Friday, June 30, 2023

how to mess up an order

A while back, I tried to order myself some Diet Cherry Coke (or Cherry Coke Zero as it's now called). If you look at the waybill in the photo below, you'll note that it says I'm getting just regular Coke Zero.

To add insult to injury, a fragment of a Cherry Coke Zero box was included (see image below), which seems to indicate that someone in the order-fulfillment process understood I wanted Cherry Coke Zero. But this is not what I ended up with.

I ended up with twelve cans of regular Coke Zero. Fuckers. This order was fulfilled back in the States, so this isn't a Korean mistake. I'm guessing the order got fucked up by some nose-picking, Democrat-voting moron who resents his job and couldn't give two shits about not getting the order right. Because pride in one's work is racist or something. At times like this, I wish the Unabomber were alive. Someone deserves a happy little package.

So—make a stink? Send the shipment back? Demand a refund? I'm taking the Taoist way out and going with the flow. I drink regular Coke Zero, anyway, so I might as well guzzle my money's worth. At this point, I've had several Coupang-related orders get messed up. The worst is anything coming from China: shipping delays last forever, and after a long wait of several weeks, Coupang will send a contrite message asking me if I want to just cancel the order or what. I usually just cancel. If I'm desperate to have that particular product (and I'm usually not), I'll search for it via another service like Amazon, iHerb, or something. If this were a life-or-death matter, I might be more aggressive about the situation, but it's only diet soda. Which yet another report suggests is bad for you. Old news, but yeah.



2 comments:

John Mac said...

I used to buy my Coke Zero in Korea locally. Isn't that easier than an online purchase?

I've not read the link yet, but I will. I drink a case of that shit every week. Luckily, I've been in an "I don't give a shit anymore" mode of late.

Kevin Kim said...

Coke Zero is easy enough to find, but Cherry Coke Zero is not, which is why I ordered it.