Hermes The Divine Trickster

After waiting a week for a parcel delivery and receiving three automated messages telling me it is arriving then, oops, sorry yet another delay, I certainly believe in the definition of Hermes not only as a messenger but also the God of trade, commerce,  thieves and trickery. 

 It will be interesting to see if it ever turns up.

 Meanwhile, in other news, Elfie is continuing with his own tricks.


Update on the parcel . After firing off a snotty email last night to the company I ordered from, a van turned up just as I arrived home from my Hospice shift this afternoon.  The parcel was handed over with apologies and an explanation (a new driver that cannot find rural addresses in the dark apparently)
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14 comments:

  1. northsider 4 December 2019 at 15:17

    " Good health, I mean Elf".

    Well it's nearly Christmas. What's his favourite tipple?

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    1. JayCee4 December 2019 at 15:31

      Seems to be whatever he can lay his hands on!

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  2. busybusybeejay4 December 2019 at 17:05

    I am waiting for a Hermes delivery today.Delivery slot 8am to 6 pm.Not long to go.I really do not understand why anyone uses Hermes.Royal Mail is so much more reliable.

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    1. JayCee4 December 2019 at 17:26

      I think it must be cheaper for companies to use them. You get what you pay for in terms of service!

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  3. Rachel Phillips4 December 2019 at 18:34

    People take Logistics for granted when ordering parcels, not saying that you do necessarily Jaycee, but there is a huge amount of things that have to come right in organising transportation of goods for everything to work and the parcel to be delivered on time.

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    1. JayCee4 December 2019 at 18:44

      Yes, I understand. The annoying thing though was that they sent three messages on consecutive days saying that it was being delivered that evening and then it didn't turn up. It would have been less provocative to have waited until they were actually in a position to deliver it before they sent the message. It seems the new driver couldn't find us in the dark so just kept taking the parcel back with him. It took my complaint to trigger some action by the supervisor to bring it herself - in daylight 😉

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    2. Rachel Phillips4 December 2019 at 19:12

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  4. Cathy4 December 2019 at 20:44

    Couldn't they find the light in the window?
    Light or no light I reckon Elfy babe could find his way to the bar!

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  5. Chris4 December 2019 at 23:08

    Naughty elf! Hope he makes it back to Santa to report on your good behaviour or it`s a piece of coal for you.

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    1. JayCee5 December 2019 at 10:29

      We could do with some coal at the moment. Cold and windy here today!

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  6. Yorkshire Pudding4 December 2019 at 23:58

    Naughty Elf had raided Mummy Elf's drinks cabinet and nabbed himself a bottle of Ronmiel Cocal that she had brought back from The Canary Islands along with a straw donkey and the mobile phone number of an attentive young waiter called Francisco.

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    1. JayCee5 December 2019 at 10:30

      Francisco and I are just good friends.

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    2. Yorkshire Pudding5 December 2019 at 11:56

      That's what Prince Charles said about Camilla!

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