Fraud = UPS to Papua

Never is it comforting to get an email from your credit card company stating that they think “fraud” has taken place on your account.  A call to VISA revealed this to be true.  So the only way to deal with the problem was to close out our account and issue us a new number.  The added challenge was getting new cards to us.  After explaining that we lived in Indonesia, the customer service representative assured me that in 7-10 business days “UPS would deliver”.  I chuckled at this statement, because UPS does not exist in Papua.  However, much to my surprise 14 days later (and $38 dollars later), our credit cards arrived.  I’m impressed.  Apparently UPS delivers all the way to Jakarta and then there is an overnight delivery service, “DHL”. 

 

This brought to memory a conversation I had just prior to our return from furlough.  I was trying to get a prescription filled, through a 90 month supplier.  The customer service representative was really not able to grapple with the fact that we lived in Indonesia.  For several times she stated, “Have a nice vacation.”  I was in my throws of depression and I wanted to yell, “It’s not a vacation!!!!”  Now I will just laugh and add it to the file of UPS deliveries and people not understanding how far we really live from “normal” modern day conveniences.