Re: I will not attribute your post to malice, never.
The additional distance it traveled due to the misroute was over 21,000 kilometers.
21,000 km? Pfah. I had a small parcel from Montreal to Ottawa (the road distance between 180 and 260 km, depending on which part of either city you choose), which was sent by the parcel arm of the glorious Canada Post through Wellington, New Zealand. That's a misroute of 40,000 km, even as a crow (or in this case more likely a pointless albatross) flies.
On the way out, they stuck it on a boat, too - so it was very slightly delayed. (The NZ post had the decency to return the parcel by air.) Of course, they apologized profoundly, because my business is important to them. There was no extra charge, thankfully; with Canada Post you really never know.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
