Fed-up Madonna can’t convince courier she is actually Madonna

Madonna wearing glasses looking fed-up in her kitchen.Image source, Twitter: Madonna
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“Life imitates art far more than art imitates life,” Oscar Wilde once wrote.

He wasn’t wrong.

Madonna’s 1989 single, Express Yourself, assumed a whole new layer of meaning yesterday in Madge’s existential struggle to get a parcel delivered.

Yesterday, she reached breaking point, posting a fed-up selfie to her 1.77 million followers in the hope of convincing a courier company that she was, in fact, who she claimed to be.

Twitter users the world over pondered this newly-relatable Madonna.

A screenshot of a tweet, reading, "This is the oddest relatable tweet IImage source, Twitter: Roland Scahill
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The internet rallied to her cause, dutifully retweeting her plight over 12,000 times.

Then, like a hawk plunging from the skies, came Julie, a customer service representative out to save the day.

A screenshot of a tweet, reading, "Hi, this is Julie. I would like to help. Please DM your delivery address, tracking & phone numbers."Image source, Twitter: FedEx Help

Julie’s heroism didn’t go unnoticed.

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But others turned the tables.

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Whatever happens next, we’ll be wishing on a lucky star that Madge convinces the courier company to release her package, so the Material Girl can get back into the groove.