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My So Called Life: Delivery Quixote

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I recently upgraded to a new iPad for my photography.  Coming out of that was a pair of deliveries that were canceled for very different reasons.  One was a box to ship my old iPhone 11 to the company that Apple hires for handling trade-ins.  I arranged the trade-in the same day I ordered my new iPad, and when I picked it up in the store, the Apple Store employee completely re-worked my order to save me money and did trade-in right there.  Frankly I could probably turn that whole experience into another article, but suffice it to say everything was coming up Mikey. Second was a pair of USB-C cords I’d ordered off Amazon after realizing “Oh hey, your new device uses a cord you don’t have and the one it came with isn’t long enough.  You might want to pick up some more.”  I put my order through, and for some reason it was hit with shipping delays almost as soon as I ordered.  In fact, here, let me show you what the tracking looked like. To answer the obvi...