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[–] 14 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I CAN WIN THIS

day 1: ordered from Tecumseh, Michigan for BC, Canada

day 7: arrived in Michigan for customs

day 9: arrived in Miami

day 24: arrived in BOGOTA, COLUMBIA

nothing more. Crickets. Nada. We'll wait a week or so and call it Missing, Presumed Dead.

day 37: refunded from vendor (I didn't want to have him eat it, but he insisted because Bevins is a prince among mere men)

DAY 361: arrived Richmond, BC, Canada

Day 363: arrived at my house

Bevins rejected my offer of paying him back, because, again, the guy's an absolute prince.

So my package was lost in Colombia for almost a year, and then, magically, re-entered the mail system. I do suspect it actually arrived because, after that moment, it was no longer the job of USPS but in the hands of Columbian mail service for the redirection kick and then Canada for the last-mile.

Yay!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Why did your package start in the northern hemisphere, then get sent to the southern hemisphere, only to be shipped back to the far northern hemisphere?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Shipping logistics aren't always the most sensical thing. If there's a large shipment bound for canada leaving colombia, or if that route is known to have better customs times, or if the sorting hub was down so it was forwarded to the next leg of the batch (or it was missorted, or if someone was just entirely too stoned...) those can all result in route planning that on the surface doesn't make sense.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Read an article years ago where a company used swarm theory to route oil delivery trucks. Drivers were mad because sometimes the route would run them right past a customer, but in the end fuel costs were down 20%.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    God I love that shit. Route optimization is one of the most fascinating topics in mathematics because it can look so incredibly bullshit until the final phases.

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