For non-Americans, Fort Wayne is very, very far from the ocean. Like a long distance, then over a huge mountain range and then another long distance.
Thanks. This was useful context.
What mountains? There aren’t any mountains between Fort Wayne and Mobile, AL. (Or between it and Fort Albany, ON, for that matter)
Congratulations, you got me. The Appalachians don’t go all the way across the entire North American continent. I apologize for daring to make such a suggestion.
To be fair, I initially wanted to comment about how clever you were because even most Americans would forget about the Ozarks being in the way, but then I checked a map and realized they were too far west.
I only see one location in OPs screenshot. How do we know where this is coming from or going to?
There are two locations: Fort Wayne, IN and an unspecified point in the ocean. Of the paths between Fort Wayne and an ocean, the ones people are most likely to think of (e.g. from the Atlantic or the Pacific) involve crossing mountains, but others (e.g. from the Gulf of Mexico or Hudson Bay) do not.
I guess I was not thinking of Hudson Bay as “the ocean” lol
But if it’s going to the ocean from Fort Wayne, it’ll have to go East.
The Maumee River meets up with Lake Erie which eventually goes towards the Hudson Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
Although I suppose that still doesn’t have to cross the mountain.
At least you got an answer to how your parcel was lost.
Better the a generic lost on transit email.
2019–2023, 100% WFH until recently. Once or twice a week, notified a package couldn’t be delivered because no one was home.
Became mates with the local postman because I was always home for domestic deliveries and just taught the house to “suffere” the extra day for postage instead of +$3 for faster international shipping since it was going to be guaranteed and ultimately faster. PLUS it gave out local post man a chance to chat with me and give the dog pats and a treat.
A friend of mine had the funniest lost in transit story - they’ve got genetic joint issues among other things, and they needed a pair of crutches with forearm rests. Turns out the only manufacturer of those still left is based out of South Africa, so they contacted the company and arranged for a set to be shipped over to the US (and it was still cheaper than it would have been through insurance). They got an email from the company and it turns out the shipment to the port got hijacked. The apologetic representative from the company drove a set down to the port and my friend got their crutches a couple weeks later and a funny story out of it. And probably the other set of crutches eventually got to someone else who needed them, so win win, lol.
Did they at least take a photo of the package having been successfully delivered into the ocean?
it’s still in transit
It’s in a fiberglass submarine.
Maybe with one ship worker screaming out “WILSOOON!!!”
Ah yes… the famous Indiana Ocean.
I’m an idiot I read that as Indian ocean and thought somebody didn’t know it exists. No I just can’t read apparently.
It’s a long trip from the Maumee to the Erie to the Hudson to the ocean.
It still says its in transit so I guess it’ll bob back up again any day now.
In the seaside town of Fort Wayne, IN 🤔
What a weird place for it to fall into the ocean.
Maritime salvage rules apply, get a boat and go reclaim not only your package but everyone else’s!
Removed by mod
“Package vaporised.”
“Package banished into THE VOID”
Must be Evergreen
Everblue
She’s a Maersk post-Panamax.
Getting an Oregon Trail vibe from that message.
Package delayed due to:
Arrowed!
that shit happened to us on naval ships a few times while underway, but they recovered the mail. people were smoking dunked cigarettes lol
Package was being delivered by GOB Bluth.
“Return from whence you came!”
Amazon be like
Nah, Amazon just disables tracking altogether as soon as it’s running late.
People might think you’re joking, but they literally just did that to me last month.
Happened to me yesterday. One day shipping of course. I was super excited for it, now it’s supposed to arrive between 3:30 and 7:30, lame. I guess it’s good I finally got an update.
Edit: Now 4:15 to 8:15, of course.
