When a Bike Company Put a TV on Its Box, Shipping Damages Went Down (2017)

Post by nightfly » Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 2:45 AM UTC

mevile wrote: post #76

andai wrote: post #40

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I work as a postman. People don't really send letters any more, so a large and increasing percentage is packages. Many (most?) of my coworkers hate their jobs, and their lives, and are deliberately rough with packages, especially if they look expensive.

"I'm unhappy with my life so I'm going to make other people unhappy too." How about these people do something with their incredibly valuable short lives other than being miserable? Unless you're in chronic pain of some kind, being alive is a gift. It's a treasure. Every moment is precious.

Post by Moru » Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 2:55 AM UTC

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The odd thing about this is that it can be much more work to handle things roughly. One time I was waiting for a flight and watching the activity out the window, and the guy who was transferring bags from the little truck-train onto the ramp that slides them up into the airliner was throwing each bag into the air and onto the ramp. It was clear that it would have taken much less effort to just set each bag onto the r…

Treating the bags gently takes more time and effort. For starters you don't know heavy the bag is, so first you have to figure that out, and you have to spend effort managing its downward trajectory. It's more wear on the joints and body to handle it carefully than to just throw each bag with good form. I don't know what I'm talking about, so treat that with a grain of salt, but it's plausible.

Post by mc32 » Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 3:06 AM UTC

Post by sowbug » Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 3:11 AM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #109

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That's cute, but wrong. Even the most law-abiding delivery company is going to end up with some parking tickets, so it makes sense to budget for them. You may as well decry the budgeting for legal as saying the company wants to break the law.

> Even the most law-abiding delivery company is going to end up with some parking tickets Why? If you don’t park illegally you don’t get tickets. They aren’t random or accidental.

Post by Judgmentality » Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 3:16 AM UTC

eridius wrote: post #95

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the drivers are basically incentivized to break the law When a delivery company has a line item in its budget to cover parking tickets as a cost of doing business, it's already decided at the corporate level to disregard the law in favor of making a profit.

That's cute, but wrong. Even the most law-abiding delivery company is going to end up with some parking tickets, so it makes sense to budget for them. You may as well decry the budgeting for legal as saying the company wants to break the law.