Green Bubble Wrap in SPI box

The UPS guys work quickly, so could it be that the weight in the box gets lopsided and just slips out of their hands.
 
Last edited:
Fragile should be on box. If not marked fragile, it's ok to drop & toss.
Think how a loaded delivery truck would smell (and contents) if 1 reducer gallon emptied out.
Try fragile test.
 
I worked part time nights, at the local UPS hub for about 6 months back when I was 18, and you would not believe how some packages were treated. Nobody seemed to care either. It was all about volume.
 
I worked part time nights, at the local UPS hub for about 6 months back when I was 18, and you would not believe how some packages were treated. Nobody seemed to care either. It was all about volume.
Funny i worked pt at ups at 18 also. Back then all drivers had to start out part time in the ware house. 1998. Min wage was 4.25. The shift was 4 hours from 6-10p. ...$17 dollars. Minus taxes minus gas. ...didnt last long for me. They wanted to unload 60 boxes per minute off the trucks...sorry to get off topic. Its just took me back
 
Funny i worked pt at ups at 18 also. Back then all drivers had to start out part time in the ware house. 1998. Min wage was 4.25. The shift was 4 hours from 6-10p. ...$17 dollars. Minus taxes minus gas. ...didnt last long for me. They wanted to unload 60 boxes per minute off the trucks...sorry to get off topic. Its just took me back

Same hours for me as well!:) I think they paid us a dollar or so above minimum though.:) It was convienent for me because I was going to college (ended up dropping out). Same thing 60 boxes a minute. Insane workload. Nobody stayed very long. After awhile you didn't care how a package was treated, you were just trying to meet the quota.
 
The drivers had quotas also, if there was a line of trucks at some business they could always go right up to the door and drop off. Happened a lot in the 60s, not sure why there was so much back up at the docks back then.
 
Another UPS alumni here. Started the summer between my junior and senior year in high school. If I remember correctly, top pay for the dock workers at that time (1976) was $4.10. Better than most of my friends working at the hosiery mill (Cannon). Definitely taught young boys, and a few girls, how to work your tail off despite the circumstances you were in. Very hot, very cold, sick, sore, hurt, getting cussed at and threatened with job termination.....you just had to keep going. Opening up the trailers after they had sit outside on the asphalt in the middle of the summer was like stepping in front of a furnace. And then you had to go inside it to load or unload the boxes! I worked there 7 years and am thankful for the discipline it instilled in my soul as a young man.
 
Back
Top