Well, folks, welcome to the latest installment of "How many times can you fug up a shipment?"
This weeks contestant is.... ME! (uproarious clapping ensues).
My unit was shipped out from Texas to the shipping depot that is supposedly 1 mile from my house (!!) on the 12th of July. Being paranoid that something bad would happen (again), I've called at least 4 times to be sure it was enroute and on schedule. Every call I put in was answered by a very helpful Ann Marie (from SouthEastern Freight Lines); I was told that everything was moving along as scheduled and that I would get my Aristocrat THC plus on the 17th of July.
(cue dramatic/suspense music) Then, I was told it wouldn't be here until Wednesday the 18th (today). I called the shipping partner (in the New York region) A DUIE Pile shipping. A helpful Nicole vaguely promised me that if the unit was accepted at the correct depot (GULP!) that it would be shipped to me between the hours of 12pm and 2pm today (this phone conversation transpired at 2:30pm yesterday).
Feeling that this answer was vague (and not getting a phone call back telling me that the unit had arrived at the depot) I called SouthEastern to have them look into this matter for me, and to tell me succinctly where the unit actually WAS. I received word (again, from Ann Marie) that the unit was indeed at a depot (in Pennslyvania?!?!!?) and that it would, indeed, be shipped to me by the scheduled time today.
Well, as of 10:30am today I received a phone message from Nicole telling me that the unit wasn't put on the correct truck (GAHHHH!!!) and that it would have to be delayed until tomorrow. Now, this would be all right, but as an eye doctor covering for his associate (who is on vacation) that means that I have NO MORE days off for 3 weeks (6 day work weeks), making the time of delivery very dicey (either before 9am, or between 2:15pm and 2:45pm, which is my miniscule lunch hour). I called A Duie Pile (of steaming sh*t!!!) - seething and in need of some very heavy doses of narcotics - and must have made quite the impression as I was promised (yet again) from Nicole that it would be shipped between 8am and 9am tomorrow morning.
So, step right up and place your bets on whether or not I will, indeed, get this unit or bet on where it might end up this time (destination choices of Indianapolis, Pennsylvania, and Buffalo NY are not an option!).
Ok, where's my chocolate covered prozac? ???
Yours depressedly,
Darren (aka Melvin Shleprock)
