Mine was supposed to have been delivered already, but of course with all the snow that has not been possible.
So I contacted Fedex, and they assured me that I could pick it up this afternoon... if I could get there, that is.
I cannot express in words how excited I was. All I needed to do was find a way to get my car down the long driveway and eventually to the remote country road that I live on... and then hope that enough of the snow on the road had melted so that I could get to the highway. After well over an hour of shoveling and very careful driving, I finally made it to the highway. Free at last...
Now, because the Fedex center is about an hour from my location (not counting the time it took to get through all the snow), I made absolutely sure that I could indeed pick it up, and the Fedex guy guaranteed it, saying that he had placed a hold on the package, and that it would
definitely be there waiting for me when I arrived.
So I drove all afternoon through traffic, nearly getting killed by a lunatic in a pickup truck who ran a red light (the drivers here in North Carolina are about as smart as your average potato... quite the culture shock when I moved down here), and when I finally got to the Fedex center... guess what?
They said that they could not give me the package. It was there, but no one had placed a hold on it, and while I was driving there it was apparently loaded onto a truck with no possibility of it being retrieved. An attempt at delivery will supposedly be made tomorrow, but I most likely will not be here to sign for it, and with all the snow there is no possible way that the driver will even attempt to get up my steep driveway anyway. Wonderful. Could my luck get any worse at this point? My saber travels a few thousand miles across the country, I get within 100 feet of the damn thing, but I can't get my hands on it thanks to freak weather and a bumbling corporate bureaucracy.
I made the long drive home totally furious, having wasted my time and effort for absolutely nothing. Needless to say, I am having some VERY strong Dark Side feelings right about now. UltraSabers did a great job of getting my order completed quickly, but thanks to the incompetent bean counters at Fedex it could be a while before I actually see the saber.
