OK, this is getting serious. Never mind that the UPS driver gave away the BIG secret about the bike before Christmas. That's small potatoes. What he did do was he lost my balls. Well, let me clarify. A few days ago I ordered about $150 worth of purple racquetballs, which were to be delivered today. But alas, when I got back from the gym tonight, they weren't there. But knowing the MO of the UPS drivers, I immediately launched a search and recovery mission for said balls.
So I turned all the external lights on and proceeded to walk around the whole house. But, again, my balls didn't surface. The good news is that during my trek around the house, I found a package that had been placed behind a shrub, that was "delivered" about a week ago, for my wife. My question is why would the UPS driver walk by our enclosed, lighted breezeway, climb up 3 unlit stairs and walk about 20 steps around an unlit garden, to our front door, that is never used, and also unlit, and then decide to place the package behind a bush? Why didn't he just put it in the breezeway, like they've done a million times before? It must have been a replacement driver, because our normal driver knows where to drop stuff.
Anyway, back to my balls. Along with an email confirmation of my order, was a UPS tracking number. so a little while ago I clicked on the link and found that indeed, my balls should be somewhere near or around my house. According to the disclaimer on the UPS web site, "if a signature is not required, the driver can just use his discretion and drop the package anywhere he desires." Needless to say, I took another walk around the house, this time at about 10:30 P.M., still to no avail. So tomorrow, I'll block out about an hour or two and spend most of it on hold, until some person, who probably doesn't speak English, tells me that "Yes", your balls were delivered at (7:30 P.M., according to the tracking information), and is there anything else that they can help me with.
What a freakin way to run a railroad.
I'm seriously p!ssed. These balls don't grow on trees, you know.
JJ