{"id":943,"date":"2009-01-05T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T23:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=943"},"modified":"2014-07-05T19:48:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T02:48:33","slug":"anatomy-of-a-package-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/05\/anatomy-of-a-package-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of a Package Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last quarter I had a really difficult time getting through all the required reading for my classes, so I thought this time I\u00a0 would take advantage of the long Christmas break to get a jump start on my reading for the winter quarter.\u00a0 As usual, things didn’t quite work out as I had planned.<\/p>\n

It shouldn’t really matter because, as it turned out, I wasn’t ever able to scrape together enough time to get any reading done anyways, but nontheless…\u00a0 UPS officially sucks.<\/p>\n

As soon as I had my classes finalized and confirmed which texts I would need I went shopping online and did quite a bit of comparison and actually ended up saving about $150 on the cost of the books. I ordered the books on Dec. 10, they were supposed to be delivered Dec. 20, it is now Jan 5 and customer service has no idea whether or not the package will be delivered today.\u00a0 They can’t even verify the location of the package. I’ve called UPS a few times over the past week, and it turns out that they can’t even hold the box at their facility and let me come pick it up.\u00a0 I am completely at the mercy of whenever they get around to dropping it off, there is no re-routing and there is no hold for pick up.<\/p>\n

Of course the first week of school is generally not the most critical for having the appropriate texts, but the syllabus for one of my classes lists a chapter one quiz for tomorrow.\u00a0 ouch.\u00a0 Talk about hitting the ground running.<\/p>\n

Normally, reading through the tracking information for a delivery is quite dull, but every once in a while you can find some interesting tidbits.\u00a0 Take a look at the journey my textbooks have been on along with my notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Location\/<\/strong>Date\/Local Time<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
US<\/p>\n

12\/16\/2008<\/p>\n

5:50 P.M.<\/td>\n

BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED<\/p>\n

I ordered the books on 12\/10, but I’m willing to concede that the late start to delivery might pertain more to the company from whom I purchased the books than UPS<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

COLUMBIA,\u00a0 MO,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/16\/2008<\/p>\n

8:24 P.M.<\/td>\n

ORIGIN SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COLUMBIA,\u00a0 MO,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/16\/2008<\/p>\n

10:10 P.M.<\/td>\n

DEPARTURE SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LENEXA, KS,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/17\/2008<\/p>\n

12:50 A.M.<\/td>\n

ARRIVAL SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LENEXA, KS,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/17\/2008<\/p>\n

7:09 A.M.<\/td>\n

DEPARTURE SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SALINA, KS,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/17\/2008<\/p>\n

11:00 A.M.<\/td>\n

ARRIVAL SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SALINA, KS,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/17\/2008<\/p>\n

11:51 A.M.<\/td>\n

DEPARTURE SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMMERCE CITY,\tCO,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/17\/2008<\/p>\n

7:37 P.M.<\/td>\n

ARRIVAL SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMMERCE CITY,\tCO,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/18\/2008<\/p>\n

1:32 A.M.<\/td>\n

DEPARTURE SCAN package seems to be zipping right along, no foreshadowing of trouble here<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SALT LAKE CITY,\tUT,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/18\/2008<\/p>\n

10:27 A.M.<\/td>\n

ARRIVAL SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SALT LAKE CITY,\tUT,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/18\/2008<\/p>\n

3:09 P.M.<\/td>\n

DEPARTURE SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEATTLE,\u00a0 WA,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/19\/2008<\/p>\n

8:23 P.M.<\/td>\n

ARRIVAL SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEATTLE,\u00a0 WA,\u00a0 US<\/p>\n

12\/19\/2008<\/p>\n

11:10 P.M.<\/td>\n

DEPARTURE SCAN I live in Seattle, this package may be delivered on time tomorrow.
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REDMOND, WA, US<\/p>\n

12\/19\/2008<\/p>\n

11:53 P.M.<\/td>\n

ARRIVAL SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REDMOND, WA, US<\/p>\n

12\/20\/2008<\/p>\n

12:57 A.M.<\/td>\n

DESTINATION SCAN Package is 12 miles away. It was supposed to be delivered to me on this date<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REDMOND, WA, US<\/p>\n

12\/22\/2008<\/p>\n

4:14 P.M.<\/td>\n

DESTINATION SCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REDMOND, WA, US<\/p>\n

12\/22\/2008<\/p>\n

4:37 P.M.<\/td>\n

DESTINATION SCAN<\/p>\n

Package has now been in Redmond for 4 days<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

REDMOND, WA, US<\/p>\n

12\/23\/2008<\/p>\n

11:26 A.M.<\/td>\n

EMERGENCY CONDITIONS BEYOND UPS’ CONTROL\u00a0 Ok, I don’t blame anyone for not driving this day, roads really were impassable<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REDMOND, WA, US<\/p>\n

1\/2\/2009<\/p>\n

6:01 A.M.<\/td>\n

THE BUSINESS WAS CLOSED TODAY. A DELIVERY ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY \/ PACKAGE WILL BE DELIVERED NEXT BUSINESS DAY-NO SATURDAY GUARANTEE Package has now been in Redmond 15 days.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The “Business” was the office for our apartments and it was in fact open on 1\/2\/09, just not at 6:01 A.M.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
REDMOND, WA, US<\/p>\n

1\/5\/2009<\/p>\n

11:58 A.M<\/p>\n

———————————-<\/span><\/td>\n

THE PACKAGE WAS LEFT IN A UPS FACILITY<\/strong><\/em> \/ FORWARDED TO THE FACILITY IN THE DESTINATION CITY<\/p>\n

!?!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

———————————————————————————-<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Update:<\/strong><\/em>the package was finally delivered the next day.\u00a0 Luckily the shipper shrinkwrapped the books so they got here in decent shape evn though the box had been shredded in transit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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