Manage your expectations

The biggest thing you can do wrong in South Africa is sitting and freaking out about your parcel not arriving on time. It is probably wise not to even look at your tracking for at least the first two days. You can probably start freaking out on the fourth day. Usually, I forget about my parcels and continue on with my life. This time I made the mistake to open an email with my tracking number and get excited about my purchase. The business said 2-3 days for delivery. By the second day I was reading all these negative comments here and on Facebook thinking that my parcel is surely gone. And then I remembered all those lovely times I forgot about my parcel and carried on with my work. As my husband rightfully said, "A watched pot never boils." On the 3rd day, I forgot. 4 hours into work came a loud thud on the door (our doorbell died), the dog howling its head off. I opened the door to a reserved but friendly gentleman who had with my package. Just as the business said: 2-3 working days. They were on time; my expectations got the better of me. I am not saying it is this way every time. Packages do go missing and things do go wrong. I'm just saying that sometimes it's important to remember that these are people too and sometimes things go a little off course in their lives too.