Tracking numbers... A love/hate story.

[Missinglink]

Ahh. Isn't the digital age that we live in wonderful. Information instantly accessible at a whim with just a few keystrokes.

Unfortunately, things get ugly when the information you're tracking is snail-mail. I know my shipments are getting closer. I can see it on the interwebz.

Someone please invent teleporting tech like on Star Trek. I can't stand this wait!

/wanders off to check the mail again.

 

[tmcase]

Yes, I've often wished we had beaming technology. I hate waiting for the mailman.

 

[VJH]

I too cyber-stalk my packages...I feel your pain.

 

[DaveP]

You know you are hooked when you are peeking out the window, knowing that the mail truck is carrying your order.

You know you are getting psycho when you argue with him when he says he doesn't have it. After all, your computer said he did!

 

[BladeZ]

i was like sitting in the living room waiting for the bell to rings.. quickly rush down to the door once i hear foot steeps but turns out it wasn't the courier guy..!! the moment u know ur items was with courier guy then u waited, but it took them freaking 4 hours to reach ur house.. damn..!! i wish they could do like what they advertised.. like delivered by helicopter or such.. LOL..

 

[WalksWithWiFi]

yeah, typical tracking number behavior for me is to stalk the number at least 3 times a day...
if i see that its in a post office in my city, and it wasn't delivered that day...i flip out a little, i admit it.
My wife constantly sides with the post man delaring, "Poor [ insert postmans name here ]"

 

[Nomoreash]

With USPS it's only randomly updated and it's really not meant to be tracking but used as Delivery Confirmation...although we use it for tracking. I've received packages through USPS on several occasions that the DC info still showed it hadn't left the state of origin. UPS and FedEx are real time but rarely if ever used for what we're getting.

 

[VJH]

yeah, typical tracking number behavior for me is to stalk the number at least 3 times a day..."

Only three times I day- I admire your restraint!

 

[WalksWithWiFi]

Only three times I day- I admire your restraint!

i did say at the least...
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i might check more, lol

 

[Missinglink]

Only three times I day- I admire your restraint!

Ditto!

I checked mine 3 times in the last hour.

Checking it more makes the packages come faster right? RIGHT?

 

[WalksWithWiFi]

Ditto!

I checked mine 3 times in the last hour.

Checking it more makes the packages come faster right? RIGHT?

if only that were true....


also, i am told that doing something productive makes the time go by faster therefore making the mail come faster....but take that info with a grain of salt.

 

[KTaylor]

Ok the mailman ninja'd me. I've been running out every 5 minutes....no mailman...so I check the box...WHAM!!!!! My new Provari!!! YEAAAAAA!!!!! Sneaky Sneaky mailman.

 

[tmcase]

if only that were true....


also, i am told that doing something productive makes the time go by faster therefore making the mail come faster....but take that info with a grain of salt.

I think that's true because when I'm on the forum I lose track of time. By the time I finally look at the clock it's beer thirty and the mailman is usually here by then.

 

[x-smok3]

It can be dangerous...I was tracking a package and it should have been here yesterday. The neighbor was blocking my mailbox and if it can't be gotten to within an arm reach of my mail ladies truck she doesn't deliver...got it today so no violence was necessary

 

[APD99]

Snail-mail loses speed as it approaches your house apparently, because it took 2 days to get 2,518 miles, then another 2 days to get 23 miles and now another day to get less than .5 miles..DAMNIT!!!!!! I want my provari NOW!!!!

 

[Missinglink]

Ok the mailman ninja'd me. I've been running out every 5 minutes....no mailman...so I check the box...WHAM!!!!! My new Provari!!! YEAAAAAA!!!!! Sneaky Sneaky mailman.

Oooh, Nice on the ProVari.

/jealous

 

[KTaylor]

ADP99....Absolutely worth the wait. This thing is amazing!!

 

[vsinner]

Checking it more makes the packages come faster right? RIGHT?

It's like a kettle, if you keep looking at it the mailman will never boil... no hang on.. if you keep checking the traking number the water never boils..

hmm.. I'll edit after coffee.. brain hasn't booted up yet

 

[queenbee288]

I am tracking two packages today. One said it has been delivered the other says it is still out. Didn't the same carrier have both of them?????? When I get home, will there be one package or two? The suspense continues.

 

[Missinglink]

All I know is this is driving me bonkers.
I'm waiting on my Riva kit, and I was hoping it would be here today since I'm off work today and tomorrow.

It looks as though it'll be here tomorrow, so at least I'll get one full day to play with my new toy. Hopefully...