On 12/17/2020 2:28 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
What's a riot for us is when we order something that is being
fulfilled direct from China. I can track it across the Pacific where
it lands in Anchorage, then on its way again to Memphas, Cincinnati,
or some other major processing hub in the eastern half of the USA. A
week later, it finally makes its way back to Anchorage.
And that's for three-day delivery!
DHL is easily the most convoluted of them all.
Well, they are German, and of a German bureaucracy!
Their roots are very different from systems like UPS and FedEx. Back in the 70s, they were offering personal courier
service for high value, high urgency business documents. We knew a guy who was a courier for them. When he wanted to fly
somewhere, he'd show his availability. Pretty soon, he'd be on a plane, with a case of documents. If there was enough
stuff, they'd pay for an extra seat beside him.
This from Wikipedia agrees with my memories of what he was doing. He mostly
used it to the East Coast and Europe.
Deutsche Post acquired them over 1998-2002 and applied the name to many other
of their services.
Memories are Made of Moose
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