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Posted: Sun Mar 29th, 2020 11:26 am

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Many moons ago I worked at UPS where I was forced to join the Teamsters (useless organization). When a package is taken in it is usually picked up with care and loaded in a delivery truck at the end of the day. The package was then thrown onto a conveyor where it got scanned and routed to different trailers. In those trailers the packages were thrown around to maximize space and time.

After shipment when things started getting hectic in the pre-load packages would be thrown on the conveyor in the feed trailer. They would go down the sort line the loader opposite of a backed up loader would help out by knocking the backed up guy's packagers off the convey where they could fall to the floor. In the last few minutes before the driver shows up other pre-loaders would help by throwing packages in the truck while an overwhelmed pre-loader attempted to sort it out.

To put things in another perspective. Your 1 foot square box that has your lights weighs 2.5 lbs and a 6"x4"x3" box of stainless washers that weighs 11 pounds gets thrown on top of your package. Which package is going to sustain damage?

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