When a Bike Company Put a TV on Its Box, Shipping Damages Went Down (2017)
I&#x27;ve always been curious about the shipping process. I have met or know 7 people who work&#x2F;worked at the shipping hub in my city.  I always ask them how the packages are handled.  Every one of them said that they (and all of their coworkers) handle all packages on a scale ranging from rough to purposefully damaging.  One guy told me how he targets boxes marked Fragile for extra abuse when he&#x27;s exhausted&#x2F;angry&#x2F;having a bad day.<p>I predict that a package being treated delicately throughout the entirety of it&#x27;s route would be the outlier.  Every package is at some point flung across a room&#x2F;truck.  The only question is if it is going to hit another box or a much harder surface.<p>this is all anecdotal, but seems to fit with the stat that roughly 10% of all packages in the United States are damaged during shipping.[0]<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;adriana-dunn&#x2F;one-in-10-ecommerce-packa_b_4371992.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.huffingtonpost.com&#x2F;adriana-dunn&#x2F;one-in-10-ecomme...</a> -- couldn&#x27;t find a direct link to the case study.