May 16, 2007
Mildly amusing USPS incident
On April 30th, an envelope using United States Postal Service Priority Mail from New York.
At the end of the week, I checked the tracking information for the package and was told this from the USPS website:
Label/Receipt Number: 0306 2400 0002 9098 2445
Status: DeliveredYour item was delivered at 4:43 AM on May 3, 2007 in MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94039.
However, the mail room at Microsoft reported never receiving this. The Post Office in New York claimed that it was delivered, and the fact that the zip code was wrong on the website was no big deal.
Finally, yesterday, 5/15, I received the package from the mail room at work. Almost 2 and a half weeks after it was sent. Here’s what the envelope looked like:
Do you notice anything curious about it? And if you do, what do you think was the full path of this envelope?
I have a guess, and I find it mildly amusing.
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3 Comments to “Mildly amusing USPS incident”
May 16th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Email us at shipping@google.com if you have questions?? *grin* I have to admit some curiosity there
May 16th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Hillarious. Do you think Google intentionally held onto it for 2 weeks?
May 16th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
I think Google bounced it back on 5/3rd, and then it took a while for the USPS to find La Avenida St - even though they have a site across from campus.
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