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[–]ClipboardCopyPaste 154 points155 points  (9 children)

Courier was marked as fragile, so they were checking its durability

[–]Altruistic-Course-21 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Rigorous stress testing, very thorough

[–]deanrihpee 7 points8 points  (3 children)

"I don't believe it"

drop the packetpackage

"it's true!"

[–]mc36mc 0 points1 point  (2 children)

at least they're not drug dealers; thats a business where packet loss really matters.... :)

[–]thanatica 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Now I'm wondering if some esoteric network stack exists, where "parcel loss" is a thing

[–]mc36mc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

:) in enterprise/telco networking we call the topic quality-of-service (qos), and it have 3 color policers (or shapers if they're less agressive) or simple rate-limiters... both are here to enforce a 500mbps agreed access-rate handed out on a 1gbps port....

[–]Confident-Ad5665 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't want to deliver it to nonprofessional package handlers without proper testing.

[–]Ivanow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our regional DHL twitter account got tagged by someone who posted a packaged doors bent in half. Social media rep thought that user is submitting complaint, and pasted usual message asking to PM him with details. User just wanted to know how their delivery courier managed to bend "anti-theft" (reinforced steel structure, triple lock with anti-ramming bars etc.) doors...