Comments on: Bass En Route http://casual-living.com/2006/07/02/bass-en-route/ Mundane Tales of Wonder in the Pursuit of... Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: c http://casual-living.com/2006/07/02/bass-en-route/#comment-21 c Sun, 09 Jul 2006 19:57:54 +0000 http://casual-living.com/2006/07/02/bass-en-route/#comment-21 I think "Out for Delivery" was an error that they swiftly revised to "Destination Scan," as subsequent versions of the feed make no mention of the hallowed "Delivery". Trawling through UPS' rather convoluted site, I gather that Saturday delivery is an <em>optional</em> addition to Ground service, and not inherent. Consequently, the bass (shipped as cheaply as possible) is condemned to an idle weekend in the UPS warehouse. Not that this prevented me from dropping by the office to see if they'd left a delivery notice, mind you. I think “Out for Delivery” was an error that they swiftly revised to “Destination Scan,” as subsequent versions of the feed make no mention of the hallowed “Delivery”. Trawling through UPS’ rather convoluted site, I gather that Saturday delivery is an optional addition to Ground service, and not inherent. Consequently, the bass (shipped as cheaply as possible) is condemned to an idle weekend in the UPS warehouse.

Not that this prevented me from dropping by the office to see if they’d left a delivery notice, mind you.

]]> By: c http://casual-living.com/2006/07/02/bass-en-route/#comment-20 c Sat, 08 Jul 2006 17:42:59 +0000 http://casual-living.com/2006/07/02/bass-en-route/#comment-20 Oh, the humanity. It's in town. "Out for Delivery" at 3:49 this AM. On a Saturday, so there's no one at the office to receive it. We've no door-buzzer, and the front doors auto-lock on weekends, so short of my camping out on the street I fear that I must wait until Monday. Noble Cross-Country UPS Trucker, your amphetamine consumption was in vain. Oh, the humanity. It’s in town. “Out for Delivery” at 3:49 this AM. On a Saturday, so there’s no one at the office to receive it. We’ve no door-buzzer, and the front doors auto-lock on weekends, so short of my camping out on the street I fear that I must wait until Monday. Noble Cross-Country UPS Trucker, your amphetamine consumption was in vain.

]]> By: c http://casual-living.com/2006/07/02/bass-en-route/#comment-19 c Fri, 07 Jul 2006 01:16:06 +0000 http://casual-living.com/2006/07/02/bass-en-route/#comment-19 Wow, this tracking business is fun. It left New Stanton, PA 3 days ago and hasn't been scanned since. Guess it's just hauling ass on a single truck headed direct to a Pacific Northwest regional distribution center, or its barcode would've passed under someone's beam by now. Tick Tock... Wow, this tracking business is fun. It left New Stanton, PA 3 days ago and hasn’t been scanned since. Guess it’s just hauling ass on a single truck headed direct to a Pacific Northwest regional distribution center, or its barcode would’ve passed under someone’s beam by now. Tick Tock…

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