FedEx Furniture
August 15, 2005 5:53 PM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: Poster's Request -- Brandon Blatcher
Nice to see the site is back up. I was beginning to think FedEx was going to get away with invoking the DMCA over this, which is of course retarded.
posted by mullingitover at 6:05 PM on August 15, 2005
posted by mullingitover at 6:05 PM on August 15, 2005
Oh, of course don't click that if you want to read the latest Harry Potter book at some point. Sorry.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 6:08 PM on August 15, 2005
posted by Pretty_Generic at 6:08 PM on August 15, 2005
I saw this website a few days before it was taken down and I wasn't particularly surprised when it was, but, then again, I was a copy jockey for FedEx Kinko's until a week ago. They could have seen this as a PR opportunity and turned this kid into the next Jared, but I'm sure they're mostly hung up on the fairly petty fact that he stole all those boxes. (i.e. they're not freebies. They're included in the price of an Express shipment.) It'd at least be a step up from the asinine FedEx Kinko's commercials they were running a while back.
Anyway, just a reminder to everyone to avoid corporate copies, mm'kay. They treat team members like shit. The markup on services is obscene. Just hire a friggin' temp to fold your envelopes or a local graphic designer for your business cards who *really* *really* needs your money and not the 90/hr graphic design that gets sent to India for pennies anyway. And although much ballyhoo is given towards quick turnaround times, it's not guarenteed. Plus, the training for FedEx at Kinko's was a joke. It was rolled out like an afterthought, we did less than a dozen hours on the computer for training and that was pretty much it. Every few days I'd have a shipping question that I couldn't answer when the specialists were off the floor (which is often because they provided very little extra staffing when FedEx rolled out.) and I'd ask five or six other team members and we'd all have no clue. Talk about not professional. Also, even the lowliest copyboy has to sign away a huge chunk of creative works, but few coworkers even bother to read the contract's handbook because it's so huge.
The copyright policy is schizophrenic. We're trained to practically shut the copier down if you're copying your mother's recipes without a permission form, but, in reality, it would be impossible to do and it's mostly left alone. I'm sure the FedEx Furnature t-shirts were a red flag for the Kinkoids who were asked to make them. Odds are that they would do them on the downlow and get a big laugh, but you've got to pass that kind of work off to another shift because of how craptastic the training is and most people can't run those machines.
Further reading.
posted by Skwirl at 6:38 PM on August 15, 2005
Anyway, just a reminder to everyone to avoid corporate copies, mm'kay. They treat team members like shit. The markup on services is obscene. Just hire a friggin' temp to fold your envelopes or a local graphic designer for your business cards who *really* *really* needs your money and not the 90/hr graphic design that gets sent to India for pennies anyway. And although much ballyhoo is given towards quick turnaround times, it's not guarenteed. Plus, the training for FedEx at Kinko's was a joke. It was rolled out like an afterthought, we did less than a dozen hours on the computer for training and that was pretty much it. Every few days I'd have a shipping question that I couldn't answer when the specialists were off the floor (which is often because they provided very little extra staffing when FedEx rolled out.) and I'd ask five or six other team members and we'd all have no clue. Talk about not professional. Also, even the lowliest copyboy has to sign away a huge chunk of creative works, but few coworkers even bother to read the contract's handbook because it's so huge.
The copyright policy is schizophrenic. We're trained to practically shut the copier down if you're copying your mother's recipes without a permission form, but, in reality, it would be impossible to do and it's mostly left alone. I'm sure the FedEx Furnature t-shirts were a red flag for the Kinkoids who were asked to make them. Odds are that they would do them on the downlow and get a big laugh, but you've got to pass that kind of work off to another shift because of how craptastic the training is and most people can't run those machines.
Further reading.
posted by Skwirl at 6:38 PM on August 15, 2005
NOTE: I do not reccomend fedex furniture if you are looking to impress a date.
You don't say?!?
posted by clevershark at 6:43 PM on August 15, 2005
You don't say?!?
posted by clevershark at 6:43 PM on August 15, 2005
FYI, UPS has free boxes for "sale" on their site. Just look for the 25kg and 50kg international boxes. Considering how laughable UPS's service is, it felt good to use 8 25kg and 8 50kg UPS boxes when I moved last December, at their expense.
posted by angry modem at 6:50 PM on August 15, 2005
posted by angry modem at 6:50 PM on August 15, 2005
It was both DMCA'd and Slashdotted. What's the trifecta here?
I found this hilarious, because in college art class we had a cardboard furniture module. I made a chess set on a table, but ran out of time to make chairs. It's not bad to look at, but it's currently gathering dust in the attic. (My other module was more fun. We built "What the Butler Saw" peep shows using Barbie dolls.)
posted by dhartung at 7:41 PM on August 15, 2005
I found this hilarious, because in college art class we had a cardboard furniture module. I made a chess set on a table, but ran out of time to make chairs. It's not bad to look at, but it's currently gathering dust in the attic. (My other module was more fun. We built "What the Butler Saw" peep shows using Barbie dolls.)
posted by dhartung at 7:41 PM on August 15, 2005
OK, that's SO edgy! Tell me again what I'm supposed to feel about this?
posted by Eekacat at 9:19 PM on August 15, 2005
posted by Eekacat at 9:19 PM on August 15, 2005
It was both DMCA'd and Slashdotted. What's the trifecta here?
Fark obviously. C'mon.
posted by rkent at 9:38 PM on August 15, 2005
Fark obviously. C'mon.
posted by rkent at 9:38 PM on August 15, 2005
Yeah, I saw a mirror when the page was slashdotted.
That's some ugly shite.
posted by delmoi at 11:27 PM on August 15, 2005
That's some ugly shite.
posted by delmoi at 11:27 PM on August 15, 2005
Thanks kirkaracha. I was wondering. I recall reading about Kinkos years ago, as an employee owned business.
posted by Goofyy at 12:22 AM on August 16, 2005
posted by Goofyy at 12:22 AM on August 16, 2005
Further reading. I agree with the complaint against the .com address. Why else get a .com address unless you're selling something, whether it's furniture or a less quantifiable yet still valuable "brand."
posted by mrgrimm at 8:36 AM on August 16, 2005
posted by mrgrimm at 8:36 AM on August 16, 2005
Where are all the people who decried the free USPS boxes? