Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Big Brother's Watching

The delivery service at Amazon.com has always lived up to my expectations. Yes, I always choose the cheapest option, which in turn takes quite a while for the book to reach me, but I don't mind. However, the latest package took a couple of weeks longer than the stipulated time. When it arrived it looked like it just barely survived a journey in a Toyota.

Not so virgin package

The culprit

So Big Brother is the cause for this delay and mess heh? This is the first time I've heard of KKDN (Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri) and the first time I've had one of my packages opened by them. I imagine there must be this group of people sitting in a room opening packages and reading other people's books and touching people's things? Sounds like a dream job! Note to self : Never buy lingerie or underwear online.

2 comments:

Johnny Ong said...

yr overseas orders even if it was thru couriers will be subjected to inspection. this is to ensure that no drugs are in there hehe

besides that, its to ensure that u are not ordering bibles in malay language or those with offending words / blasphemy against islam

Ted said...

Johnny: Tat's true, though I've ordered many times from Amazon, this is the first time they left a 'We were here' sticker. I hope they will be more gentle on my packages in the future.