I guess we should just tell 'em who Teddy's S
B is...instead of keeping the suspense growing, huh?
Well...ya know Bella? Well, apparently somebody who knew how crazy she was about her
man, Teddy Bumpkins was thoughtful enough to offer to swap SB's so, that Abby could have Teddy as a SB and this way Bella could still get a lil' sumthin'-sumthin' in Abby's package for her sweetie!
Then came the thoughtful people at the USPS who took Abby's (Priority Mail) package and sent it on it's merry way to her brother in law, Teddy Bumpkins with a delivery time of "2-3 days"...right!
After a few days beyond the estimated delivery time, I go to the Post Office and bring them the print out from the USPS website that shows the delivery confirmation only stating that the package has been received by the USPS but, no further updates. I am politely told that sometimes they don't update until the package is actually delivered AND...Priority Mail is not a guaranteed method of shipping when it comes to the "2-3 days"...interesting!
The "free" delivery confirmation number that was provided when we printed the shipping label online suddenly stopped giving information until the 7th of March when it said it was at the USPS sorting facility in Springfield, MA...yeh, finally it's getting close to RI, right
Nope...then nothing! I call the USPS 800# and speak to a robot named Deckland who says the same response over & over. If your package is not delivered by such & such date, you can file a claim for the "lost" package...huh, what
When I dig a bit more and ask for an idea as to what he thinks might have happened to the package...he literally says, "well, it's probably sitting somewhere on a dock and got overlooked"...nice!
In the meantime, we sit & wait and even think about starting a prayer chain thread for Teddy's package to be delivered...but, before we can do that...the package mysteriously is deposited on my front door by my regular postal guy!
Now, I go to the Post Office with Teddy's package in tow and ask what the heck is going on...there's no notation on the package to indicate why it went nearly all the way to it's destination and then all the way back to me except that my return address has a giant black circle around it.
After much guessing someone pulls out a measuring tape and declares it's because of the size of Teddy's package...(the box!
)...and I argue that if it was the "size" that caused this then, when I printed the postage it would have requested me to enter the measurements before it would let me pay. As the line behind me grew and I refused to pay more in shipping...(it only weighed 8 lbs)...a very frustrated Postal Clerk slapped a new delivery confirmation sticker on the package and a new address label (along with the old one) and off Teddy's package went...(again!) and off I went back home feeling proud I didn't go postal!
So...hopefully, Mr. Teddy will give up his post at the front door with tomorrow's mail or Monday at the latest and we can finally see that smilebox with him tearing into his box from Abby...(and of course, Bella
Boo who had to sneak a few things in there, too!)