Waiting For Godot

Here in France, it's almost a hopeless exercise to assume that a package will be delivered properly.  On time, in good condition, the right product is my definition of "properly". 

This morning, we're waiting for our UPS package of mail.  UPS is our preferred carrier for this kind of thing.  DHL is horrible and Fed Ex is more expensive.

We get emails that tell us exactly when the package will arrive.  By 10:30 today.  But, it's 10 AM and no package yet. 

Sometimes the guy that delivers it is in a hurry and he doesn't even buzz our door.  Hours later, after we've been waiting all morning, we get an email that we weren't home when he came so we need to deal with it. 

Once we really weren't home and the guy left it with our guardienne who gave it to one of our neighbors in error.  That had to be recovered too. 

Well, I'm wrong. Today, he came within the time window.  I've only waited for about three hours, but it was all worth it.