The shortest distance…

So – something the just seems like it should NOT be rocket science – but apparently it is – is that…

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line… unless…

Unless you are talking about “package delivery” – because nearly every package delivery I track ends up taking the most convoluted route possible to reach me. 

The latest incident – a package shipping from a company that is literally a 30 minute drive from my house (in the same state). For some reason (known only to USPS) that package has to go over to Georgia – in order to be delivered back to my house in TN… tomorrow… I just don’t “get it”.