I've just been wrapping Christmas presents to send to family in Scotland. I think it might have taken longer to pick a courier than it did to shop for the ruddy things! There was a day when I'd have efficiently considered the options, made a decision and stuck to it, putting it behind me without a second thought. Now, I'm a mess of second-thoughts, sure I'm going to get it wrong, sure that I'll save myself another 2p if I just look at another dozen websites. What's worse is the certainty that my parcel will now go missing because I didn't take out the insurance which would have taken the total cost from £6.53 to £18.53. I will be worrying endlessly over my parcel's journey until I get the (free) email that tells me it's arrived safely. At least I hope I'll get an email... Maybe they'll get back at me for not taking out the five different extra cost options by deliberately chucking my parcel in the warehouse corner with the huge, illuminated sign over it saying 'NO INSURANCE: HELP YOURSELF'? (I checked the print-it-yourself label: there doesn't seem to be a code on it for 'cheapskate sender', but...)
I'm not as bad as J, I tell myself, who spent four years picking a television because the manufacturers were sure to bring out a new model just as he bought one. Or R, who has always taken forever to select her choice from a menu, convinced that the other one she fancies is bound to be better. (Perhaps restaurants should start selling insurance: 'Make sure you get the meal of your dreams! For a small (i.e. exorbitant) fee, if you don't like your first option, we'll give you your (pre-selected) second option for nothing!'?) And I'm definitely not as bad as C, who would have paid for the most expensive courier, with insurance, with a text, with a signature, with tracking, with a framed photo of a smiling delivery driver personally handing said parcel to my mum. (C's seen all those youtube videos of crystal vases being chucked over fences. It happens all the time!) I'm considering starting a rumour that kindles will self-destruct if the owner doesn't leave a book review. Or that one in every million book reviews wins a lifetime's free shopping on amazon? Or that amazon gift vouchers are only valid if at least £3 is spent on a book by Karen MacRae or K L MacRae? Or maybe that heaven is getting full and only review writers will now be admitted? At least one of these must be true. After all, you read it on the internet.
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Mr Mark Tebbsm
18/12/2018 03:27:31 am
Karen, your website/link/email is concerning .. You should be relaxing in the winter sun- not on your computer! All the best , Mark
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