Just a Reminder That FedEx Doesn’t Give a Crap About Your Packages

It can be FedEx. It can be UPS. It can be any shipping service, really. They all promise to get your packages to where you want them to go but there’s no guarantee they’ll treat your packages with any sort of tender, love or care. Most likely, they’ll be thrown around, banged around and destroyed in the process. Just look at this FedEx employee have fun tossing FedEx packages into her truck. I can see the appeal of chucking boxes but doesn’t this just create chaos and add more work later?

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Watch a Package’s Entire Shipping Journey from the Package’s Point of View

Few things are more fun in life than tracking shipments and then seeing how it’ll eventually reach your front door. But what happens in the in between process? This video shows you what happens when you send something by mail. The drop off locations, the sorting facilities, the delivery process and everything in between. There’s a lot of steps! It seems like the life of a package could be made into a Pixar movie like Finding Nemo or something. More »

Best Excuse for a Late Package Ever (Updated) [WTFriday]

We’ve all received weird “shipping-delayed” notifications. Usually they’re something inane like “address does not exist” even though you’re standing right there. The one I got just now from UPS, however, is rather special. I’m sorry, did you say train derailment!? More »