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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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12 April 2002 - 1:35 pm
I think I've mentioned here before that I ordered an essentially free (after rebates and things) scanner from staples. Well, in order to get my order over $100 so I could apply a $20 off coupon, I ordered some paper clips (17 cents for the one box I ordered). My paper clips arrived a few days ago. The paper clips were standard paper clips, about 100 or so in a box about 2 inches wide, an inch deep, and 3/4 of an inch tall. However, staples decided to ship this tiny box of paper clips in a much, much larger box. Imagine my surprise when I open a box that was about a foot wide, 9 inches deep and 4 inches tall, only to find a bunch of paper shoved into the box in order to keep the single box of paper clips from rattling around. The best part of all this? Staples paid the shipping on my order. So for the 17 cent box of paper clips, they must have paid in excess of a dollar or two to package and ship them to me.
Posted by on 12 April 2002 at 1:33 PM
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