Fedex, You Terrible Tease

So I had ordered some of the Federal 9mm ammo on sale at Classic Arms on Black Friday.

First I got a FedEx message that the ammo would be delivered between 10:30 am and 2:10 pm this past Sunday.

Oh good I thought, I'll get it and then head out to the range.

Nope, 2:10 came and went and then the update said by 8:00 pm Sunday. Then a status update with Scheduled Delivery Monday by end of day.

Then a new email came Monday morning that it would arrive between 10:30 am and 2:10 pm this past Monday.

Nope, 2:10 came and went and then the update said by 8:00 pm. Then a status update with Scheduled Delivery Monday by end of day.

Then a new email that it would arrive between 10:30 am and 2:10 pm Today.

Nope, as you might have guessed, 2:10 pm came and went and then the update said by 8:00 pm today.

However, checking the status it now says Scheduled Delivery Wednesday 12/11 by end of day.

Why bother sending these notifications if you're not even going to try and deliver it on those days?

Apparently the package has been tooling around out for delivery on a truck from Lake Orion Michigan to who knows where the past three days with no attempts at actually delivering it.

Ah well, first world problems. Maybe they'll actually try tomorrow.

Update Wednesday at 3:40 pm: Yes I got yet another email this morning with "arrive Wednesday between 10:30 am and 2:10 pm" and of course no delivery. Tracking shows it still on the truck out for delivery claiming it will be delivered by the end of the day. Still no actual attempts made at delivery to date, so I'll believe it when I see it.

That's Not Very Comforting...

Airflow problems plague CDC bioterror lab

From USA Today / The Detroit Free Press.

A $214 million bioterror germ lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has had repeated problems with airflow systems designed to help prevent the release of infectious agents, government documents and internal e-mails show.

While the agency says no one has been infected, a biosafety expert says the problems appear to be major violations of laboratory operating standards.

The area of the building with problems involves Biosafety Level 3 labs that can be used for experiments involving anthrax, dangerous strains of influenza, the SARS coronavirus, monkeypox and other microbes that have the potential to be used as bioweapons.

Hmm, and we're now experiencing a strange outbreak of face-eating zombies.

Nothing to see here, nope nothing at all, just a coincidence I'm sure.....