I had a package go from SoCal, to Salt Lake City, to Seattle, to Sacramento, to Fullerton. It started less than 10 miles from my house and traveled over 2000 miles.
What I think is odd is that it takes Canada Post three weeks to get a parcel or letter from Toronto to Kitchener Ontario (110 kilometers), but it takes Amazon one day to get the parcel from Toronto to Vancouver (3,360 kilometers).
I once ordered an item for my wife’s birthday from a company in my state. The promised two-day delivery took more than two weeks. Using the tracking app I watched the package go from my state to another state as far as you can get and still be in the lower 48 states. It then meandered back to my state and then my home… one day after my wife’s birthday.
the more things change, etc….. , to add that the first Black character I have see in this comic is the one then as now still carrying the burden of ’ the white man’s’folly
one of my wife’s friends insists that today is a national holiday, so all Govt offices will be closed. I keep telling her the day was changed, that 2/22 is not a holiday. But she, being 77yo and set in her ways, refuses to believe me.
My husband once caught a cold from GW – no really. We are reenactors and he and GW at Colonial Williamsburg (now the older version of GW) are friends – and GW had a cold, husband caught it. Back then if one wanted the quality of London made items – as the upper class did, one HAD to order them. (I will not go into how the financial situation pushed people to order from and sell to the mother country.)
We rarely order anything as something ALWAYS goes wrong – items have been NEEDED and not available elsewhere. This past December he decided to order gifts for his 2 nieces – 11 and 19 for delivery to their mom for Xmas. They were ordered the first week in December for one week delivery. In addition to getting stuck for delivery charges as the items totaled more than minimum but were shipping from two places, his younger niece’s gift arrived a week after Christmas – the older one might have understood, the younger one is rather babyish and did not.
We have had wrong items, damaged items, items not as represented, orders canceled by the sender, items charged at incorrect prices, items not show up, etc. In one case it cost us more in non refundable shipping to us and back to the sender as the sender was at the opposite end of Canada from where we are in the US, when the RV propane detector – which not only was listed as such, but when called was told it definitely was same, was the marine version – which would not work correctly in the RV and we could have bought locally, so we had to ship it back.
Not sure why anyone voluntarily buys anything online or otherwise by order – we avoid it like a (pardon me) plague.
PoodleGroomer almost 4 years ago
I once had packages sent to me in Moline (MLI) misdirected to Kansas City (MCI).
Tyge almost 4 years ago
KANSAS CITY!?!?!? They got some crazy little women there.
SpacedInvader Premium Member almost 4 years ago
This I can identify with. Valentines Day Candy came yesterday. One thing for sure is it wasn’t melted from the heat.
Robin Harwood almost 4 years ago
Why shouldn’t your package go to Kansas City if it wants to? Isn’t the US supposed to be the land of freedom and all that stuff?
whahoppened almost 4 years ago
She paid for it to be HERE
whahoppened almost 4 years ago
Like I paid for a package in Dec. and it’s STILL in a storage trailer!
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
“Go west, young package”
jeffdaugherty Premium Member almost 4 years ago
actually Hazelwood MO.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Someone want to break the joke in Panel 2 down for me?
What was he after that corrected to (I guess) moosehead?
sallyseckman almost 4 years ago
So ordering thing from far away wasn’t something invented by the shopping network?
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Janis, of course it went to Kansas City…
You’re on GoComics.
c/o Andrews McMeel Universal1130 Walnut St.Kansas City, MO 64106-2109
mjb515 almost 4 years ago
Washington order items like shoes and clothing from London – before the Revolution, of course. He was one of the richest men in the Colonies.
annefackler61 almost 4 years ago
I received a package 2 weeks ago that came to the post office here and the next day it was up in Maryland. That’s why they call it Snail Mail !!!
jr1234 almost 4 years ago
Ever watch the tracking? goes to 3 or 4 other states before it finally comes to your home, UGH
mourdac Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Washington was in constant economic distress because of his extravagent tastes and limited incomes.
shawnc1959 almost 4 years ago
Two words, Janis … Louis DeJoy.
