A Very Special Delivery

     The 37th Annual Garlic Festival has come and gone.  But on Monday I had the opportunity to relive just a bit of the event when a package arrived for me in the mail from California.  It was from the Garlic Festival Shop and contained the items I had purchased while there.  Everything was carefully wrapped and arrived whole, much to my delight.

     And with my purchases was this note:

THANK YOU for your order...Your Garlic Festival goodies have been carefully picked from our shelves like delicate berries and placed into a wicker basket lined with garlic tops.  With the grace of a seasoned garlic braider, we tip-toed them to our packing station where Garlic Gnomes prepared your order for shipment.

Your products were methodically placed in each box using techniques taught to us by a former Tetris World Champion.  Using a pair of tweezers, we placed hundreds of packing peanuts one-by-one into every nook and cranny to endure safe transport.  We are proud that our packing is re-usable and 100% recycled, and our packing peanuts do not trigger peanut allergies...

As the delivery truck pulled away from our warehouse dock, a rare double rainbow appeared overhead.  That's when we knew the products we had created with tender love and care, were on their way to a better home.  Please use them in good health and, we promise, they will take care of you.

You just don't get messages like that from Amazon.