Fun with UPS

BostonAmericans

To keep this on topic for the board , I went to a card show yesterday and the place was packed!!! Made a huge dent in finishing my 1974 Topps BB set - might get it completed by Pitchers and Catchers. Also great to see - there were also a lot of young 'uns there as well.

Anywho, I purchased a couple of tickets from Stubhub for the Bruins-Bluejackets game on January 17. Within hours of buying the tickets, the seller already had them shipped. I log into UPS this morning to see tracking status and here is what I find:

Location Date Local Time Activity

Brockton, MA, United States 01/02/2015 7:23 A.M. Out For Delivery
East Boston, MA, United States 01/02/2015 4:51 A.M. Departure Scan
Louisville, KY, United States 01/02/2015 1:47 A.M. Departure Scan
Louisville, KY, United States 01/01/2015 12:54 A.M. Arrival Scan
East Boston, MA, United States 12/31/2014 10:03 P.M. Departure Scan
Boston, MA, United States 12/31/2014 8:22 P.M. Departure Scan

It had to go to Kentucky for what at most was probably a 25 mile trip?

baz518

Louisville, KY is a huge UPS hub... probably 3rd biggest employer in the city (behind Humana and Kindred). But that's how UPS, FedEx, and USPS all work... there's only certain paths the package can take. It's kind of like connect the dots... if you imagine a map of the US with dots for all the hubs and processing facilities, they're all connected by a predetermined set of lines. To get from point 1 to point 4, you must travel through points 2 and 3 (no matter how close 1 and 4 are)... you can't just draw a new line between 1 & 4. Seems silly on a case by case basis, but in the overall grand scheme its the most efficient way to send packages through their network.