Warning: I found out the hard way about our mailroom's 'fragile' policy

I dropped off a box marked fragile with a ceramic mug inside last Tuesday, and the clerk said they just toss everything down a chute regardless. Three days later the mug was in pieces, so now I wrap stuff like I'm shipping a baby through a war zone. Anyone else's workplace mailroom have secret rules nobody tells you about?

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taylorb942d ago

Oh COME ON, this is total nonsense. You people act like package handlers are out there deliberately smashing your stuff. If you can't pack a mug so it survives a 3 foot drop then that's YOUR fault not the mailroom's. Bubble wrap and newspaper? That's amateur hour. I double box everything with foam peanuts and those air pillows and I've NEVER had a break. The fragile label is basically useless because if you need it then your packing is bad. Stop blaming the workers and learn to pack properly.

violafox2d ago

Did you ever see that news piece about how postal workers basically play basketball with packages? I read a study once that said something like 70% of damages happen from dropping stuff less than 3 feet lol. I wrap my mugs in bubble wrap and then put them in a box with crumpled newspaper on all sides, never had a problem since.