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{{comic
 
{{comic
 
| number    = 281
 
| number    = 281
| date      = June 25, 2007
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| date      = June 25,2006
 
| title    = Online Package Tracking
 
| title    = Online Package Tracking
| image    = online package tracking.png
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| image    = online_package_tracking.png
| titletext = I don't even *want* this package! Why did I join the stinging insect of the month club, anyway?
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| titletext = I don't even *want* this package!Why did I join the stinging insect of the month club,anyway?
 
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}}
  
 
==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
[[Randall]] notes that package tracking, as provided by many shipping companies like {{w|United Parcel Service|UPS}} and {{w|FedEx Express}}, is helpful, as customers can see the status of their package delivery, and most people are very excited in the expectation of a package as shown in [[576: Packages]]. However, [[Megan]] refreshes the package tracking page every few minutes in her impatience on the status of her package; it drives her crazy.
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In this comic,Randall notes that package tracking,as provided by many shipping companies like UPS and FedEx,is helpful as customers can know the status of their package.However,people tend to refresh the package tracking page every few minutes in their impatience to know the status of their package,which drives them crazy,as noted here.
 
 
The headquarters of FedEx Express are located in Memphis, and it also serves as its global "SuperHub" located at {{w|Memphis International Airport}}.
 
 
 
The title text refers to the various "''x'' of the month clubs" (fruit, cheese, wine, etc.) that one might have signed up for, only to receive a gift. But you are often not really interested in these gifts, and probably even less interested in receiving a stinging insect each month.{{citation needed}} This, combined with the ease by which a person can track the package, creates a strange dichotomy whereby you don't really want the package, but you keep checking where it is just because you can.
 
 
 
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:Online Package Tracking:
 
:<u>Pros:</u> Convenient, Useful
 
:<u>Cons:</u> Makes you crazy
 
 
 
:[Megan is sitting at a computer.]
 
:[Megan is sitting at a computer.]
:<nowiki>*refresh*</nowiki>
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:&lt;&lt;refresh&gt;&gt;
 
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.
 
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.
:<nowiki>*refresh*</nowiki>
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:&lt;&lt;refresh&gt;&gt;
 
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.
 
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.
:<nowiki>*refresh*</nowiki>
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:&lt;&lt;refresh&gt;&gt;
 
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.
 
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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