Posted on 03/29/2013 3:59:50 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
The article does not say anything about the size of any of these operations. But said they were illegal. Imagine a pharmacy was sending out 50 oxy prescriptions a day to out of state recipients.(naturally, on phony prescriptions) If the packages were dropped in multiple drop boxes to get them in the system, how would UPS or FEDEX ever be expected to know about it? And you can explain at any level you wish. I can keep up. 26 years at FEDEX. Thanks!
UPS folks who tap those boxes know all about that trick so they'd have a company rep out there trying to edumacate your mailing ops people about the great deal they can get with PICKUP SERVICE.
They have a system to keep this from happening to them ~ and that's where it happened ~ not with an incidental item here and there.
BTW, I don’t think this stuff involved controlled narcotics but simply items requiring prescriptions ~ like viagra!
I am a trained hazmat responder. UPS drills me twice a month on how to do the 22 steps on donning SCBA(oxygen tank). This is required for PPE (personal protection equipment) if needed. We have to follow the "decision tree" for any suspected chemical and hazmat damages. Sometimes there are no MSDS(material safety data sheet) papers with the parcel. Sometimes shippers try to sneak this through the system.
I am also drilled 2 times a month on the "decision tree" by management on how to contain spills or leaks. The audit team from a private company might come by twice a year and drill me.
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