I went for a Temu pickup and came out… empty-handed! It’s the first time a courier package of mine ever went missing, but the whole experience made me reconnect with the outside world.
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🧠 TIMESTAMPS
00:00 The story of a missing Temu package that didn’t go as planned
02:21 Why this lost package stuck in my mind for weeks
03:22 What I saw inside the locker that completely froze me
04:05 Could it really be just a mistake—or something stranger
05:49 How “safe” are these delivery lockers after all
06:36 Did I actually cause the problem without realizing it
07:49 Would anyone else have stayed calm in that moment
08:17 The email that decided what would happen next
09:20 Waiting for an answer—and what I started to notice
10:44 When “it’s just a package” stops feeling true
11:28 What people online said after hearing my story
12:57 The comment that changed how I saw the whole thing
13:48 What everyone’s reactions secretly revealed
14:37 The realization that made me rethink my experience
15:27 How a lost package connected total strangers
15:53 Maybe it’s not the packages we’re losing after all
16:39 The unexpected message that turned everything around
17:26 What I felt when I finally opened that locker again
17:54 The one sentence that sums up everything I learned
18:03 How this tiny mix-up changed my view of trust
18:26 What I’d tell you if your package ever “disappears”
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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST
Letters from Greece is my podcast, the audiobook version of my newsletter.
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Jim