The bitter cold of last week has given way to warm weather and rain here. I almost wish it would be a little colder so we could get some snow. I know the guys wish it was a little colder so that they could get their ice house out on the lake, but as it's going that doesn't look like a possibility any time soon.
Anyway, to relate to my subject, there seems to be a general breakdown in the ability of the various package delivery services to accurately deliver packages. I would blame the fact that it's almost Christmas, but the problem doesn't seem to be in the length of transit time; rather, they seem to have trouble making it to me. And before you think I'm being unfair to any one agency, I've had a problem with USPS, FedEx and UPS. Nothing with DHL, but then again I haven't received a package via them so I can't judge.
As some of you may recall, a few weeks ago Erin's Christmas present was delivered to a home two blocks away from us with the same house number. Last night about 9:30 there was a knock on our door - a guy (I presume a neighbor from somewhere nearby although I didn't recognize him. And 9:30 isn't too late - we didn't get home from tennis until about 9 so if he tried earlier we weren't home) gave me my dad's Christmas present and explained it had been left on his porch. Oddly, a third package wasn't delivered at all. I ordered some books at work and had them delivered to my office, which always has someone in it. They attempted to deliver it at noon on Saturday and left me the message "recipient not at home." I have no clue what actually happened to the package and why it wasn't left with the rest of the mail. It's not like the company doesn't receive mail every weekend!
And the final story: when we were baking our delicious cookies on Saturday morning, Katie looked out the window and asked "Karin, did you order anything from FedEx?" I said no and she replied "Well, there's a FedEx truck backing up your driveway." I went down and spoke to the driver who told me we had 5 large packages and asked where I wanted them. Knowing that Erin had shipped some things up here, I told him to just place them in the front hallway. He brought in the first box - hubcaps! The next box was identical and hubcaps just didn't seem like anything Erin (or Nick) would order. So I checked the label - they were intended for the previous owner of the house. All I can say to that is thank goodness I was home so that I could have the driver taken them away instead of dealing with that headache later on.
So it's up to you to decide: is it the season or the delivery drivers?
4 comments:
Some interesting spice. Doesn't quite have the death and despair attitude that I'm used to, but since it didn't mention the Packers its moving in the right direction. I give it a spice rating of: Vanilla
Sorry, original posting had to be corrected for some erinnese
Yes sorry I have taken Justin under my wing to teach him a new language, Erinnese. And I would have to agree that the post had some great potential but just didn't hit the death or despair post that I see in other sites. However, crazy package delivery is a good story. I personally think it is you. And I would furthermore like to say, make sure all the packages get to the house that should have my name on the gift tag (either to or from). Thanks.
Don't you have some crazy stories about the Georgia post office, Erin?
I didn't even mention the fact that it took 2 MONTHS for a package I sent to my brother to get to him. Granted I sent it parcel post, but he only lives 90 miles from here I think that's a little extreme.
I'm in direct contact with a postal offical that yelled at me and scared me away from bashing the post office. You all know how mom can get. And I lost $5 over the deal. So I pead the 5th.
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