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All of these are international packages going through Jamaica Bay in New York which is notorious for delays. A significant percentage of packages are selected f
by trotsky 14y ago
All of these are international packages going through Jamaica Bay in New York which is notorious for delays. A significant percentage of packages are selected for extra screening here, but no where near 100%. Those go into a set of queues that always mean randomized and often lengthy delays. Most of the packages chosen for the screening are picked by humans that I would almost guarantee are more likely to pick the packages that catch their eye for any reason.
Also, if you send through a package that weighs just north of a kilogram it is almost guaranteed to be subjected to extra screening. This is by no means a secret among international shippers, and would make it pretty easy to stack the deck if you wanted to. I bet a lot of shoes weigh around that much, no?
- glyphobet 14y agoThese guys share an office with me, so I saw the packages. They all contained one tote bag and were nowhere near a kilogram.
- AtheistBerlin 14y agoJust to confirm, not all of the packages pass through Jamacia Bay and we were careful to ensure the packages were as similarly eye-catching as possible... but those selecting humans would be wiser than to only choose the most eye-catching packages. I'm not gonna put a flag on a package containing drugs, for example. And as the other commenter says, we only sent tote bags, not shoes.