Kettle Odyssey

Some people might know already, but last month I finally caved in and bought a gooseneck kettle to upgrade my coffee brewing setup (which consisted of a normal electric kettle used by pouring very carefully): it's this CHiATO flowPLAY. It's been a bit of an odyssey. It took a while to arrive, mostly (I think) because it needed to be sent outside of the EU (just Swiss things), for which I also had to pay an additional fee I've been notified of by email just a couple of hours after placing my order. Alright. What I did not notice, however, was that I put my address wrong. The house number was wrong. And I only discovered this when my package was delivered — successfully! — to the wrong house. Imagine my face as I realize this. Imagine my face as I look at the number and discover it's the house right in front of my apartment complex, a private house so I can't just come and grab my package, I actually have to speak to someone. Maybe in German. I thought of doing so for a hot minute, then…