Midnight Musings

I was due for a new one and no one called to solicit my business. Maybe I was blacklisted from the last time? (See April 2006) So, I had to go to the website and upgrade myself. (What is this one-time upgrade fee? One time, every time, more like.) I ordered the phone and noted the two-day delivery time. When it didn't arrive as expected on Monday, I checked online on Tuesday and found that they needed further address info. I called and found that they did NOT need further info - the driver just couldn't find the address and hadn't bothered asking for help. So they mapquested me for him and the website later confirmed that he delivered it - to an address that doesn't exist. I called again and was told that they would check with the driver the NEXT day and call me in the morning. They did call - three times - just to say they were still looking into it. No results and, when I got home, still no package. I called a third time and she said the driver was on the road and she would call him right away. My doorbell rang about 10 minutes later and there stood an empty-handed delivery guy with his truck blocking traffic in the middle of my parking lot, telling me he'd already delivered it to the non-existent address. I asked if he would please retrieve it and he sighed loudly, rolled his eyes and said he'd already left a door tag and no one was home. (I think he wanted ME to go and get it. Nevermind that I had no idea where it was.) I asked where he'd left it and he told me the non-existent address ("not on this side - the OTHER side") and pointed to the next street over. As in, not my street. He actually argued with me that the package was misaddressed, but his office had already read off my correct address when I called the first time. So he left and came back with the package, saying, "The people already opened it. Sorry. My mistake," handed me the opened box and left. The box was correctly addressed. He'd just misread it and decided on his own where to deliver it. Or maybe he wanted to keep it for himself.

'night.