Delivery is MOVING but not to India

Yes, we’re moving to our spacious NEW OFFICES & WAREHOUSE this weekend.

Metro Delivery bids a fond goodbye to the Sunny Southside of Ann Arbor, MI and, heeding the advice of Horace Greeley, heads to the Wild Westside of Ann Arbor, MI, from whence we shall continue to service the Southeastern environs of Michigan- and beyond!

And we would like be clear, we are NOT PRESENTLY moving to India:

…we all got our hopes up that Management had more expansive plans than we’d been led to believe, this morning when we found the below(click for screenshot) website, which looks remarkably like our website:

Which shows that we’ve established branches in:

India! at 41/3, Mahatma Gandhi Road Bangalore Karnataka – 560 001
PHONE NUMBER: + 917411577135

LONDON!
at Cortonwood Drive Brampton Barnsley S Yorkshire S73 0UF
PHONE NUMBER: + 44 703 195-3447

and…
NIGERIA!

at5/54 omolabake close of ilamoye street ijeshatedo lagos nigeria
PHONE NUMBER: +234 8133969916

…Unfortunately, that website that you see above is just another bunch of interwebs criminals who’ve copied our proprietary images and are trying to “hook” “pigeons” for their shady we’ve-got-a-package-for-you-but-you-have-to-pay-some-fees-to-get-it scam.

All the above phone numbers  etc. presumably allow you to contact actual criminals. We recommend that you avoid these weasels, if they should contact you.

Here’s a previous blog post regarding this interwebs phenomenon

…Anyway, Westside Ann Arbor is a good move for us.

LOOK OUT WESTSIDE ANN ARBOR METRO DELIVERY’S MOVIN’ IN!

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But England would have been nice…

Nigeria would have been awesome…

It just goes to show, you can’t believe EVERYTHING you see on the web.

From the Graphic Vaults: Proposed Metro Delivery Logo circa 2001

This funky old logo was used rarely, but it still makes us smile-

Sphinx Competition

Metro was proud to donate delivery services to the Sphinx Competition this year.

Our friends at Morgan and York donated a gourmet lunch for all the musicians, and we did a fast delivery from Morgan & York in Ann Arbor to the Stage Door of the beauteous Max M. Fisher Theatre in Downtown Detroit.

From their website: The annual Sphinx Competition offers young Black and Latino classical string players a chance to compete under the guidance of an internationally renowned panel of judges and to perform with established professional musicians in a competition setting. Its primary goals are to encourage, develop and recognize classical music talent in the Black and Latino communities.

Congratulations to the Winners, and to all the great young musicians! We hear it was a fantastic show!

Illuminated Metro Santa Emerges for the Season

One of the great things about driving around all day is finding the free things that people leave at the curb. People throw the most amazing stuff out.

For instance, our glowy Santa was found discarded- orphaned, even- head down in a dumpster, actually- but he’s been brightening our holidays here at Metro for the last three years.

Saved from the landfill and shining on as a proud yard-high beacon of redemption.

Metro Delivery Will Take Your Food and Toys

…and we’ll give the food to Food Gatherers and the Toys to Toys for Tots!

We donate our delivery services and do a Holiday company donation drive for both excellent organizations, and we’ll see that they get any toys or food you want to hand off to our Couriers, whenever you see them, during the holiday season!

Toys for Tots wants new, unwrapped but packaged toys-

Food gatherers offers the following List of most requested items:

• Tuna Fish or other canned fish or meat
• Beef Stew, Meat Soups
• Hearty Soups
• Canned Spaghetti or Pasta
• Chili
• Beans (kidney, pinto, green, yellow, refried or black beans)
• Baby Food or Formula
• Ensure or other nutritional supplement drinks
• Rice
• Dry Beans
• Noodles, Macaroni
• Powdered Milk
• Pancake or Baking Mixes
• Cereal/Oatmeal
• Granola Bars
• Peanut Butter
• Jelly (in plastic jars)
We also collect (unopened)
Personal Care Items:
• Diapers
• Toothpaste
• Toothbrushes
• Soap
• Shampoo
• Disposable Razors
**Food Gatherers does not accept opened containers and expired products, and asks that you avoid items in glass as they sometimes break in transit. Thank You!

Chihuahua Warning Sign

Having recently added Hector the chihuahua to the Metro menagerie, we found the posting of this warning sign necessary after a couple of close calls due to Hector’s diminutive stature and our fast-footed working environment…

We offer the sign to all other chihuahua owners, to print & display, in hopes of  reducing chihuahua risk for the general public.

Click on the image for a printable copy!

Video and Pics from the 2012 Ann Arbor Jaycees 4th of July Parade with METRO DELIVERY

Metro Delivery: 2012 Jaycees 4th of July Parade In Ann Arbor, MI from Metro Delivery on Vimeo.

It was 101 Degrees! We delivered 804 Beachballs! We won 3rd place in the Parade! Hooray for the Glorious 4th!

Metro Detroit Courier Tip: Name that Road

If you seek regional dialectical authenticity in your discussions of Detroit Roads & Freeways:

1.  It’s not “I-75.”  It’s the CHRYSLER FREEWAY if you’re motorvatin’ between Downtown Detroit and Pontiac, or the FISHER FREEWAY from Downtown Detroit on Downriver.

2.  It’s not “I-94″ that goes East to Port Huron and West to Chicago.  It’s the EDSEL FORD FREEWAY.

3.  It’s not “I-96 ” that comes out of Downtown and heads for Brighton, Lansing and points West, It’s the JEFFRIES (alternately known as the ROSA PARKS for the 3 miles between Ford Rd. and the Fisher Freeway, more recently).

4.  It’s not “I-696″ running parallel to 11 Mile Road between I-275 and the Edsel Ford,  It’s the WALTER P. REUTHER FREEWAY.

5.  It’s not “M-10.” It’s the JOHN C. LODGE.

6.  It’s not “M-8.” It’s the DAVISON.

7.  It’s not “M-39.” It’s the SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY.

…and don’t let anyone hear you referring to TELEGRAPH ROAD as US-24, or they’ll know you’re a tourist and try to scare you with tales of  “Le Nain Rouge.”

Metro Detroit Courier Tip: North/South Street Formula

Another Public Service Announcement to our Couriers, and offered freely to the Public at Large:

Metro Detroit is laid out in a grid! The North/South Streets have consistent addresses!

Ancient Metro knowledge offers this simple 3-step formula for figuring the Mile road nearest an address on North/South Streets in Detroit, i.e.  Schoenherr, Gratiot, Van Dyke, Mound, Livernois, Southfield, Telegraph, etc:

X-5000%2%1000

Example: Let’s say you wanted to go Vern Haney’s Restaurant for their famous “Centerline Cheese Soup.”

Vern Haney’s can be found at 244447 Van Dyke.

1. 24447 -5000=19447

2. 19447 %2 = 97235

3. 97235 %1000 =9.7235

…and indeed, you’ll soon be eating Cheese Soup in Vern Haney’s Family Restaurant, a classic diner in a building that once housed  a Howard Johnson’s, between 9 and 10 mile road,  a little closer to 10 Mile than 9 Mile (9.7).

…this formula was passed down from primeval Metro Drivers, who rode mastodons and did not have GPS devices leading them around like little electronic mommies.