UPS Can Time Travel

This is odd... I ordered a DVD and it's scheduled to be delivered today. It's a documentary that I'm looking forward to watching this weekend.

The UPS tracking page has the status as "Delivered" to the "Front Door", but there is no package here. Nothing at the front door, nothing in the garage, nothing hiding in the bushes or under the doormat (as some wily delivery men have done in the past).

So, I went back to look at the tracking info more closely. It also says the package was shipped on 6/3/2008 and delivered on 12/18/2006.

Hmmm.... perhaps this is a new service from UPS. Better than Next Day or Same Day Delivery, it's Prior Day Delivery! Or Prior Year(s) Delivery. Interesting.

If I could order a DVD and have it delivered 18 months ahead of when I ordered it, would I have already watched it by now? What if I didn't like it and returned it? Would it have been returned to Amazon before I even ordered it? Hmmm.... could that have saved me the whole hassle of ordering it in the first place?

As I'm typing this, UPS just pulled up and delivered the package! Which is great, because I don't think the world is ready for Prior Day delivery.