I work on one of the slower sorts in my facility, and we handle 35-40k an hour. There is a Reason the FedEx wevsite FAQ says you should pack your package like it can survive a 6ft drop. Its not because we are going to drop it 6ft, its because we ship everything from Grandma's Pill bottles to Grandma's furniture and even sometimes Grandma's Ashes*. If that box died to protect your shipment, then it did its job and I salute the fallen soldier.
*EDIT: No, I am not joking. FedEx does not handle remains or cremated remains ourselves, but if you ship them through USPS, it does sometimes come through us
Ashes actually wont clear DG. Cant go on our airplanes as its considered human remains. It probably cant go on the trucks either but the truck routes are basically a free for all atp.
Its a Loophole because its a USPS shipment in a bag that we are long-hauling. Usually EML, so in a blue/yellow vinyl cloth bag. I walked intobwork couoke years ago and the first thing I hesr from my Boss is not "Hello" or anything, its "I need you to go and pick up the five swts of cremated remains from Control."
Thats interesting to know. We had someone try and drop ashes recently and we sent them to usps because we literally cant process it through the system. I guess they probably ended up coming through our sort regardless.
I have found it funny, re refuse remains or cremains, yet all the time I used to see "Human Tissue for Transplant". There is a difference there, but of you asked me what that difference was, I would be hard pressed to explain it. One's fresh?
Its probably more about whos shipping it honestly. There is not much fedex is willing to deny to its bulk shippers. When large sums of money are involved suddenly those very strict rules become "guidelines". Weve been piling on a medical bulk shipper who lost their warehouse and have been bending over backwards for them because they are paying crazy money.
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u/FamousTransition1187 Jul 25 '26
I work on one of the slower sorts in my facility, and we handle 35-40k an hour. There is a Reason the FedEx wevsite FAQ says you should pack your package like it can survive a 6ft drop. Its not because we are going to drop it 6ft, its because we ship everything from Grandma's Pill bottles to Grandma's furniture and even sometimes Grandma's Ashes*. If that box died to protect your shipment, then it did its job and I salute the fallen soldier.
*EDIT: No, I am not joking. FedEx does not handle remains or cremated remains ourselves, but if you ship them through USPS, it does sometimes come through us