Jimmy Higgins
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I have found, based on just how important a shipment is, I can become a bit obsessive, and can be guilty of stalking the shipment of the package heading to my home.
It starts innocently enough. You order something, and you get the confirmation email. There is naturally some anxiety and excitement.
And you check your emails to see when it ships. Nothing, then you go online to the site to look at the order. No info that it shipped.
Then an email comes, it has shipped! You immediately click the track shipment button. FUCK! Only the label has been printed.
You know in your mind that it'll take time, but you are hopeful that maybe it was already in a truck, on its way. You check out the receive by date. It is late this week.
Okay... I can wait.
*I am waiting*
It has been a couple hours, I wonder if it has been picked up yet. DAMN IT! Still just a label printed.
The cycle just continues and continues. Every day, looking for progress in the updates... every hour. You don't mean to be stalking the poor package, or to be personally responsible for 61% of all the package tracking inquiries this week, you just really care to know every moment whether there is an update. Did it get to Chicago? When does it arrive at the local warehouse?!
Knowledge is power, and I'm desperate to know when my package will be here. Yes, I'm perfectly well aware that they have an estimated date for delivery. But, it could happen a day early, and it'd be like the greatest thing ever in my life! In the history of the world! I can say with certainty, that those who found the tomb was empty and Jesus was resurrected, would have been happier if their shipment of any important object arrived a day or two before the estimated delivery date.
*waits*
It starts innocently enough. You order something, and you get the confirmation email. There is naturally some anxiety and excitement.
And you check your emails to see when it ships. Nothing, then you go online to the site to look at the order. No info that it shipped.
Then an email comes, it has shipped! You immediately click the track shipment button. FUCK! Only the label has been printed.
You know in your mind that it'll take time, but you are hopeful that maybe it was already in a truck, on its way. You check out the receive by date. It is late this week.
Okay... I can wait.
*I am waiting*
It has been a couple hours, I wonder if it has been picked up yet. DAMN IT! Still just a label printed.
The cycle just continues and continues. Every day, looking for progress in the updates... every hour. You don't mean to be stalking the poor package, or to be personally responsible for 61% of all the package tracking inquiries this week, you just really care to know every moment whether there is an update. Did it get to Chicago? When does it arrive at the local warehouse?!
Knowledge is power, and I'm desperate to know when my package will be here. Yes, I'm perfectly well aware that they have an estimated date for delivery. But, it could happen a day early, and it'd be like the greatest thing ever in my life! In the history of the world! I can say with certainty, that those who found the tomb was empty and Jesus was resurrected, would have been happier if their shipment of any important object arrived a day or two before the estimated delivery date.
*waits*