I need this...

[Aethian]

Was talking to someone earlier and since this happened to one of the window clerks I thought I should put it in sightings...

Lady comes up to the window on Wednesday and lays a beautiful dress on the counter. I swear this thing had handmade lace on it, only reason why I saw it was because I had to go talk to the big boss in his office. Not that I wouldn't have been able to hear the last part of the conversation.

Lady: Oh my, so lucky...no one is here.
Clerk: Yes I just opened the window, how can I help you.
Lady: I think this overnighted. *gestures to the dress*
Clerk: Okay, were you just looking for a price?
Lady: No, I need you to box this and ship it.
Clerk: Mam we don't box the items, you box them, we weigh them.
Lady: *sighs* Fine, then I'll need a large box.
Clerk: *glances at the door, relatively still quiet* Well let me see if one of the big flat rate boxes will work.

Lo and behold with some help they manged to get the dress into the box and not folded too many more times.

Clerk: Okay, and the zipcode this is going to?
Lady: *gives off a international zip code*
Clerk: Mam...thats for the UK.
Lady: Yup it's my daughter's brides maid dress, she needs it tomorrow.
Clerk: Mam we can't get it there tomorrow. It would be 3 to 6 days.
Lady: WHAT?!?!
Clerk: *nods* I'm sorry but even if it were to get on a plane at this instant and had no customs problems it would still be two days.
Lady: THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!
Clerk: There is nothing I can do.
Lady: Well you just ruined the wedding I HOPE you are happy. *storms off without taking the box*
Clerk: Mam! Mam! Boss, she left the box!

Bossman tried catching the lady but she practically took out another car she was leaving in such a huff. When I got back to the office the box was still sitting on the safe awaiting her to come back and claim it. Since we had no return or address that it was going to...we really can't do anything to it. And it's far too nice to just toss.

[LillFilly]

I...Jus....I mean...I got nothing.

She just LEFT the dress!? I'd almost think it was some sort of scam if it wasn't so like the people we talk about on this site all the time. International shipping by tomorrow; what planet do you think she was raised on?

[Aethian]

I wish I knew, if it's still there tomorrow when I get in I'll try to snap a pic. But I got to go home before the window closed and she had another hour and a half to reclaim the box. I mean it's what a 16 to 23 hour flight over each of the ponds?

[iradney]

what an IDIOT!

[Raveni]

what an IDIOT!

She will still tell her whole family that it's not her fault.

[EvilEmpryss]

She will still tell her whole family that it's not her fault.

Careful, she might try to claim the business kept it on purpose.

Seriously, though. She wanted something shipped overnight to the UK... and during the holiday rush? 3-6 days is an optimistic estimate.

[Aethian]

Box was gone when I came in this morning... No pics of the lovely dress.

[Amina516]

Careful, she might try to claim the business kept it on purpose.

I was thinking the same thing. Im hoping she doesnt try and come back and claim theft or something equally stupid and outrageous.

[MoonCat]

WTF??

OVERNIGHT to the UK??

She's nuts. That is all.

[mikoyan29]

I'm thinking you can probably Fed Ex is but it will cost you dearly.

[terakhan]

I was looking at Fed Ex-ing one of their standard envelopes overseas. Just that envelope was $116. What got me was that I looked on the 21st, and the estimated delivery was the 23rd.

I know some might be able to do it, but to deliver ANYTHING that fast when some deliveries have to be started almost a month out seems impossible.

[AccountingDrone]

Private courier company could do it, but that literally means that they would have someone hand carry it to the person in Britain.

Hourly rate plus plane ticket, plus cab fare everywhere ...

The kid could obviously have a dress made by a custom seamstress cheaper from a picture of the original.

[Chromatix]

It's about an 8-hour flight from the Eastern half of the US to the UK. Obviously it's more from the West Coast, unless you're in the far northwest corner (where you can take a more polar route which is shorter). Then you have to factor in the 5-8 hour time difference, and the multi-hour waiting at the airport while security theatre happens. Once in the UK, you have to get from the airport to wherever the bridesmaid is waiting, since there's only a few international airports and Heathrow is pretty much clogged up.

So in theory it's possible to get the dress there at the same time the next day. There are a lot of things that can (and at this time of year, probably will) go wrong to prevent that.

But as they say: failure to plan ahead on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

She wanted something shipped overnight to the UK... and during the holiday rush? 3-6 days is an optimistic estimate.

There are a lot of things that can (and at this time of year, probably will) go wrong to prevent that.

...with the "severe weather conditions" that have been screwing up most of the country? Jump on a plane and carry it yourself, lady.

[Daemonmonkey]

There is a way. Put it into the Blackbird. The back draw is that the cost to ship will compare to the budget of a small country...