Folks, we had a situation on Tuesday. A shipment of eight upright vacuum cleaners arrived at Dock 2, and the crew did what any sensible crew does. They left. For six hours. The dock was empty and the vacuums sat there in the afternoon heat, humming faintly with menace.
Doreen eventually got them loaded by backing the truck in tail first and never looking at them. We billed the customer a Hazard Handling Fee of $85 per unit. The customer asked what hazard. I told him to ask his own cat.
Reminder: vacuums are Class Dread cargo. Quote accordingly.
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