TIL that in the early days of Fed-Ex, there was one time the company couldn't afford the fuel bill for their planes, so the founder took the company's last $5,000 and went to Las Vegas and won $27,000 - eviltoast
  • slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Someone has never had to deal with DHL.

    You’d think the Germans would be fantastic at logistics, but in this case, you’d be very wrong.

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          3 months ago

          indeed. they once dropped my package in front of a random house 3 streets away and we played a guessing game over the visisble surroundings on the delivery “success” picture. without success on our part, the person living there found us first. since the adress on the packaging wasnt as hard to find

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      3 months ago

      Someone has never had to deal with Evri Hermes in the UK. Or TNT. Christ theyre terrible.

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        3 months ago

        Order a chair online. Order confirmation email: “we’ll be in touch in 48 hours with shipping information” Email from Hermes: “we’re expecting your package” Me: ah fuck