06.29.04
Posted in fun at 11:17 am by
I honestly wish that I could tell you that my life had more substance right now than being concerned about whether or not the laptop and or wireless router I had ordered have arrived or not. (The wireless router has become a part of my life as of 1:00 PM EST…I’m a proud daddy that’s for sure…) The truth is that between checking tracking numbers and intermittently trying to get an ms access database up and running–or at least up and running better–I’ve been keeping quite busy today.
Thus far it would appear that my laptop has arrived in the US from the sweatshop in Malaysia where it was built and tested and is somewhere between Kentucky and Grand Rapids.
(Paranthetically, if you wish you may track my laptop on its journey by checking this routing number 1ZV5361E4255474433 on this site.)
My question is: who invented the concept of tracking numbers, and why did they do such a thing? Isn’t it enough to know that a package is coming in the mail…or that it’s simply been shipped. Now it is compulsory for a company to provide an exact accounting for each locale through which one’s package has travelled.
For example, is it really necessary to know that at 12:14 AM on the 26th my billing information for the recently delivered wireless router I’ve ordered was passed on to the fine workers at UPS. Is it necessary for me to know that at 8:00 AM on the 26th UPS picked up this parcel in Bowlingbrook, IL and drove it to near Fort Wayne, IN which subsequently shipped the package to Wyoming, MI (where the package took the opportunity to have a “day of rest” –which in West Michigan is nearly compulsory). Then, as of 10:08 this morning the package was delivered.
Why should I know this? The answer is that I shouldn’t. In fact, for an adult with add (which I also found out that I am this morning–see this site) I had no chance of being able to focus when at any moment one of my packages may move from one location to another.
I think I may sue the person who came up with the tracking number concept. I never stood a chance. This person may be liable for any lost productivity that has occoured during the shipping process due to my recent self-diagnosis.
If anybody can think up some other way that me and all of my other adult ADD friends out there can come up with a way to make our million out of suing Michael Eisnor…let me know…I want my crack at him, too.
****UPDATE**** nothing new has happened. 4:10 PM 6/28/04 Just thought you’d like to know.
****UPDATE**** The eagle has landed. I repeat. The eagle has landed as of 10:22 AM 6/29/04.
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Posted in fun at 11:17 am by
I honestly wish that I could tell you that my life had more substance right now than being concerned about whether or not the laptop and or wireless router I had ordered have arrived or not. (The wireless router has become a part of my life as of 1:00 PM EST…I’m a proud daddy that’s for sure…) The truth is that between checking tracking numbers and intermittently trying to get an ms access database up and running–or at least up and running better–I’ve been keeping quite busy today.
Thus far it would appear that my laptop has arrived in the US from the sweatshop in Malaysia where it was built and tested and is somewhere between Kentucky and Grand Rapids.
(Paranthetically, if you wish you may track my laptop on its journey by checking this routing number 1ZV5361E4255474433 on this site.)
My question is: who invented the concept of tracking numbers, and why did they do such a thing? Isn’t it enough to know that a package is coming in the mail…or that it’s simply been shipped. Now it is compulsory for a company to provide an exact accounting for each locale through which one’s package has travelled.
For example, is it really necessary to know that at 12:14 AM on the 26th my billing information for the recently delivered wireless router I’ve ordered was passed on to the fine workers at UPS. Is it necessary for me to know that at 8:00 AM on the 26th UPS picked up this parcel in Bowlingbrook, IL and drove it to near Fort Wayne, IN which subsequently shipped the package to Wyoming, MI (where the package took the opportunity to have a “day of rest” –which in West Michigan is nearly compulsory). Then, as of 10:08 this morning the package was delivered.
Why should I know this? The answer is that I shouldn’t. In fact, for an adult with add (which I also found out that I am this morning–see this site) I had no chance of being able to focus when at any moment one of my packages may move from one location to another.
I think I may sue the person who came up with the tracking number concept. I never stood a chance. This person may be liable for any lost productivity that has occoured during the shipping process due to my recent self-diagnosis.
If anybody can think up some other way that me and all of my other adult ADD friends out there can come up with a way to make our million out of suing Michael Eisnor…let me know…I want my crack at him, too.
****UPDATE**** nothing new has happened. 4:10 PM 6/28/04 Just thought you’d like to know.
****UPDATE**** The eagle has landed. I repeat. The eagle has landed as of 10:22 AM 6/29/04.
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James said,
June 29, 2004 at 11:25 am
Yes, but landed where?
Brandon said,
June 29, 2004 at 11:30 am
somewhere at Calvin. (In fact, I know just the hallway where it now sits.)
Had i no scruples I would go take it and then claim it was stolen so I could get two…but alas, I have scruples. damn.