An item I ordered online left the shipper in NC on Thursday, made its way through KY and ended up in Champaign, IL, an hour north of me, early Saturday morning. I saw it had departed the Fedex facility in Champaign at 4AM, so I'm thinking maybe they'll deliver it that day. But nooooo. It's now on its way to Overland, MO to be transferred to the Postal Service so they can ship it back to Champaign and the USPS can ship it to my town and deliver it on Thursday, five days after it was an hour north of me.
This efficient system is called "SmartPost." Not so much, I think.
