AWOL RAM

I really hate ordering stuff online because receiving it is always a pain in the ass. I ordered some RAM for my desktop the other day from Newegg and it departed on 10/13. I still haven’t received it and I wondered where on earth it might be, so I checked the tracking info online. DHL handed it over to the USPS in my city on the 15^th–that’s four days ago. I suppose it sat around Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, enjoying being ignored. I called my local post office just now, becoming increasingly annoyed as I was put on hold several times, and found out that it should have been delivered today. Really? Seems like even with standard shipping, taking six days is pushing it. Since I already checked my mailbox and found no package, nor a note saying my package was at the post office, the postal worker said it would probably come tomorrow. I’m reminded strongly of Tom Hanks’ line from Cast Away about FedEx’s shipping speed from the US to Russia, I believe: “87 hours? We might as well be the U.S. Mail.”