This will probably be the most useless thing I’ve posted to date on my blog, but I found it quite interesting.
Two weeks ago, I shipped a pair of DishNetwork tuner/pvr’s off to their mothership (had some problems with hard drives). As I tracked their progress on UPS, I noticed that they went in opposite directions: one went east along the Columbia River, the other south on Interstate 5. Of course, I couldn’t wait to see which of the packages arrived at their destination (El Paso, Texas) first and wondered why both wouldn’t go that ‘more efficient’ route.
Well, I finally remembered to check on them today. Despite one going through California and the other through Colorado, they both arrived in Albuquerque, New Mexico within an hour and a half of one another, three days later. From their, they finished their journey to El Paso together.
I don’t know why I care about this, but I find it interesting. I suppose it suggests that UPS is pretty darn efficient overall. Anyway, that’s the interesting Monday story.
Package Progress:
Date
Time
Location
Activity
Mar 12, 2004
12:04 P.M.
EL PASO, TX, US
DELIVERY
6:38 A.M.
OUT FOR DELIVERY
6:00 A.M.
ARRIVAL SCAN
Mar 11, 2004
11:04 P.M.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
3:42 P.M.
Mar 10, 2004
12:56 A.M.
RICHMOND, CA, US
Mar 9, 2004
10:30 P.M.
8:30 A.M.
ROSEBURG, OR, US
7:06 A.M.
3:28 A.M.
PORTLAND, OR, US
Mar 8, 2004
10:14 P.M.
9:46 P.M.
TUALATIN, OR, US
8:38 P.M.
ORIGIN SCAN
4:11 P.M.
PICKUP SCAN
Tracking results provided by UPS: Mar 22, 2004 9:06 P.M. Eastern Time (USA)
2:29 P.M.
4:16 A.M.
COMMERCE CITY, CO, US
12:03 A.M.
7:25 A.M.
HERMISTON, OR, US
7:15 A.M.
3:09 A.M.
11:40 P.M.
9:47 P.M.
8:32 P.M.
Tracking results provided by UPS: Mar 22, 2004 9:09 P.M. Eastern Time (USA)
