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[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

well he should have put fragile stickers on it

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

Having worked at FedEx, everything has fragile stickers and "this way up" arrows. If I payed attention to every notice on every package, I'd run out of room on the truck before I was even halfway through my shift. Plus I'd be spending way too much time in the truck, and I'd constantly be running down the conveyor to collect packages I missed while I was in there. The only special instructions we have the time to address are the hazmat signs. But yeah, some people literally punt packages onto their trucks, so there's a middle ground to be found.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Can't speak with authority, but presumably FedEx employs packers and drivers; this person was probably speaking as a packer and referring to the truck they're packing as "the truck."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Is that a euphemism?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I never delivered packages, I only loaded them on the trucks. I'd usually be assigned 3-4 trucks depending on package load and how many people decided to show up that day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah gotcha, my cousin worked for ups and loaded trucks also, making the drivers mad all the time haha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, they're always mad about something. They'll look at their trucks packed to the brim with boxes and wonder why we didn't put each and every package in the exact correct location. We'd do our best, but by the end of the day we'd just be putting them wherever they'd fit.

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