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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Random Stuff

Mail Hoarding Is Real, and I Just Experienced It

4:00AM Jason Chen | Mail hoarding is a fantastic phenomenon. Slate explains it as the cases where postal workers stockpile mail/packages in their trucks, then act like they delivered them. I discovered that this happens with Fedex too. More »
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Vehicles

Video of FedEx Aeroplane Crashing in Japan

12:20AM Jesus Diaz | It’s rare to catch a commercial plane crashing on video, but Japanese TV NHK has aired yesterday’s spectacular crash of the FedEx aeroplane in Narita Airport. Sadly, the two dead pilots didn’t have ejection seats. More »
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Random Stuff

Leopard Deliveries Delayed at Apple’s Request?

9:45AM Jason Chen | Update: Wait, what’s going on? Is Apple actually the one responsible for FedEx shipment delays? This is what we just got in our tipbox: This is absolutely astonishing. I’m on the phone right now with [redacted], Customer Advocate for FedEx. She, and [redacted], employee #[redacted], Operations Manager at the San Jose Express delivery station, are claiming that Apple specifically requested that FedEx disregard the “Priority Overnight, delivery by 10:30am” service Apple shipped Leopard out under, and instead “DEC17″ the Apple packages, which means to deliver them by 5pm instead of the contractually-obligated 10:30am time dictated by the Priority Overnight delivery requirements. More »
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