The trailors the packages are transported in have two levels, an upper and lower level with 'flaps' separating the upper from lower.
When unloading a trailor, you remove boxes from the upper portion first. Now, once you've done that, you lift up the 'flaps' to get at the boxes below. Now, the boxes on the lower level are now the 'floor' that you stand on until you can remove enough boxes so that the real 'floor' of the trailer can be stood upon. When I was being trained I was instructed to stand on boxes, and I was really shocked, but it didn't take long for me to get over that and not even care about it. Most boxes stood up well to my 200+lbs standing on it, some didn't.... but hey, I'm just doin my job the way I was trained to do it... and that's why they made insurance right?
Not to mention, the unloaders of these trailors are usually people who just got hired, and they make the worst salary. They could care less about your package's contents when all they want to do is get out of the cold/hot, and dusty trailor.
So, many of the damages come from unloaders standing on boxes. Other forms of damage may come from boxes going down 'slides', like the things children slide down for fun. Imagine boxes/wooden crates weighing under 75 (not by much) pounds sliding down and slamming into your package.
Having a 'fragile' label will also get the loader curious about the box too, which may result in him shaking it to see if he can guess whats inside it. I can remember numerous times guys would be shaking the shit out of a box and saying something like "i wonder whats inside?"... "sounds like something broken to me". Those 'this side up' labels are pretty worthless as well, especially if the address label isn't on that side.
Plus, some guys would come across a box that would be heavy or something, and it would have slight damage to the box or something, if that guy was feeling too lazy he would rip the box open and send it to the 'clerks' (people that tape up broken boxes, etc) so that he wouldnt have to load the heavy ass box.
And you would not beleive the crap people ship. I've seen car doors, bumpers, ded frogs(going to a highschool for disection, man they reeked), pocket-pussies, dildos, etc.
So, in closing.... be sure to pack anything fragile in thick foam and be sure its taped thoroughly and also use a thick new cardboard box or wooden crate.
I don't think XP is as good as many would like to say. Paying two people to do the job one person can do isn't as efficient from a payroll perspective, and from my experiences it does not improve the speed of development, if anything it only slows it down.
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The trailors the packages are transported in have two levels, an upper and lower level with 'flaps' separating the upper from lower.
... "sounds like something broken to me". Those 'this side up' labels are pretty worthless as well, especially if the address label isn't on that side.
When unloading a trailor, you remove boxes from the upper portion first. Now, once you've done that, you lift up the 'flaps' to get at the boxes below. Now, the boxes on the lower level are now the 'floor' that you stand on until you can remove enough boxes so that the real 'floor' of the trailer can be stood upon. When I was being trained I was instructed to stand on boxes, and I was really shocked, but it didn't take long for me to get over that and not even care about it. Most boxes stood up well to my 200+lbs standing on it, some didn't.... but hey, I'm just doin my job the way I was trained to do it... and that's why they made insurance right?
Not to mention, the unloaders of these trailors are usually people who just got hired, and they make the worst salary. They could care less about your package's contents when all they want to do is get out of the cold/hot, and dusty trailor.
So, many of the damages come from unloaders standing on boxes. Other forms of damage may come from boxes going down 'slides', like the things children slide down for fun. Imagine boxes/wooden crates weighing under 75 (not by much) pounds sliding down and slamming into your package.
Having a 'fragile' label will also get the loader curious about the box too, which may result in him shaking it to see if he can guess whats inside it. I can remember numerous times guys would be shaking the shit out of a box and saying something like "i wonder whats inside?"
Plus, some guys would come across a box that would be heavy or something, and it would have slight damage to the box or something, if that guy was feeling too lazy he would rip the box open and send it to the 'clerks' (people that tape up broken boxes, etc) so that he wouldnt have to load the heavy ass box.
And you would not beleive the crap people ship. I've seen car doors, bumpers, ded frogs(going to a highschool for disection, man they reeked), pocket-pussies, dildos, etc.
So, in closing.... be sure to pack anything fragile in thick foam and be sure its taped thoroughly and also use a thick new cardboard box or wooden crate.
I don't think XP is as good as many would like to say. Paying two people to do the job one person can do isn't as efficient from a payroll perspective, and from my experiences it does not improve the speed of development, if anything it only slows it down.