Friday, August 8, 2008

Where in the World is Carmen Santiago?

Or in this case where is the package I ordered from NewEgg a couple of days ago?

The downside of online tracking for companies like UPS is that you can see *exactly* how your package gets from point A to point B. This is can be pretty embarrassing sometimes.

Check out the route my package has taken so far to get from California to New York City:

BALDWIN PARK, CA
ONTARIO, CA (so far so good...)
NEWARK, NJ (getting close now...)
DALLAS/FT. WORTH A/P, TX (uh, what?)
NEWARK, NJ (almost there...)
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Doh!)

If you want to see for yourself, just click the URL below:
http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/processInputRequest?sort_by=status&tracknums_displayed=1&TypeOfInquiryNumber=T&loc=en_US&InquiryNumber1=1ZW098R41225142131&track.x=0&track.y=0

Don't get me wrong, it's not late yet. But still you have to admit that's a bit strange.