Slight delay in delivery
As my online purchasing habits evolve, with more frequent shopping for books, with more orders for special repair parts, with more eBay, I’ve noticed one speedbump on the road. Delivery.
Canada Post does a great job, given that I have a SuperBox on the corner of our property and the box can be left safely inside until I get there. No real need for a signature; none offered.
Too bad the competition doesn’t have a similar ace up the sleeve. The “trucks” from Purolator, FedEx, Dicom, UPS, etc. all have this corporate need for someone to sign for the drop. This works really well in corporate worlds, where there is someone around to give the requisite five seconds of attention. But, for the home address, this doesn’t work. My dog is smart, but not smart enough. My sons are here, sometimes; think of it as a ten dollar lottery win when the two realities collide. The rest of the time, all that I get is a sticky paper telling me the bad news; the truck has come and gone. My ONLY option is to get on the road and head across the city for a thirty kilometer pickup. The most recent, a power cable weighing less than 25 grams. The gas bill is not supposed to exist, I guess.
The only alternative is to use the same gas to head off to the malls, which usually don’t have whatever I ordered online; that’s why I hadn’t gone in the first place. Not even a catch-22.
