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I'm glad that OSCON is this week, so I have something to do other than fume over FedEx's ridiculous package routing.

Now I have an estimated delivery date.  Of July 25th.  Being overly optimistic is one thing, sending my package to the other side of the country is a different issue.  For those of you not so well versed in geography, here's the route:

That's a 9 hour drive, all on the interstate where you can get good gas mileage.  Instead, here's what they are doing:

Now, we have 2 days and 16 hours of driving time and 4,446 miles.  That is 3,900 more miles that my 40 pounds of shiny new computer is traveling.  The really sad thing is that according to this route, my computer has visited nearly as many US states as I have.
 
This is absolutely astounding.  I'm amused, confused and more or less going to not use FedEx.  I already gravitate towards UPS because there is a convenient store nearby, and the staff are knowledgeable.  My packages also tend to go in the same general direction as their destination, and get there reasonably fast.

FedEx, on the other hand, is one disappointment away from a hat trick.