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Which Shipping Company Is Kindest To Your Packages?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the handle-however-you-want dept.

Ant writes "Popular Mechanics mailed a bunch of sensors on an epic journey to find out which American shipping company is the most careful with your packages. From the article: 'One disheartening result was that our package received more abuse when marked "Fragile" or "This Side Up." The carriers flipped the package more, and it registered above-average acceleration spikes during trips for which we requested careful treatment.' Here's what they found."

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  1. Re:In a just world... by DocHoncho · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm starting to think "Michael Kristopeit" is really some kind of bizarre meta-troll. God only knows how many accounts are registered for this persona and by how many distinct individuals. Reminds me of when I was in high school, my friends and I would all log in to a local Public Access Unix system (grex.cyberspace.org) under the same account and mess with people in the chat room thing they had.

    Ahh the good old days.

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    Celebrity worship is a poor substitute for Deity worship and costs more to boot.
  2. Re:TSA by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would LOVE to paint the word 'fragile' across my buttocks and let you handle me. Brown can definitely do something for me. And you can even wear your boots in my bed.

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    Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
  3. Re:TSA by gmhowell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think you mean he'll do something for your brown (eye).

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    Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
  4. Re:It's never the speed that gets you by dtmos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I flew the concorde to England a few times in the 90s. I really miss it.

    This. I fear we'll not see its like again in my lifetime.