My package arrived today – January 16th. It took FedEx, one of the leaders of the shipping industry, three weeks to get a package from Dallas to Albuquerque. Pathetic. Simply pathetic.
From the monthly archives:
January 2008
Ordered a pizza earlier tonight. Thought this was interesting – the Specials list at the bottom of the page after logging in: Hm. I’m thinking about ordering a large one-topping pizza. I wonder how much that would cost. I can’t help but wonder how many people choose to pay the extra buck. papa johns, pizza, [...]
Despite a published estimated arrival date of 1/12/08, my package STILL ISN’T HERE. I ordered this package on 12/28/07 and it was picked up by FedEx on that same day. It’s been in transit for NINETEEN DAYS. As I’ve noted repeatedly, it’s a TEN HOUR DRIVE from Dallas to Albuquerque. What the hell is going [...]
This is an update to my post from a week ago. It seems that FedEx, not content to simply take their time, has decided that the environment is disposable. Here’s what I mean: Now, I’m no expert, but it seems to me that flying—they couldn’t possibly be driving this route… right? um… right???—from Dallas to [...]
I don’t send or receive a lot of FedEx shipments, so maybe this is normal: From the 28th to the 3rd (inclusive), I’d expect there to be five working days (28-29, 1-3) and two stop days (30-31). Am I wrong about this? Is the 1st a stop day as well? Is the 29th? Six days [...]
