Olympic-Sized Problem

The Timeline

Six Days Ago:  I ordered the yarn for my Olympic sweater . 

Today:  Since this vendor uses Priority Mail, which reliably takes about 3 days, I dropped a note to see what was up.

Later today:  I received this response.

Thank you for your recent purchase from [redacted]*.  I apologize for the delay in shipping your order.  We had only 9 skeins left of this color and we had to reorder.  We expect to receive it next week.  We will send your order out as soon as it comes in.   You will get an email confirmation when it ships. Thank you!

Apparently, it didn't occur to them that I might want to have this information.

Less than two days from now:  The opening ceremonies begin.

Looks like it's time for Plan B.  What's Plan B?  That's an excellent question.  I'll let you know when I figure it out.

*I've left the name out because this vendor has always been very good in the past, so I don't want to go around bad-mouthing them just yet.  If I were Stephen Colbert, this vendor would be On Notice but not yet Dead to Me.

Comments

[Bookish Wendy]

Holy cow, I love that phrase...on notice but not dead to me yet. I have yet to see that show and really, I'm not sure why.

[maryse]

i know why i haven't seen it. it's on at 11:30!!

owls?!

[Jenn C.]

Ack! Double ack!

I hate it when places don't notify you about glitches like this. Good luck finding a Plan B!

[shireen]

As long as you don't go to Walmart for your Plan B, you should be ok.

(ok, that's a dorky obscure reference but i couldn't resist)