Thousands of Dollars of Misdirected Food

[Perhaps pictograms would have helped their box band-aid.]
In Boston, Massachusetts, Brigham and Women’s hospital can be found at 75 Francis Street. Less than a mile away, the residence of Frumie Burns sits at 75 Francis Street in the town of Brookline. As you might imagine, this has often resulted in confusion.

Once an anxious young couple came to the door and said that they were looking for the fertility clinic. Shouldn’t they have asked if they were at the hospital first? Since when do you ring the doorbell to enter a clinic? Wasn’t my professional attire of cut-offs, a tee shirt and flip flops another hint that they were in the wrong place? Another time an elderly gentleman handed me his paperwork for a colonoscopy before even saying hello.

I think in that situation one is obligated to perform the colonoscopy. Just use whatever’s at hand.

In recent years, however, the bigger issue has been the many, many food deliveries coming to the wrong place. The local wildlife has no doubt appreciated when they were left without even ringing the doorbell.

Burns’s piece about her experiences was shared with me by friend-of-the-site Oliver Y., and it’s since come up in multiple conversations I’ve had with others. Now, I recommend it to you.

Link: https://brookline.news/an-address-mix-up-leads-to-years-of-food-deliveries-gone-amok/