What Can Brown Do For Me?

So I ordered that new HDTV from Amazon on Monday this week. I was originally told by Amazon that it would ship on June 11th, and to expect it on June 18th to the 22nd. Was that accurate information? Naahh! After a few day delay because I didn't pony up the extra dough for overnight shipping, they decide to ship it last night, and I expected it at the local distribution center overnight some time.

First thing this morn', I'm online checking how far the new TV made it overnight. I found out that it hit my local UPS center at around 3 AM, and was on a truck for final delivery at 3:45 AM. WOW, I think, special thanks to those overnight Keebler elves that stayed up late to get my purchase to me.

At 8 AM this morn, I get a phone call from the UPS computer to inform me that the package will be delivered from 7 AM to 8 PM today, and it will need to be signed for. Seriously, I appreciate the phone call, but that is a thirteen hour window! Can't they do any better than that? Am I supposed to stay at home all day long? While I want the purchase, I really need to go to work to pay for the darn thing!

Of course, I'm thinking that if it was on the early truck, it should be coming in the morning. Let's just say that the UPS guy didn't quite make it for breakfast today, and the Starbuck's got cold. Ditto for lunch, or even dinner. No, the brown truck didn't roll up until 7 PM this eve.

In this day and age, didn't they know that they wouldn't deliver it until night was falling? Why call me so early? Couldn't they give me a more specific window? Does everyone stay at home for these deliveries? Why put it on the truck at 3 AM if it's not coming for another 16 hours?

The good news is that the TV arrived in one piece, although it was only in the Samsung box, and not another outside box. Stay tuned as I (hopefully) enter the digital era.

--Jonas