Antsy Anticipation

@Rollo1 (16679)

Boston, Massachusetts

October 20, 2015 11:09am CST

I am expecting two packages today. One is from Walmart, the other from Amazon. I love getting packages. It's more fun than the actual shopping experience. A big box of presents for me, or sometimes others. And although they aren't exactly surprises, I haven't ever seen them before except in pictures online. It's a party. I do that online tracking thing. I do it constantly. I refresh the page over and over. Some of it is unbridled excitement and some of it is caution. I had a lot of packages stolen a year or so ago, but I am sure the thefts began with the arrival of a certain tenant and stopped with her departure from the building. Still, you don't want to leave temptation in a brown cardboard box on your doorstep for too long. So I keep track of the tracking. For me, this is the best part of online shopping. The terrible anticipation. The suspense. The exuberance when what you receive is exactly what you ordered and it 's not the wrong size, the wrong color or broken before it arrives. Packages. Parcels. Boxes. Bags. I don't care, I love them all. Do you get excited when you are expecting a delivery?

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@LadyDuck (462357)

• Switzerland

21 Oct 15

Yes, I also check online when the package is due. Here we have to sign to get the package, so I want to be sure to be at home not to miss my delivery.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

I try never to order anything that needs a signature, because I cannot hear anyone at the front door.

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@LadyDuck (462357)

• Switzerland

22 Oct 15

@Rollo1 Unfortunately this is the way it works here in Switzerland, you have to sign for every package they deliver. It is to avoid that people steal packages left in front of the door.

@fawkes62 (1276)

• United States

20 Oct 15

I love getting a package in the mail. It's exciting to finally have it delivered and being able to open it up.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

I have to get to waork on Swagbucks so I can earn some gift cards and send myself some more packages, lol.

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@fawkes62 (1276)

• United States

22 Oct 15

@Rollo1 I just cashed out a $25 paypal there today, it will replace some funds I used for new phone cases and tablet case. The rest I will most likely use on Amazon. Now I have to start building up to that amount again.

@glenniah (1197)

• Mandurah, Australia

21 Oct 15

When I have a package delivered I feel as if it is a present, although I did actually pay for it. Maybe it is because I don't get many presents sent through the mail anymore.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

Presents don't arrive often enough by any means.

@AbbyGreenhill (45496)

• United States

21 Oct 15

I am also waiting for an Amazon package. They shouldn't make me wait after all the distribution center is just 45 mins. down the highway!

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

I am pretty happy with the two day shipping, hardly ever could I justify paying for faster shipping, but it's nice to knjow that Amazon always delivers when you think they will and not a week later, etc.

@bookbar (1609)

• Sudbury, England

21 Oct 15

IF you get it! ..... and I hate hanging around waiting for white vans to arrive, even tracking is not always the guarantee it should be, when it all falls apart with a muddle-headed driver, who delivers to the wrong number,wrong road and the company insist you signed for it

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

I find one company is more reliable as a shipper than another, but since I really wildly complained online about them, they've stepped up and done a better job.

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@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

20 Oct 15

I have a terrible habit of forgetting what's coming.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

That makes it even more of a surprise.

@boiboing (13153)

• Northampton, England

21 Oct 15

@Rollo1 That's certainly true.

@Teep11 (7673)

• United States

21 Oct 15

Ordering online is fun and if one is willing to pay more then they can receive their packages the nextvday. Enjoy your goodies. Christmas comes early.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

I almost never pay extra for faster shipping. It is very expensive to do that.

@jstory07 (134866)

• Roseburg, Oregon

20 Oct 15

I hope you get your packages and the stuff is exactally what you want.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

It was half and half, but there is another package to come with the stuff that The Boy really wants,.

@sofssu (23662)

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21 Oct 15

I guess I have gotten over that. I sometimes forget all about it and I am taken by surprise when the person comes to deliver the parcel.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

That happens to me very rarely. Most of the time I really need or want what I have ordered.

@Jessicalynnt (50525)

• Centralia, Missouri

20 Oct 15

yeah I love ordering things for that reason, more fun getting a package even when I know what is in it

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

Exactly. Somehow, it's much more like a present, even if you bought it.

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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

20 Oct 15

gigglin'! yepperz, i get purty 'xcited to get 'em's well. don't order oft 'n gotta track 'em coz one ne'er knows where they're gonna put'em here. i've a huge box'n the front porch with instructions fer all delivery folks - 'pparently they can't read coz i've found 'missin' ones in some purty odd places. which reminds me, i need to get'n order into amazon i've been addin' to fer nearly a month.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

I have to track so I can send The Boy out to fetch them before they catch the eye of some passerby. You never know where the delivery guys will decide to leave something.

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@garymarsh6 (23392)

• United Kingdom

20 Oct 15

Have fun with your new parcels!

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

Some of it was boring stuff, but there was one fun thing in there for me.

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• Guildford, England

20 Oct 15

I like receiving my packages, not so much anything else.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

Packages are better than mail. Mail usually brings bills.

@DeborahDiane (40140)

• Laguna Woods, California

20 Oct 15

It is like when I was a kid and loved to get letters ... which rarely happens these days!

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

Oh, I know. I think we lost something very nice when we stopped sending actual cards and letters through snail mail.

@amadeo (111942)

• United States

20 Oct 15

I just my package from Amazon.Adult coloring book and pencils.The book is delay but soon.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

20 Oct 15

I love that Amazon has everything, no matter what you want. I get a lot of stuff with my Prime shipping.

@Tampa_girl7 (49450)

• United States

21 Oct 15

I enjoy getting packages, but waiting on them also gives me a bit of anxiety.

@TheHorse (208631)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Oct 15

I'm expecting a package as well. Two t-shirts, one for me, and one for the lil' fella in the photo on my Dr. post (a birthday present). I enjoy the anticipation.

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@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

21 Oct 15

I ordered some shirts for The Boy for school clothes, but the ones that came weren't his most favorites which will come in a few more days.