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<blockquote data-quote="Aiken" data-source="post: 455063" data-attributes="member: 20034"><p>dannyboy, BigBrownSanta, sortaisle, et al--</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the additional insights. Overall, it kind of sounds like a lot of companies, where the suits make baaad decisions, based on marketing and economic trends, and it's the people who do the real work who pay dearly for them.</p><p></p><p>As I said earlier, to a lot of us outsiders, the shipping business is basically a magic black box. Or maybe a magic brown box in this case. Package goes in at one end, and comes out at the other. We're not so naive that we really think it's that simple, but nobody's ever explained it to us before. With the info provided on this thread, plus things I've learned reading other threads, I probably now know 10000% more than I did yesterday about how UPS accomplishes things. I'd have to bet that corporate would rather we didn't know these details, and that might be why we don't. Knowing them makes a huge difference, though.</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, I just got off of the phone with someone else who's been waiting, and I told her some of the stuff you've told me. She said that she had already felt really bad for you guys on the front lines, and she didn't even know the half of it. So, like I said, I think people out here do know who to blame and who to appreciate.</p><p></p><p>Again, thanks for all the explanations, guys. I don't think I'll post to this thread again, because I don't want to keep bumping a thread that's clearly a sore spot for you, but don't think I don't appreciate the time you took to explain things, or the work you do to get my packages to me.</p><p></p><p>Take care...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aiken, post: 455063, member: 20034"] dannyboy, BigBrownSanta, sortaisle, et al-- Thanks for the additional insights. Overall, it kind of sounds like a lot of companies, where the suits make baaad decisions, based on marketing and economic trends, and it's the people who do the real work who pay dearly for them. As I said earlier, to a lot of us outsiders, the shipping business is basically a magic black box. Or maybe a magic brown box in this case. Package goes in at one end, and comes out at the other. We're not so naive that we really think it's that simple, but nobody's ever explained it to us before. With the info provided on this thread, plus things I've learned reading other threads, I probably now know 10000% more than I did yesterday about how UPS accomplishes things. I'd have to bet that corporate would rather we didn't know these details, and that might be why we don't. Knowing them makes a huge difference, though. For what it's worth, I just got off of the phone with someone else who's been waiting, and I told her some of the stuff you've told me. She said that she had already felt really bad for you guys on the front lines, and she didn't even know the half of it. So, like I said, I think people out here do know who to blame and who to appreciate. Again, thanks for all the explanations, guys. I don't think I'll post to this thread again, because I don't want to keep bumping a thread that's clearly a sore spot for you, but don't think I don't appreciate the time you took to explain things, or the work you do to get my packages to me. Take care... [/QUOTE]
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