My life hates my guts, I've decided. Or maybe just UPS does. This whole fiasco wouldn't be happening if UPS hadn't broken my computer speakers during shipping in the first place.
Anyways, the story is...I unpack my speakers when I first get to LA, guess what, they're broken. They fucked up the subwoofer. The other speakers still work but the subwoofer doesn't anymore, so I have no bass whatsoever. Since I had my package insured, I complain to UPS and file a claim cause they broke my shit. It takes about a month for them to pay me back for new speakers, and by this time it's about the end of October. I buy some nice Logitech 5.1 surround sound thingies off of NewEgg on Monday, and they end up shipping from California the very next day. Of course I'm in class all the time, so I can't pick anything up. I call UPS and they say they can't hold my package unless I call NewEgg first, because NewEgg has a special contract with them. UPS ends up holding my package in downtown LA instead of Santa Monica. I can't get to downtown LA, I don't have a car, and my roommates are unwilling to drive me, and UPS refuses to transfer my package from the LA branch to the Santa Monica branch. THOSE FUCKING BASTARDS.
So time passes, and the speakers end up getting delivered back to NewEgg because I can't pick them up and I get a refund. Since I'm only around the house on Thursday mornings, I think to myself yesterday, "Okay, I'll order them Tuesday night so they get here on Wednesday or Thursday." So I just checked my order, instead of shipping from California as they did last time, they're now shipping from Tennesee. And the whole hilarity of the deal happens because now it's not going to get here by Thursday, and I'm not going to be around at all until Wednesday of next week because I'm going to the Society for Neuroscience (aka. SfN) conference in Washington D.C.
My only two hopes are:
1) The package will be extra fast so it'll get here on Friday morning before I leave for the airport at like...10:30am. =_= (Probability: highly unlikely)
2) The package will be extra slow, and Monday will end up being the first attempt, which means the Final Attempt for them to deliver will be next Thursday, and I'll be there by then. (Probability: highly unlikely)
Probability of me getting slapped in the face by life/UPS: near 100%.
*bangs head against wall*
The only remote shot I have is that it is rumored that wireless internet is free at the hotel we're staying at, which means I'll be able to track my package and call UPS and ask them to hold it at the Santa Monica branch for me to pick it up. Course, I'll have to run around the loops of calling NewEgg again. *rolls eyes*
My life hates me. :/
Maybe my mood will be better once I go on my date with Ben tonight. Or it could just keep getting worse from here.
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