Yesterday I had a short-but-harrowing adventure that ended well thanks to some clever sleuthing by Megan.
My manufacturer sent me a production sample last week that was supposed to arrive on Friday, but DHL decided I wasn’t home (I was) and didn’t deliver it. They also didn’t deliver it on Monday or Tuesday, so I was anxious when I finally got a delivery notification on Wednesday afternoon…
…only to find that the package wasn’t in my lobby. Nor was it on the front steps of any of the neighboring buildings. I couldn’t find it anywhere.
So I called DHL, and they pointed me towards this photo (definitely not of our lobby) to delivery driver had taken to verify the delivery:
This photo baffled me, particularly the device the package is on. It looks a little like a chair (but carpeted?) and a little like a shelf. It gave me the impression that the package had been misdelivered to a local business, but I needed a clue to narrow it down.
So I called Megan over to my desk and showed her the photo. It took her less than a second to say exactly what we were looking at, which revealed where the package was. A few minutes later, I had it in hand.
You’re welcome to solve the mystery in the comments, where I’ll reveal the correct answer tomorrow morning. 🙂
I was born and raised in vegas so I instantly recognized what it is sitting on. I’m glad you have it safe in hand!
I was going to say “Which hotel did they send it to?” but unless you live a few minutes from a hotel you’ve stayed at, that doesn’t seem to match the rest of the post or the above comment. It very much looks like a luggage cart or possibly a rolling coat rack though.
It looks like a luggage cart from a hotel, but to have it in minutes? I’m interested to know where this was! I have certainly known of a few misadventures with DHL, glad you got this sorted out!
Looks like a bellhop thing.
It indeed looks like a luggage cart from a hotel.
Hotel luggage cart. I recognize it mostly because my kids loved being carried on it even when we didn’t really need it for luggage in hotels.
You all are some clever sleuths! This is indeed a hotel luggage cart. 🙂
I immediately saw a hotel luggage cart too, but how did you have it in your hand in minutes?
I figured that it was in one of the businesses that share our residential street, but I didn’t know which one (the hotel) until Megan identified it as the hotel luggage cart. I went into the closest entrance, asked the porter if a DHL package had been delivered in the last 10 minutes, and he handed it over. 🙂