FedEx delivery from heck.

Ok, here's the deal.

First off - it took forever to get logged on to this blog since I haven't done so in a while and Google has changed their logon procedure since my last.

This is probably a good thing since it gave me time to cool off...a bit.

So, I'm supposed to get a new  phone via FedEx.  (You probably already know where this is going.)

I figured, "no problem, they never get to my house until after I'm home anyway."

Ha.

The one time I have to actually sign for the package they get there at, like, noon.

So I thought "I'll just call and arrange to pick it up at the FedEx location."

Again, Ha.

The phone automatron made it clear that the package had to be signed for at the delivery location specified and that they would try again the next day.

Well, I won't be there tomorrow either!  It felt like an eerie combination of Catch 22 and Groundhog Day.

Finally reaching a human (who did his best to replicate the English language) and already at a frustration level of which I am not proud, I managed to explain my predicament to the gentleman who contacted the local FedEx facility (whilst I waited on hold) and finally assured me that I could, with enough ID to board an international flight, get my phone if I was willing to wait until near closing time.

In retrospect, why didn't I arrange to have the package delivered to my school?  Nah, that would have made WAY too much sense.