kgrach wrote:
I used to work for UPS as a kid, putting Fragile on a box is the equivelent of Please bash me repeatedly. You are much better off making sure the package is balanced and not too heavy. oh Make sure the lable is on the side you want facing up. Tape well with no crack or seams that can split
Make sure the box is much bigger than the board if you only have 1" clearance on the sides of the board get a bigger box. REMEMBER FRAGILE=BASH ME. Label ON side you want UP.
Arrows and instructions don't work.
When you have to unloads trucks by hand at the rate of 1480 boxs an hour minimum you don't have time to be gentle. throw them label side up on the belt don't read or think.
except for the ocasional fragile box to take your frustrations out on.
kgrach
I found that when I worked at the Post Office over Christmas a year ago. Although I wouldn't say people throw down the boxes with 'fragile' written on them any harder, its just that when you have to sort a few thousand parcels in a night, you aren't going to carefully place the one that says fragile on it. I must admit that when you are sorting parcels (standing in front of a huge rack with mail sacks hooked in) you are throwing parcels in to the bags with the odd 'trickshot' [between the legs, behind your back etc] to help to alleviate the boredom and some parcels do miss :-o
I have found that having worked in that environment has helped me package and label parcels very well! Always write your postcode! And package items well, the postie ain't out to trash your parcel, but bear in mind it migh get droppped and is likely to have a weight of parcels on top of it whatever happens.
You wouldn't believe how many letters and parcels I sorted with addresses like:
John Smith
1 Knightsbridge
London
