Can you even fathom what it must be like for the shipping companies/mail these days? I’m not blaming them for issues this time of year . . I can’t even imagine how they get things done but this morning, we’ve had two crazy shipping incidents.
First, our lobsters are supposed to arrive today — overnight deliver . . between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. At 5:30 this morning, I looked at my email and it said there was a delay . . a light flight but they would get them here by the close of the day today. That made me nervous because we often get packages very late in the evening . . sometimes as late as 9 p.m. It’s been later but we’ve asked them not to deliver after 9. About 9 a.m. I got a note that said the delivery date had been changed to tomorrow. Hmm . . I have four live lobsters, along with oysters and scallops that I needed for dinner tonight. I called the Get Maine Lobster folks and he said he’d get in touch with his contact at UPS and see what he could find out. Before I heard back from him, I got another note at 9:52 a.m. that said the package was in Brownwood.
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Not sure why at 9:02 a.m. they were not going to be delivered until tomorrow and at 9:52 a.m., they got here but I’m very thankful that they arrived and have already been delivered.
On Tuesday I sent a package to Nicole with Christmas present, and some yarn for her. It was sent priority mail and was supposed to arrive Friday but since it was in Kansas City yesterday, I figured it would get there today. This morning Nicole texted me and said “What address did you use because the package is in Willow Springs!” It went from Springfield which is about half an hour northeast of them . . to Willow Springs which is about 1.5 hours east of Springfield. I checked the address and I had sent it to them so I’m not sure about that little detour but it has ended up in their little town and is out for delivery now.
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I know it’s just part of the job and this time of year will always be busy and frustrating for shippers, receivers and delivery companies but here’s a great big THANK YOU to all those working so hard to get our packages delivered.
Shauna says
I bought some Friday on Black Friday. It shipped and I was tracking it, it went from Georgia to Fort Worth to Denton (the town I live in) to Bowie back to Denton and then to me. All I could do was laugh. I feel sorry for all the post people/delivery people this time of year
Vivian Oaks says
I can’t imagine doing the job these delivery people do at this time of year. A friend’s hubby works for UPS, and he leaves for work before sun-up, and generally isn’t home before their 1-year old is in bed for the night. At the same time, it’s still very annoying when your packages go by way of Timbuktu to get to the next town over….
DonnainKS says
Thank you, Judy! From one very affected by those delivery types. Have a wonderful evening and a Merry Christmas.
Joyce says
That reminds me of some yarn you ordered from the Loopy Ewe a couple of years ago that went on walkabout before it got to you…
Sherrill Pecere says
I also feel sorry for people working in the brick and mortar stores. People are bonkers and I don’t think I’d have the patience to put up with very many of them. 🙁
Linda in NE says
Last year I ordered a cardigan for myself in late Nov./early Dec. Tracking actually said it made it to my town, but then it left & bounced around Nebraska & Kansas for over two weeks before it got to me. It was a good thing it wasn’t a Christmas present because I would have been a nervous wreck. Another time I ordered a VCR through Amazon and it sat in a postal center in Pennsylvania for 7 days before it got shipped on to me. My local postmaster assured me that that absolutely could not have happened…but it did. I had the tracking info to prove it but he still insisted it never happened. 🙂