Story of a Lens

So, on Thursday (1/29) I purchased myself a Sigma 10-20mm lens. (Side note : for now, at least, I think this completes my lens set.)

As always, I get my stuff via Prime + Amazon.com and next day delivery! Idea here was to have this delivered on Friday to play around with at Grand Isle on Saturday. 

Lens ships, I check out the shipping and ... oh crap! "Signature Required". I twitter a few times, and sister volunteers to go sign for it - yay! I tell her to go sign for a UPS package, few minutes later she twitters back saying that the package is on a table in the living room.

I work all happy and excited for the rest of the day, have a nice drive home, stroll into the living room and spot my package ... go pick it up.... too light. I knew as soon as I picked up that there was no way that there was a lens in there. 

Forgot to tell sister that there was FedEx package coming as well as a UPS package, oops! I did tell her to sign for a UPS one though... sigh. So I start calling all kinds of UPS places to try and go pick it up that evening -- have to get it for Grand Isle! No luck, truck will be back for 10pm and the Distribution Center closes at 9. DAMN. 

Spend a day in Grand Isle taking pictures.

Come Monday, for whatever reason they cancelled my "Will Pick Up" or whatever it is called, and attempted to deliver again... tards. I call again to schedule a pick up. Same lady calls back saying to come by the facility between 7:30 and 9 - yay! Finally! Right ? No...

I get there at 7:59, surely late enough for them to figure stuff out... ? For the next 30 minutes four people look for the truck that supposed to be parked in there somewhere to get my package out... no luck. Are you kidding me ? Four people couldn't find the truck... how do people find it to drive (as I understand the drivers swap trucks all the time). 

Went home empty handed, no lens. They're supposed to call me to come get it tomorrow :|

Damn.