Light upon the brine.

[hannah]

So get this: I wrote the street address incorrectly on a package I mailed last week, 595 instead 599. Because it's an international package with a customs form, I also wrote my email address, and earlier tonight, the person who actually got the package reached out to me to say they weren't the intended recipient but it showed up at their door that evening.

A few polite emails and 45 minutes later, it got to where it needed to be.

Not quite a mess, not quite a fuss, but something that wouldn't have happened without the internet - and something that wouldn't have been able to be fixed without it, either.

Sometimes I get to live in the future I want.

And of course, without the internet, I couldn't as easily share it for a few smiles.

Comments

[teigh_corvus]

This certainly made me smile. And I really love it when strangers are awesome.

[singedsun]

That's really awesome that they reached out and got it to the right place for you!

[thenewbuzwuzz]

The internet is pretty great, isn't it :))

[kernezelda]

That is a nice story. I'm not sure why you think it couldn't have happened pre-internet--I've received packages for an address just down the street as far back as my teens, and walked or driven them to the right place, and the same has been done for me, long before I even owned a computer.

[hannah]

It's more the ease of sharing information now. Pre-internet, it might've been hand-delivered, but I doubt it'd have happened so quickly and I wouldn't have been told right away.

[kernezelda]

Ah, that's true! And it occurs to me that since it's international, you might not ever have found out pre-internet! The internet is such a wonderful tool for connection. :)