# Somebody's working late....

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebodys-working-late/603836>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 23, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebodys-working-late/603836 "2011-11-23T02:55:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebodys-working-late/603836/1 "2011-11-23T02:55:37Z")

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I don’t order a ton of stuff online, but when I do, I usually get a shipping confirmation a day or so later. Tonight at 7:52 I ordered a bundle of three things through Amazon, all coming from different vendors. At 8:54pm I got an email saying Item One has shipped! And at 9:47, another email…Item Two has shipped! If the pattern holds, I should get a third email in about an hour. If I recall correctly, Item Three was from the only shipper who wasn’t promising a 3-5 day shipping window, and now I know why…those slackers aren’t working all hours!

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**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebodys-working-late/603836/2 "2011-11-23T04:34:27Z")

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Well, that’s a relief. I can go to bed.

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**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebodys-working-late/603836/3 "2011-11-23T06:07:14Z")

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Work-from-home-parent with home business works after kids go to bed. Mystery solved!

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**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebodys-working-late/603836/4 "2011-11-23T13:03:39Z")

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Got the notification for Item Three at 11:52. So odd that all three of these small items, from totally different vendors, would all be handled with such alacrity! Maybe the reason they were bundled together is because they know each other somehow?

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebodys-working-late/603836/5 "2011-11-23T13:36:56Z")

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I’m guessing that all three vendors use Amazon to do the warehousing and shipping. I think the tagline is “Fullfillment by Amazon” or something along those lines.