ENOUGH. no more celebrities. we only post about biocrusts now.
âwhatâs your opinion on-â whatâs your opinion on this sick complex community of algae, cyanobacteria, lichens, bryophytes, and assorted bacteria, fungi, archaea, and bacteriophages that colonize the soil surface?
my dad is the funniest person in the world to make small talk with. we passed a taco bell and he was like “what’s your favorite thing to get there” and i said “the crunchwrap supreme” and he said “tell me about it” and i described it to him and he said “that sounds delicious. what’s your second favorite thing at taco bell”
U know when you see someone walking straight towards you and you have to look at your feet for a sec and figure out what you’re gonna do with your face to seem normal
guy who does unboxing videos but he only talks about the boxes
âHey, everyone, welcome back. Our first box today is a Uline nine by five by four. Single piece of clear shipping tape over the top, two inch, and the UPS label nicely centered. No edge tape, and you know, thatâs fine. This box is pretty light, Iâd say under a pound, and taped edges donât really add much stability here. Letâs open it up and see what weâve got for dunnageâŚokay, half-inch bubble wrap, thatâs unusual in a box of this size.â
Sometimes a post throws into perspective just how much niche knowledge you possess.
I read this, and I can tell from the âreviewâ that the package was NOT shipped by a professional.
One: two inch tape. Professional establishments use three inch. Itâs MUCH easier to seal boxes with, especially around the edges. Two inch is what you can buy from office depot or loweâs. Itâs fine for moving house, but itâs definitely not professional grade.
Two: no edge tape. Just seal your edges, people. UPS basically plays soccer with your packages. Even the light ones, just on principal, give them the structural support you can offer.
Three: centered label. Looks pretty on a package, sure, but it makes it very likely that the label will be covered up when the box is sitting in a stack or a pile, and that increases the chance that it will be manhandled to get to that label or even potentially mis-scanned or missed altogether in a stack. Label the SIDE of the box if at all possible! And put it to the side if you canât! Visibility!
Also, the reviewer may be accustomed to getting a lot of boxes, but I donât think they were a professional shipper, either. Someone who has shipped too many boxes would comment on whether the box was new or reused, whether there was any special hazmat (mostly lithium-ion battery) labeling, the condition of the package post shipping, and whether or not the weight of the package matched the stated weight on the label. AND theyâd have commented on the two-inch packing tape.
I donât know what to say other than âyour experiences are not universal,â because I do shipping and receiving at a machine shop for a living, I see packages sent by professional shippers all the time, and I disagree with you on just about every point.
One: two inch tape. Professional establishments use three inch.
Nope. For packages I see, two inch packing tape is the norm. Today I had one package with three-inch water-activated reinforced paper tape and one (from Uline) with 2.75" packing tape. Everything else used 2" packing tape. Yes, itâs exactly the same kind of stuff that you can get at Office Depot or Loweâs, and people use it because it gets the job done.
Two: no edge tape.
Not uncommon for small, light packages. I just donât see box failures on packages under a pound where more tape would have helped. Where I do see failures is overloaded boxes, thirty pounds and up, where the corrugate simply ripped, and no amount of tape would have saved the package.
PSA: please donât fill an 8x8x6 single-wall box with machine screws and expect it to arrive intact. Fastenal, Iâm looking at you.
Three: centered label.
Label on top is standard. I had only one box today with the label on the side, and all the rest on top.
Looks pretty on a package, sure, but it makes it very likely that the label will be covered up when the box is sitting in a stack or a pile, and that increases the chance that it will be manhandled
Your package will get manhandled, regardless of where you put the label. Plan on it.
to get to that label or even potentially mis-scanned or missed altogether in a stack. Label the SIDE of the box if at all possible!
Heck no! I expect labels to be on top and thatâs the first place I look for them. If itâs on the side, thatâs potentially four other places I have to look, which is a pain in the ass when Iâm busy. And Iâm always busy.
UPS, incidentally, says you should put the label on the largest surface. For the packages I get, thatâs usually the top.
Someone who has shipped too many boxes would comment on whether the box was new or reused,
Okay, thatâs legit. I do see a fair number of reused boxes.
whether there was any special hazmat (mostly lithium-ion battery) labeling
Hazmats arenât common enough to mention it every time when there isnât one present. (My hazmats are usually solvents or paint, and thatâs not something I get every day.)
the condition of the package post shipping
Not usually noteworthy. My internal monolog (which is what the above fanciful review is based on) doesnât bother to mention it unless something unusual happened to the box.
whether or not the weight of the package matched the stated weight on the label
Although I ship just as many packages as I receive, if not more, it never would have occurred to me to check. And I donât have a scale in the receiving department, so it would be guesswork anyway.
AND theyâd have commented on the two-inch packing tape.
Which everyone uses. Thereâs not much need to comment when itâs far and away the most common type of tape.
Perhaps things have been different for you, but this is how it is in the manufacturing industry.
I think one of the most important parts about film and tv analysis is never forgetting that no matter the genre or setting, the story is probably being filtered through the perspective of a person who lives in California
