For non-Americans, Fort Wayne is very, very far from the ocean. Like a long distance, then over a huge mountain range and then another long distance.
219Thanks. This was useful context.
22What mountains? There aren't any mountains between Fort Wayne and Mobile, AL. (Or between it and Fort Albany, ON, for that matter)
7But if it's going to the ocean from Fort Wayne, it'll have to go East.
The Maumee River meets up with Lake Erie which eventually goes towards the Hudson Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
Although I suppose that still doesn't have to cross the mountain.
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At least you got an answer to how your parcel was lost.
Better the a generic lost on transit email.
962019–2023, 100% WFH until recently. Once or twice a week, notified a package couldn't be delivered because no one was home.
Became mates with the local postman because I was always home for domestic deliveries and just taught the house to "suffere" the extra day for postage instead of +$3 for faster international shipping since it was going to be guaranteed and ultimately faster. PLUS it gave out local post man a chance to chat with me and give the dog pats and a treat.
45A friend of mine had the funniest lost in transit story - they've got genetic joint issues among other things, and they needed a pair of crutches with forearm rests. Turns out the only manufacturer of those still left is based out of South Africa, so they contacted the company and arranged for a set to be shipped over to the US (and it was still cheaper than it would have been through insurance). They got an email from the company and it turns out the shipment to the port got hijacked. The apologetic representative from the company drove a set down to the port and my friend got their crutches a couple weeks later and a funny story out of it. And probably the other set of crutches eventually got to someone else who needed them, so win win, lol.
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Did they at least take a photo of the package having been successfully delivered into the ocean?
66it's still in transit
7It’s in a fiberglass submarine.
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Maybe with one ship worker screaming out “WILSOOON!!!”
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Ah yes... the famous Indiana Ocean.
45I'm an idiot I read that as Indian ocean and thought somebody didn't know it exists. No I just can't read apparently.
7It's a long trip from the Maumee to the Erie to the Hudson to the ocean.
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It still says its in transit so I guess it'll bob back up again any day now.
44In the seaside town of Fort Wayne, IN 🤔
36These huge ships sometimes arrive with some of the containers missing.
34Bloop
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Maritime salvage rules apply, get a boat and go reclaim not only your package but everyone else's!
32You may laugh but it's every logistician's nightmare
31Must be Evergreen
26Everblue
11She's a Maersk post-Panamax.
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"Package vaporised."
21"Package banished into THE VOID"
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Getting an Oregon Trail vibe from that message.
18Package delayed due to:
Arrowed!
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that shit happened to us on naval ships a few times while underway, but they recovered the mail. people were smoking dunked cigarettes lol
17I'm sure naval officers are no strangers to wet cigarettes
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Package was being delivered by GOB Bluth.
"Return from whence you came!"
12Killer whale anti boat conspiracy in action
11Did they jump after it to scan the barcode for a tracking update or what?
7gonna be a wet package
6Flotsam
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