Hot-Potato Package Delivery

I ordered something from Walmart. They shipped it to me. Their delivery tracking said that USPS handled the final delivery. And USPS says that on date X they “Delivered, Front Door/Porch”. They did not. Could it be in the mailbox? Nope.

Two days later I received a mystery package from Amazon. It was my Walmart order! Yet Amazon appears nowhere in the tracking data.

So, to handle the last mile delivery Walmart tossed the hot-potato package to USPS, and USPS to Amazon, and finally Amazon to me.

I’m thankful that the package arrived, because chasing down a lost package through this delivery chain would probably be a hopeless endeavor, and certainly not worth the time.