I ordered a book on Michigan birds about a week ago. I had a number of choices who I bought from but opted for a seller out of Grand Rapids, mainly because I know the USPS is a joke and my mail gets processed in Grand Rapids. I figured they would scan my package, forward it to my local post office and I would have it in no time. I checked the tracking today and to my surprise (actually no surprise) my package was sent to the other side of Lake Michigan to Glendale Heights, Il. It spent a day there and was then sent to Allen Park, Mi, basically downtown Detroit. This has been a black hole for mail since covid hit and last I knew they had 40 trailer loads of mail waiting to be processed. When it finally leaves Allen Park it will be sent to-you guessed it- Grand Rapids, passing within 2 miles of my house. By the time my book gets to my house it will have traveled about 700 miles to cover the 40 miles from where it started to where I live.

I found this a bit amusing. Anyone else have snail mail horror stories?