The USPS mail system can sometimes feel like a fickle creature, with plenty of stories of packages ending up in bizarre places. And while Alaska isn’t exactly bizarre, it most certainly is a ways off from Wisconsin, where a customer had paid extra for it to arrive faster. Reddit user WhyDidIClickOnThat shares their predicament on r/mildlyinfuriating, explaining that the extra $14 in shipping costs resulted in USPS sending the package on a scenic route to Anchorage, Alaska.
“I don’t live in Alaska or anywhere near it. USPS says Priority Mail is 2 to 3 days anywhere in the continental USA,” WhyDidIClickOnThat complains. In the uploaded screenshot of their post, OP’s package apparently sat in California for several days before it suddenly went straight to Alaska instead of Wisconsin.
“Well, it’s priority, just not high priority,” remarked a commenter, to which WhyDidIClickOnThat claims their partner even asked whether they requested “High Priority.” OP was in disbelief that this could have been a simple misroute, considering the package sat in Bakersfield for two days.
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WhyDidIClickOnThat’s Priority Mail experience with USPS, while frustrating, is certainly not uncommon. “Don’t feel bad.. a couple years ago I ordered a set of tires online. Three tires arrived as expected. But the 4th never arrived,” wrote a user. They explained how the fourth tire had gone on quite the journey…