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September 7, 2002

Back In The Great White North

Well I made it home safe and sound. My flight home was pleasantly uneventful, except that my connecting flight from Chicago to Toronto changed times, airlines and terminals, resulting in me getting some reading done while waiting for my ride home.

I'm almost completely moved into my new apartment in Waterloo. My subletters had cats, and I'm allergic to cats. They did their best to clean up, but there is still enough cat hair hanging around to form an entire new cat. I've already gone though a box of tissues from the sneezing and the nose blowing and the itchy, watery eyes.

The only things I have left to bring over are the packages I shipped from Redmond three weeks ago through DHL. First, the packages were held up in customs, waiting for me to return to Canada to clear them, then DHL tried to deliver them on Thursday. I moved in a mere 3 hours after they tried to deliver (2:00pm), so I phoned them back:

Me: "Hi I missed your delivery, but I'll be home for the rest of the day. When can I expect you to redeliver?"
DHL: "Sorry, the driver is done for the day."
Me: "When can I expect a redelivery?"
DHL: "Delivery hours are from 10am to 5pm."
Me: "Well, it's only 2pm, why can't it be delivered today?"
DHL: "Like I said before sir, the driver is done for the day."
Me: "But it's not 5pm yet! Fine, do you deliver on weekends?"
DHL: "No. But we can deliver it to your place of work, or leave it with a neighbour."
Me: "That's no good because I don't have a car, that's why I paid you guys to deliver it here. I can't leave it with my neighbours because they're at work between 10 and 5." Truth is, I haven't met my neighbours yet and I don't trust strangers with $4500 (USD) worth of software.
Me: "Fine, keep trying to deliver it until you get me."
DHL: "After 3 unsuccessful delivery attempts we ship it back to the sender."
Me: "But I am the sender! What do I pay you people for?!"

The conversation went on like this for a few more minutes before I got fed up, and told them to try delivering it on Monday, then Tuesday. Since I already have one strike against me, I had better miss class to be here for this delivery.

Right now my cheeks are swollen and I'm enjoying the general fuzziness that comes with taking codeine every 4 hours. I think I'll write a Misc Rambling all about my teeth extraction, for no other reason than the fact I can't leave the house and function as a productive member of society in this state.

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