The World of UPS

Last week, it was the 19. of October, I ordered a part from an RV-place in Bangor, ME. They said they would ship it by UPS. Now, neither UPS nor FEDEX or any other of the known couriers have ever been seen on this island. So I was looking forward to see what would happen. Monday, the 22. ran up and went by with no delivery. I called the RV-place and they gave me a tracking number. When I had punched in the number I saw that they did not process the package before October 22.  GOOD~SERVICE …or? Several days went by and no delivery. This morning I punched in the tracking number again. What I found, made me scream. You need to know that Bangor, ME is 2.5 hrs from Campobello. That is if you observe speed limits. which I think UPS should do. So what was it that took UPS so long? Here is the copy of the package: In Transit On Time Change Delivery Request Status Updates Scheduled Delivery: Monday, 10/29/2012, By End of Day Last Location: Arrived - Moncton, NB, Canada, Thursday, 10/25/2012 Additional Information Shipped/Billed On: 10/22/2012 Type: Package Weight: 1.00 lb Shipment Progress Location Date Local Time Activity Moncton, NB, Canada 10/25/2012 11:30 Arrival Scan Lachine, QC, Canada 10/24/2012 22:44 Departure Scan 10/24/2012 16:54 Import Scan 10/24/2012 16:02 Arrival Scan 10/24/2012 13:05 Registered with clearing agency / Shipment submitted to clearing agency 10/24/2012 13:05 Registered with clearing agency Plattsburgh, NY, United States 10/24/2012 8:18 Arrival Scan Chelmsford, MA, United States 10/24/2012 4:18 Departure Scan 10/24/2012 1:03 Export Scan 10/24/2012 0:19 Arrival Scan Brewer, ME, United States 10/23/2012 19:59 Departure Scan 10/23/2012 19:31 Origin Scan 10/23/2012 14:58 Pickup Scan United States 10/22/2012 14:45 Order Processed: Ready for UPS As you can see they sent the package on a wild goose, chase, all the time carefully avoiding to get into the vicinity of Campobello Island. The total journey (so far) is about 1762km. or just about over 1000 miles. If it ever reaches Campobello it has traveled more than 2000km. The distance between Campobello Island and Bangor is a mere 188km or just a little over 100 miles. What we witness these days is a sure sign that our world as we know it goes straight to hell. Not only are these “procedures” environmentally wrong, but they are also producing unbelievable delays in our strained economy. I am not saying that UPS is the only one pursuing such crazy freight patterns, no they are in good company with Fedex, DHL and even our trusty Postal service. Now the print-out on my package says “Scheduled delivery” Monday October 29. Hey, that’s pretty fast, after all the package was dropped off with UPS on October 22. Just a week to travel those 188km. Let’s see, if we calculate the speed of a bicycle at 20km/hr it would take…..correct 9.5hrs to get to Campobello. Now, THAT”S fast! Thanks for hanging on here!