Picture this: you’re eagerly waiting for your online order to arrive from Burlington, wondering why on earth it’s taking two whole weeks to travel what should be a quick hop across Ontario. Then you check the tracking and discover your package has somehow ended up on an entirely different continent.

That’s exactly what happened to one London resident who recently shared their shipping mishap on the London Ontario subreddit, and honestly, it’s peak 2024 online shopping chaos.

The frustrated shopper posted a screenshot of their package tracking, showing their order had been shipped to London, England instead of London, Ontario. “I’m thinking to myself ‘2 WEEKS?! Why does my package take 2 weeks to arrive from Burlington, I could literally walk there and back in less than 2 weeks to pick them up,'” they wrote.

But here’s where it gets even better – the poster added with perfect Canadian humour: “But anyways, they’ll be pants when they leave Canada and trousers when they arrive in the UK.”

The post struck a chord with fellow Londoners who’ve experienced similar shipping nightmares. One user shared how they had a package from Australia that got sent to London, England because the sender didn’t bother writing “Canada” on the address. “Someone from the UK post office put a smiley face on it and wrote ‘the other london lol’ before forwarding it on to Canada,” they recalled.

Another commenter mentioned this exact scenario happening on the classic TV show “All in the Family,” where Archie Bunker lost a Christmas bonus by accidentally sending a shipment to London, England instead of London, Canada. Apparently, everyone in London, Ontario watching that episode “lost their minds at being mentioned by Archie Bunker himself.”

The shipping mix-ups aren’t limited to just London either. Users shared stories about packages being sent to Denmark for sorting before realizing they were meant for London, Ontario, and even bags being sent to Australia instead of Austria.

One user pointed out the darkly hilarious reality of Canadian shipping: “The funniest thing is that our shipping prices are so bad, I wouldn’t have even noticed.” Another mentioned this happens to them “at least once a year with DHL.”

While the original poster’s pants are probably enjoying a lovely tour of the UK countryside right about now, their story serves as a reminder of the eternal struggle of living in a city that shares its name with one of the world’s most famous capitals.