I just came across one of the most interesting and hilarious science experiments I’ve seen in awhile:
We sent a variety of unpackaged items to U.S. destinations, appropriately stamped for weight and size, as well as a few items packaged as noted. We sent items that loosely fit into the following general categories: valuable, sentimental, unwieldy, pointless, potentially suspicious, and disgusting. We discovered that although some items were never delivered, most of the objects of even highly unusual form did get delivered, as long as the items had a definitely ample value of stamps attached. The Postal Service appears to be amazingly tolerant of the foibles of its public and seems occasionally willing to relax specific postal regulations.
Please invest the time to read the article from top to bottom rather than skimming– it’s amazing.
I was really quite amazed by half of the stuff that made it there, but at the same time most mail people I’ve met (including FedEx, UPS, etc) seemed to be pleasant, hard working people.
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