No, boxes get measured as well. So who’s still shipping like that? Amazon stopped doing that quite a while ago. For something that small, they simply use a plastic bag, if possible.
I like the idea of using them as a cat litter box. When they need changing, tape them up and leave them out for the Porch Pirates. Repurposing, recycling, and revenge.
In the movie We’re No Angels, Bogart said he had been jailed for selling bottled air. Said he offered sea air, woodland air and clean air for city dwellers [not an accurate list]. Maybe Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh [in earlier times] would make good markets for imported air from the islands, Alaska, Hawaii, etc.
Amazon could handle it. After all, they haul goods from places never imagined, by companies nobody ever heard of, using names that are about as familiar as Tibetan Wok menus.
Better too much than too less, unless you like damaged products. That said it doesn’t have to be ridiculous. You just want to avoid things that can get caught up where the conveyor belts meet in distribution facilities or can be mistaken for garbage, should they fall on the floor.
On a more serious note – the shipping departments may use a few standard-sized boxes so they can load more of them into the trailers without the contents getting crushed or leaving open space between the boxes. The Customer Support agent for one company I dealt with a lot (for myself and others) once sent me a photo of the semi trailer they have at their loading dock – half-filled with boxes ready to go out when it was filled, or at 10 PM, whichever came first.
What I don’t understand is Amazon’s “Amazon Day”, where they claim to be going to send fewer packages. The last couple of Amazon Day shipments I’ve gotten, I got 2-3 packages each time.
Liters, eh? Congratulations to that school for teaching metric measurements, which are used by 96% of the people on Earth. The USA is one of the very few still clinging to ACHU, the Accidental Collection of Heterogeneous Units, but one day we too will have to face the inevitable and metricate, if for no other reason than the practical one that nobody else on Earth is going to want to buy our products if they’re still sized in round numbers of inches, quarts, or pounds.
Depending on the company and what computer management systems used, this is very true. With modern systems, the handler is instructed which size of box to use when picking or packing product from the warehouse. I see this type of thing very often where I work.Despite what you have heard or read about AI, computers are often very stupid. They repeat only what the program tells them, and the program was written by some stupid human beings.
If it’s wildfire season, sure. The rest of the year California has cleaner and more temperate atmosphere than the other 47; why would they get rid of it?
Bilan 5 months ago
I wonder why Amazon ships things in different packages from the same place at the same time.
thevideostoreguy 5 months ago
Usually the thing you smuggle has to have value. Who wants California atmosphere?
Cactus-Pete 5 months ago
No, boxes get measured as well. So who’s still shipping like that? Amazon stopped doing that quite a while ago. For something that small, they simply use a plastic bag, if possible.
Wilde Bill 5 months ago
Especially don’t want California Political atmosphere.
OldsVistaCruiser 5 months ago
And a free “cat trap” with the dog supplies!
(You know how cats love to climb into boxes!)
Ichabod Ferguson 5 months ago
My favorite is a bag within a box within a box.
cervelo 5 months ago
Looks more like 30 or 40 litres to me… also, interesting that Jef would use liters instead of cubic feet.
goboboyd 5 months ago
I like the idea of using them as a cat litter box. When they need changing, tape them up and leave them out for the Porch Pirates. Repurposing, recycling, and revenge.
DaBump Premium Member 5 months ago
Makes about as much sense.
ladyre 5 months ago
Happy National Cartoonists Day!!!
sandpiper 5 months ago
In the movie We’re No Angels, Bogart said he had been jailed for selling bottled air. Said he offered sea air, woodland air and clean air for city dwellers [not an accurate list]. Maybe Los Angeles, Chicago, Pittsburgh [in earlier times] would make good markets for imported air from the islands, Alaska, Hawaii, etc.
Amazon could handle it. After all, they haul goods from places never imagined, by companies nobody ever heard of, using names that are about as familiar as Tibetan Wok menus.
Durandal_1707 5 months ago
Yes, Jef, we’ve all seen Spaceballs
T Smith 5 months ago
I wish I’d thought of little air-filled pillows for packing material. Or padded envelopes.
trainnut1956 5 months ago
My cats appreciate the boxes.
GiantShetlandPony 5 months ago
Better too much than too less, unless you like damaged products. That said it doesn’t have to be ridiculous. You just want to avoid things that can get caught up where the conveyor belts meet in distribution facilities or can be mistaken for garbage, should they fall on the floor.
Bruce1253 5 months ago
Now she has this irresistible feeling to call everyone “Dude.”
markkahler52 5 months ago
No need to smuggle air. Just wait awhile, then, breathe and maybe have a cigarette or two
PoodleGroomer 5 months ago
A notice once said that shipping charges are determined by weight or volume, whichever one is greater.
Jon Premium Member 5 months ago
On a more serious note – the shipping departments may use a few standard-sized boxes so they can load more of them into the trailers without the contents getting crushed or leaving open space between the boxes. The Customer Support agent for one company I dealt with a lot (for myself and others) once sent me a photo of the semi trailer they have at their loading dock – half-filled with boxes ready to go out when it was filled, or at 10 PM, whichever came first.
What I don’t understand is Amazon’s “Amazon Day”, where they claim to be going to send fewer packages. The last couple of Amazon Day shipments I’ve gotten, I got 2-3 packages each time.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 5 months ago
Liters, eh? Congratulations to that school for teaching metric measurements, which are used by 96% of the people on Earth. The USA is one of the very few still clinging to ACHU, the Accidental Collection of Heterogeneous Units, but one day we too will have to face the inevitable and metricate, if for no other reason than the practical one that nobody else on Earth is going to want to buy our products if they’re still sized in round numbers of inches, quarts, or pounds.
Hydrohead 5 months ago
This is how California reduced its smog levels.
rbrt6956 5 months ago
Depending on the company and what computer management systems used, this is very true. With modern systems, the handler is instructed which size of box to use when picking or packing product from the warehouse. I see this type of thing very often where I work.Despite what you have heard or read about AI, computers are often very stupid. They repeat only what the program tells them, and the program was written by some stupid human beings.
asrialfeeple 5 months ago
Today is Revenge of the fifth!
eced52 5 months ago
Smell-a-vision from smog land.
anomaly 5 months ago
If it’s wildfire season, sure. The rest of the year California has cleaner and more temperate atmosphere than the other 47; why would they get rid of it?
Ukko wilko 5 months ago
The last time I saw California atmosphere (around March Air Force Base) it wasn’t fit to breathe.
EXCALABUR 5 months ago
Ship the air back and ask for a credit.
moatasemfouda 5 months ago
Happy to see metric units (liters) in this nice comic.