I ship a TON of packages via USPS and include Tracking with all of my shipments. I've noticed, most everything that is addressed to the East Coast, goes out of the USPS Distribution Center in Orlando. Everything else goes out of the Distribution Center in Tampa. I live between Tampa and Orlando, so whatever I mail here, goes to those distribution centers before leaving the State. I live along the Interstate Hwy that runs between Tampa and Orlando (it runs from Tampa to Daytona). I'm approx. 35 miles East of Tampa and 55 miles West of Orlando. Now here's where my confusion comes in. Whenever I mail something that is going to the East Coast, it goes from here, 35 miles WEST to Tampa ... THEN turns around and goes 90 miles EAST to Orlando ... passing through HERE on the way.
Seems like a strange way to run a railroad! :huh
P.S. I'm pretty sure I know why they do it, it just looks really stupid when you follow the tracking. I can wave bye-bye when it leaves here, then wave at it again when it comes back through!
