According to AppleInsider, a U.S. Army military sister-in-law said that during a move, when a black-hearted moving truck driver did not deliver items on time, she used An AirTag to track her belongings.
Military personnel undergoing permanent station change (PCS) relocations often find problems with shippers' responsibilities for household items. Goods are often delayed by contractors for weeks or months, with little or no communication about the location or reason for the loss or delay of goods. In fact, AppleInsider's staff has repeatedly dealt with the lack of accountability or good tracking of the goods.
Valerie McNulty told the Military Times that she heard "terrible stories" as she moved from one work location to another. During a transfer from Fort Carson, Colorado, to Dromberg, New York, McNulty said she stuffed an AirTag into one of the boxes before the transfer in order to monitor her family's belongings.
"Speaking of PCSing, you hear a lot of horror stories," she said. With these stories in mind, and reading that people put AirTags together with some of their (housewares), I decided it was worth testing this theory. ”
AirTag's tracking capabilities come in handy when their household items aren't delivered on time. When the expected delivery date of January 7 passed and the family did not receive her shipment, McNulty contacted her moving coordinator. The coordinator told her that she should receive the goods the next day, and that she was able to confirm that the goods only needed a four-hour drive. However, McNulty said she then received a call from the delivery driver, who told her he had just picked up the goods in Colorado and that delivery was impossible the next day.
The driver reportedly hung up her phone when she told him it wasn't true and that the delivery time was only a few hours. "I let him know, and I knew he was only four hours away from us," she pointed out. "A few minutes later he called again, trying to bargain with me to see if he could deliver on a Sunday or Monday."
McNulty contacted her moving coordinator, but soon discovered that the company didn't know where the driver was. Her AirTag gave her "more information".
Finally, the driver called back, claiming he was with his girlfriend. He told McNulty that he didn't know she could stalk her while he was going to "meet my girlfriend" and that he was going.
McNulty shared her experience on Facebook, saying she wants more military families to use AirTags during major relocations or job redistribution.
She wrote: "I didn't wait for someone else to change anything, but took things into my own hands. I hope this story spreads, and I hope that other military families hear our story and that they can add AirTags to their [household items] as well. ”
This isn't the first time AirTags have been used to find missing items. They were used to find stolen scooters and lost wallets.