Maybe I’m not the only one who has turned the COVID 20lbs into a near COVID 50lb increase in the past 18 months? I must admit with so much doom n gloom, there wasn’t much else to do but eat and drink.
But like all good things, I realized this can’t go on forever, so here I am trying to do something about it.
After various visitors, and some cheeky trips were completed, it was time to get back on it without the gin and tonic!
I decided to buy one of these diet meal plans so that I didn’t have to worry about how to not cook in cream or fry everything.
The first couple of weeks went well, lost a good amount of pounds but then the Logistics Devil struck!
The courier responsible for delivering my meals according to their tracking decided it looked nice in their warehouse for numerous days I guess, so when I got it a week later there was no dry ice left, nothing was frozen anymore so it had to go straight in the trash and by this time I am now out of my meals!

The first things that came into one’s mind were, well they better fix it right now, I need a refund, shall I change companies, and OMG they are useless, this has ruined my whole diet plan, I need a Gin and Tonic!

But then the slightly smaller logical side of my brain kicked in and said to me, apart from don’t go for the Gin bottle, it’s not their fault if the courier company messed up. We all have to rely on other partners in the logistics chain. I am not sure why it got stuck and probably the diet food company doesn’t know either but I reminded myself, Covid is causing havoc with the truck drivers we all rely on. Many of our regular trucking vendors are anything from 3 to 10 people short due to Covid. On top of this everyone knows there is pretty much a truck driver shortage everywhere in the world. If the diet food company is anything like UPakWeShip, their staff are probably extremely busy, doing their best and could really do with some more staff but no one extra is available to work right now.

At the end of the day, it got sorted out, no one died, it wasn’t such a big deal and I received a new box of food a few days later.

So please remember everyone, when the logistics devil strikes again, and it will, the company I’m sure is doing everything they can to fix the problem, and the staff member is doing their best with the tools they have.

The world is a different place right now and not the same as it was a couple of years ago. There is a huge trucking shortage, shipping lines are at full capacity, rate increase are going through the roof, and everyone who can or wants a job is working! We must all learn to accept this and do the best we can without getting too frustrated or taking it out on someone who probably did not have any control over the logistics issue in the first place!

On a positive note, at least the employee showed up for work if you are talking to them. You don’t know however how they may have been affected by Covid. Let’s all remain patient and do our best and as the Brits used to say, Keep Calm and have a cup of tea!

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So now you are seeing a link between Tennis and the world of International Moving and Shipping and probably wondering how is all that possible and how can that all be cost effective for a $3 ball? Hold that thought!

So Wimbledon, the most famous tennis tournament in the world, what do you know about it? Well it started back in 1877 by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and is now one of the few grass court competitions left on the pro circuit. Playing on a grass court can be treacherous and there is an art to moving on the grass said Darren Cahill while commentating for ESPN.  Tickets can be real hard to get, you can write in about 12 months ahead, pay a small fortune in a form of a debenture, get invited by a celeb or the royal family or buy a ticket from a dodgy scalp for thousands of dollars and not know until you get there if you will be allowed in (or in International Moving Terms) pay a scam artist a small fortune and never see your furniture again.

So when moving overseas to England, Europe or wherever, use a grass roots company that’s been around since the 80’s has guaranteed all inclusive pricing, are professionals and are at the top of their game.

Oh and how can a ball travel the world for $3.00? It’s called volume and consolidation, they ship a lot at a time to keep the cost down which is exactly what we do with overseas moving.

If you need more info find us on the “net” haha had to get that in, that’s my last volley, don’t let my email bounce back, ….

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