What to write down before you call about a Georgian land-post hold

When a load sits at Sadakhlo or Sarpi, the first calls are usually to the wrong person. The broker, the driver, the cousin who “knows the post” — all of them can talk. Few of them can name the last signed paper.

Before you ring us, or anyone, write down four things. The last document with a stamp or a signature. The last place the driver claimed to be, with an hour. The hour the post closed on that weekday, not the hour you hoped. The name of the goods as they appear on the paper, not as they appear in the sales pitch.

We still may not move the hold. Tracing is reconstruction, not a permit. What the list does is stop three offices from describing three different trucks. If the trail suggests an insurance or police matter, we will say so and hand the file back as it stands.

Keep the note even if the truck moves that night. The next hold will arrive on a Friday. You will be glad of a format you already used.