Shipping Anomalies
The tap shoes were late. I had ordered them nearly two weeks ago. My account stated they were shipped priority mail on the 24th of February. So why I had not yet received them by now, the 10th of March, was a mystery. The cast and choreographer were getting antsy. They were eager to start tapping away...
Today the mystery was solved.
Heading home tonight I received a call from a complete stranger. The woman on the other end asked if she was speaking to Samantha. Yes. Curious now. She claimed to have received a box of tap shoes on her doorstep. Being an unaddressed, unmarked box she opened it and found the shoes along with an invoice. Thank God my phone number was on the invoice. Thank God the box arrived on the steps of a good Samaritan who had the wherewithal to call.
The timing was perfect. She was a short ways from my apartment and I was able to make the detour en route home to pick them up. Yeah, it was a little out of my way, but far more convenient than trying to order 3 new sets of shoes and hope they'd arrive in a timely manner. She was very gracious and friendly. And the scenario could have end so many other less than serendipitous ways.
After I picked up the long lost box, I couldn't help but speculate why they would have ended up on her doorstep. There had been a mailing label at one point. A neat worn square on the cardboard betrayed its former location. It seems odd that a mail person would have abandoned the box at a random doorstep instead of returning it to the post office to vanish into obscurity.
And in light of recent events, I have become increasingly skeptical and mistrusting. Deep down in the cynical darkness I thought of one person in particular who may have gone out of his way to take the box from work, remove the label and drop it off at an obscure locale. I doubt this is the case. However, over the last few weeks I have heard a plethora of tales regarding this individual that make this sort of scenario far less odd. Why would someone need to go so far out of their way to make a job difficult for another person? What need is fulfilled by setting someone up to fail?
Like I said, it is unlikely that this is indeed the case. But the thought crossed my mind. And that unnerves me. I'm partially unnerved that my work situation has led me to become so cynical and skeptical. But I'm also unnerved at the thought that, even though unlikely, it is completely viable he would have done something of that nature.
Regardless, I haven't failed. The shoes are retrieved. And the cast can tap away happily tomorrow.
Today the mystery was solved.
Heading home tonight I received a call from a complete stranger. The woman on the other end asked if she was speaking to Samantha. Yes. Curious now. She claimed to have received a box of tap shoes on her doorstep. Being an unaddressed, unmarked box she opened it and found the shoes along with an invoice. Thank God my phone number was on the invoice. Thank God the box arrived on the steps of a good Samaritan who had the wherewithal to call.
The timing was perfect. She was a short ways from my apartment and I was able to make the detour en route home to pick them up. Yeah, it was a little out of my way, but far more convenient than trying to order 3 new sets of shoes and hope they'd arrive in a timely manner. She was very gracious and friendly. And the scenario could have end so many other less than serendipitous ways.
After I picked up the long lost box, I couldn't help but speculate why they would have ended up on her doorstep. There had been a mailing label at one point. A neat worn square on the cardboard betrayed its former location. It seems odd that a mail person would have abandoned the box at a random doorstep instead of returning it to the post office to vanish into obscurity.
And in light of recent events, I have become increasingly skeptical and mistrusting. Deep down in the cynical darkness I thought of one person in particular who may have gone out of his way to take the box from work, remove the label and drop it off at an obscure locale. I doubt this is the case. However, over the last few weeks I have heard a plethora of tales regarding this individual that make this sort of scenario far less odd. Why would someone need to go so far out of their way to make a job difficult for another person? What need is fulfilled by setting someone up to fail?
Like I said, it is unlikely that this is indeed the case. But the thought crossed my mind. And that unnerves me. I'm partially unnerved that my work situation has led me to become so cynical and skeptical. But I'm also unnerved at the thought that, even though unlikely, it is completely viable he would have done something of that nature.
Regardless, I haven't failed. The shoes are retrieved. And the cast can tap away happily tomorrow.
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