You may not believe me, but it is true. Somehow my mail defied all mail procedures and ended up delivered on the day I mailed it. Don't believe me? Let me give you a run down:
It is Saturday afternoon and I hear the mailman downstairs. I yell "shit" and proceed to quickly grab my movie, the sleeve and the Netflix envelope, stuffing it in all in and hoping to catch the mailman because I know there will be no mail Monday and I need my next movie NOW. After all, I have decided that October is horror movie month and I have a lot of catching up to do. I run downstairs, catch the mailman and hand him the movie. I realize that, because of the no mail on Monday, my next movie will not come until Wednesday. But I am okay with that.
Imagine my surprise when I got an email this morning that Netflix has received my movie! How is that possible? The shipping address was at least an hour and a half away. I gave the movie to the postman* on Saturday. There was no mail on Sunday or Monday. Did they receive it Saturday? Did the postman drive it there himself? Why would he do that? We are not even on a first name basis. And the post office is notoriously slow. Netflix should not have received that movie until Tuesday.
Can someone explain this to me? Some super uber-geek out there - can you give me a tutorial on time travel? I am a geek, but not about that. Or, if you happen to work at the post office, could you tell me if this is possible? Because I am stumped. It is almost like my own personal riddle:
A movie is placed in a mailbox on Saturday.
There is no mail delivery on Sunday.
There is no mail delivery on Monday.
How was the movie received and acknowledged on Monday?
I bet the answer lies somewhere in those words, but I am no Riddler!
UPDATE: The movie arrived TODAY. TODAY. How is that possible? It was mailed on Saturday. How could it be mailed, received and another one shipped all on the same day? How? My post office has clearly been messing with the time/space continuum (I don't even know how to spell that) and it is freaking me out!
*Every time I hear the word postman I start to sing "Mr. Postman" to the tune of "Mr. Sandman" which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
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