rants

I was minding my own business, working away in my office when I heard something going on outside. Two somethings in fact, which was more than enough cause for me to go investigate. I glanced around for the Glock, and remembered that I had left it in the other room.

As of late last night, the tracking page showed that the package was on the truck for delivery - scheduled for today. And 19.18 this evening, it was delivered ... much to my surprise ... and only a full week late on a two-day delivery time. Never again.

No package, still. I called again and the lady finally got through to someone at the local deliver place but she was put on hold for so long that she finally gave up. Then she transferred me to a "trace agent" who also tried to contact someone at

No delivery and no updates to the FedEx tracking page, so I called again. This time they put me through to some dude in Pittsburg. He calls the local delivery center place and then explains to me that my package is amongst several thousand other packages (maybe a pile of

The dude from Friday never called back and the tracking page didn't change at all over the weekend. I called FedEx again (I'm quite profficient at navigating their phone system, these days). The lady put me on hold while she called the local delivery center people.

Delivery day! ... again. The FedEx tracking page shows nothing new so I called again. This time they transferred me to a guy at the local delivery center place. He explains that he'll locate the package and give me a call back by 5pm to let me know what&

Delivery day! Nothing happened throughout the morning ... and then the FedEx tracking page was updated to show the dreaded shipment exception, with the explanation, cannot locate recipient. Such crap. You see, I live in a new neighborhood and most maps do not include these new roads, yet. The week I

No update to the FedEx tracking page. I know this because I check every 15 to 20 seconds. The FedEx web servers never know load like they do when I'm expecting a delivery.

Ordered a cable-only (no bulky power brick) Empower airplane adapter for my PowerBook from Kensington, today. The order was processed and shipped today (speedy). Delivery is scheduled for Sep 21 via FedEx Ground (crap). The tracking number shows FedEx's receipt of the item in Lewisberry, PA. And it&

Walmart produce ... because someone has to buy the left-overs.