USPS worker throws package out onto porch

[wamegun]

Saw an article with the above title in my feed today. Search for it and you will get a nice video and story.

Granted it is only one person caught, but I wonder how many are not?

May be extra incentive for us sellers to add insurance to the breakable/easily damaged items we ship.

[thatsallfolks]

We’re already supposed to pack things so they can withstand that kind of treatment.

[partial*eclipse]

Being tossed onto a porch is one of the lesser insults that a package would be subjected to.   The processing machinery at sorting centers routinely drops packages an equivalent distance, and sometimes even farther if they fall off of a conveyor belt ten feet onto a concrete floor.  If your breakable items aren't packaged sufficiently, USPS will just deny your damage claim.

[wamegun]

We should.  

Not all do unfortunately.

[duggmills]

USPS  Worker?  Worker?  It may sound trivial, however I don't associate the word worker with any government or unionized employees.

Employee is more politically correct....   lol.  Do you know how many people work the the government? About half of them.

[thatsallfolks]

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USPS  Worker?  Worker?  It may sound trivial, however I don't associate the word worker with any government or unionized employees.

Employee is more politically correct....   lol.  Do you know how many people work the the government? About half of them.

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Not trivial, just extremely insulting. I’m sure all of our people in the military (i.e. government employees) would be pleased to hear your opinion.

[city*satins]

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wrote:

USPS  Worker?  Worker?  It may sound trivial, however I don't associate the word worker with any government or unionized employees.

Employee is more politically correct....   lol.  Do you know how many people work the the government? About half of them.

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Without unions, we'd still have dangerous factory equipment with no protective guardrails, braces or shields etc etc.   Instead, we'd still have signs saying

BE CAREFUL

Without unions,  we wouldn't have weekends.

Without unions, we'd still have child labor.

I could go on but won't.  Maybe.

[lintbrush*]

If you can't bowl your package down the driveway, it may not survive shipping.

Granted, it shouldn't be deliberately thrown like that, but it will likely see that rough handling behind the scenes

[penguins_dont_fly]

@partial*eclipse wrote:

Being tossed onto a porch is one of the lesser insults that a package would be subjected to.   The processing machinery at sorting centers routinely drops packages an equivalent distance, and sometimes even farther if they fall off of a conveyor belt ten feet onto a concrete floor.  If your breakable items aren't packaged sufficiently, USPS will just deny your damage claim.

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I believe that all sellers should be required to watch YouTube videos of sorting machines in action and mail hampers being dumped LOL

[ebbyisme]

Not just USPS.... and at least it was the RIGHT porch....

A few years back I had ordered something for Christmas. It was the night before Christmas Eve. The item was coming by UPS. After the sun had set and the snow began falling I checked my email and saw it had been delivered. I check the front and back, asked everyone in the house and rechecked tracking to see if they mentioned where they may have delivered the package.... nothing. So I checked with my neighbor, she was out - sometimes we end up with each other's packages.... still no sign of the wayward box....

I started to walk to the neighbor on the other side and I saw something on a porch 3 houses away, don't even know how I saw anything. It was an empty house ... I walk down and there are 6 packages..... to four different addresses, one almost a mile away... So I got to deliver Christmas presents (probably) the day before Santa.... walking as the snow softly fell..... kind of hard to be angry.  At least I didn't have to use the chimney and no one accused me of anything.....

The Porch Pirates missed the chance for a big haul...... empty house, don't even have to worry about the homeowners catching you.

[partial*eclipse]

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wrote: .. I believe that all sellers should be required to watch YouTube videos of sorting machines in action and mail hampers being dumped LOL

I agree 100%.  Here's my favorite; The first 30 seconds of this video will give you invaluable insights into adequate packaging:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYFtalTNzKk

[femmefan1946]

UPS gave me a bicycle once.

We found it properly packed and sealed, then left in our (gated and fenced) back yard.

The house number was right, but the street was two blocks over and bore no resemblance to our street name.

I took it to the right house and the university student who had been waiting for it was very pleased.

[yuzuha]

If you can't throw your package down a flight of stairs and have the item inside remain intact, you haven't packed it well enough.

[partial*eclipse]

You have to be able to throw it down the stairs and then stand on it.  I got this tip from my son-in-law who temped for UPS one Christmas season.  Sometimes the trucks were so full that they had to walk on top of the packages in order to move around inside the truck.