Editing 281: Online Package Tracking

{{comic
| number    = 281
| date      = June 25, 2007
| title     = Online Package Tracking
| 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?
}}

==Explanation==
In this comic, [[Randall]] notes that package tracking, as provided by many shipping companies like {{w|United Parcel Service|UPS}} and {{w|FedEx}}, is helpful as customers can see the status of their package delivery. However, [[Megan]] refreshes the package tracking page every few minutes in her impatience on the status of their package; it drives her crazy.

The title text refers to various ''of the month clubs'' (fruit, cheese, wine, etc.) that one might be signed up for a gift but never ''really'' interested in this gifts. 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 can't stop checking where it is, ''just because you can''.

==Transcript==
:[Megan is sitting at a computer.]
:<nowiki>*refresh*</nowiki>
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.
:<nowiki>*refresh*</nowiki>
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.
:<nowiki>*refresh*</nowiki>
:Megan: Aww, still in Memphis.

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 ==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.
+In this comic, [[Randall]] notes that package tracking, as provided by many shipping companies like {{w|United Parcel Service|UPS}} and {{w|FedEx}}, is helpful as customers can see the status of their package delivery. However, [[Megan]] refreshes the package tracking page every few minutes in her impatience on the status of their package; it drives her crazy.
-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 various ''of the month clubs'' (fruit, cheese, wine, etc.) that one might be signed up for a gift but never ''really'' interested in this gifts. 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 can't stop checking where it is, ''just because you can''.
-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==
-:Online Package Tracking:
-:<u>Pros:</u> Convenient, Useful
-:<u>Cons:</u> Makes you crazy
 :[Megan is sitting at a computer.]
 :<nowiki>*refresh*</nowiki>