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
Happy Birthday (N.S.) to our poster boy for dental health! Ya done good, Mr. Washington!. Real good!
NotQuitePerfectTommy almost 4 years ago
……And I gotta git me some.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe almost 4 years ago
A case of Moose Head?, I’ll take that
Jeffin Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Cheer up Janis, it could be in one of the Washingtons. DC or on the west coast.
david_42 almost 4 years ago
I had a package go from SoCal, to Salt Lake City, to Seattle, to Sacramento, to Fullerton. It started less than 10 miles from my house and traveled over 2000 miles.
ScullyUFO almost 4 years ago
Was Washington actually left-handed?
jonesbeltone almost 4 years ago
Pick up some rib’s from Bryant’s while you are there. And sauce! And brisket from Jack Stack.
DawnQuinn1 almost 4 years ago
What I think is odd is that it takes Canada Post three weeks to get a parcel or letter from Toronto to Kitchener Ontario (110 kilometers), but it takes Amazon one day to get the parcel from Toronto to Vancouver (3,360 kilometers).
jarvisloop almost 4 years ago
For a great history about Washington, I strongly recommend “Washington: The Indispensable Man.”
I purchased it at Fort Necessity.
I’mStandingRightHere almost 4 years ago
I once ordered an item for my wife’s birthday from a company in my state. The promised two-day delivery took more than two weeks. Using the tracking app I watched the package go from my state to another state as far as you can get and still be in the lower 48 states. It then meandered back to my state and then my home… one day after my wife’s birthday.
alioop almost 4 years ago
the more things change, etc….. , to add that the first Black character I have see in this comic is the one then as now still carrying the burden of ’ the white man’s’folly
KEA almost 4 years ago
KC must be a major hub. My mail to Columbia Missouri (from IN) goes to KC before coming back to CoMO. ??
KEA almost 4 years ago
3 Cheers to Celebrating Washington’s Birthday ON HIS BIRTHDAY (well, according to the Gregorian Calendar)
j.l.farmer almost 4 years ago
why wasn’t Presidents Day today instead of last Monday?
timbob2313 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
one of my wife’s friends insists that today is a national holiday, so all Govt offices will be closed. I keep telling her the day was changed, that 2/22 is not a holiday. But she, being 77yo and set in her ways, refuses to believe me.
alexius23 almost 4 years ago
I’m going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come…..
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Sounds kinda like airlines and luggage.
I flew to California once for vacation, but my luggage ended up in Hawaii.
My luggage had a better vacation than I did.
ron almost 4 years ago
wasn’t President’s day a week ago – Feb 15th?
Homerville Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Love this one, and most of them.
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
Thank God for eBay.
BJIllistrated Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Did someone mention Washington’s Birthday? That means the stores are filled with Cherry Pies. YUMM………
WilliamDoerfler almost 4 years ago
I’m a gonna get me some…
mafastore almost 4 years ago
My husband once caught a cold from GW – no really. We are reenactors and he and GW at Colonial Williamsburg (now the older version of GW) are friends – and GW had a cold, husband caught it. Back then if one wanted the quality of London made items – as the upper class did, one HAD to order them. (I will not go into how the financial situation pushed people to order from and sell to the mother country.)
We rarely order anything as something ALWAYS goes wrong – items have been NEEDED and not available elsewhere. This past December he decided to order gifts for his 2 nieces – 11 and 19 for delivery to their mom for Xmas. They were ordered the first week in December for one week delivery. In addition to getting stuck for delivery charges as the items totaled more than minimum but were shipping from two places, his younger niece’s gift arrived a week after Christmas – the older one might have understood, the younger one is rather babyish and did not.
We have had wrong items, damaged items, items not as represented, orders canceled by the sender, items charged at incorrect prices, items not show up, etc. In one case it cost us more in non refundable shipping to us and back to the sender as the sender was at the opposite end of Canada from where we are in the US, when the RV propane detector – which not only was listed as such, but when called was told it definitely was same, was the marine version – which would not work correctly in the RV and we could have bought locally, so we had to ship it back.
Not sure why anyone voluntarily buys anything online or otherwise by order – we avoid it like a (pardon me) plague.