I used to work at a Gateway Country Store, and once had a UPS employee as a customer. When we ordered his computer, he requested that we ship it to him via FedEx - that he would even pay for it himself. He then revealed that when he and his fellow UPS employees see the Gateway "cowboxes", they know something expensive is inside and purposely "kick the box". Apparently, he and his coworkers took pride in how much damage they could inflict upon the boxes.
As an upside, Gateway would NOT ship via FedEx, and he begged that we at least put it in a plain cardboard box. HA! A little karma for him.
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I used to work at a Gateway Country Store, and once had a UPS employee as a customer. When we ordered his computer, he requested that we ship it to him via FedEx - that he would even pay for it himself. He then revealed that when he and his fellow UPS employees see the Gateway "cowboxes", they know something expensive is inside and purposely "kick the box". Apparently, he and his coworkers took pride in how much damage they could inflict upon the boxes. As an upside, Gateway would NOT ship via FedEx, and he begged that we at least put it in a plain cardboard box. HA! A little karma for him.