and there is an acting in there. But the damage that was done was severe.
As an example, I had ordered some fudge from one of the Atlantic City, NJ candy makers for gifts (I try to support those little businesses there) and they normally send USPS. I am in Philly and am about 60 miles from Atlantic City which is in South Jersey, meaning it may take about 90 minutes (with traffic) to get there by car and the parcel could have been put in one of the USPS 18-wheelers, and driven from AC right to the main post office here in Philly, or maybe a regional USPS place in the city, in a couple hours.
Instead, the package took a sightseeing trip all the way to CT, then came back south again to North Jersey to putz around, and finally arrived in Philly to go through their sorting process. 
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