Shopping

The holidays are here and the most popular way of shopping is to order online. Is this really the best way?
The Internet and a credit card is all you need. Just a few clicks and your shopping is done. All you have to do is sit back and wait for them to arrive.
Then suddenly you get an email that one of your gifts has been back ordered and will be shipped out in a few weeks. That is fine. It should still get here in time. It will only take a few days to get here. No big deal.
Then one package arrives on time. But wait, it only has a couple of the items you ordered. The packaging says packaged and shipped separately. Again, it should be a problem. You will get the other package in a day or two.
A day or two has gone by and still no other packages arrive.
Finally you decide to make a desperate phone call to the company. They assure you that the package will be mailed out by the end of the week.
Still, you should receive your package the weekend before the holidays.
So, you wait. And wait. And wait.
Still, you have no package. You apologize to your family and friends and tell them as soon as you get the package they will get their gifts.
Three days after the holidays and your package arrives.
You think to yourself. It would have been a lot easier to have just drove to the mall and got your shopping done.