I have just ordered a simple nylon and polyester jacket from Eddie Bauer. It is coming from the US to Canada, where I live. The short (blue) distance between the source and destination is 490 km. UPS is taking it for a ride from Easton, PA, through Middletown, PA, then all the way to Vernon and La Mirada, CA, and finally back to Toronto, ON – 7,330 km.

On a promotional sale, my purchase cost was $197.55 CAD:

The package is already en route 4 days and is scheduled to be delivered in another 7 days, 11 days altogether. Waste of time, waste of airplane fuel, waste of money:

What sense does it make, unless this is a deliberate action taken by the carrier (on whose orders?) to crush the US economy?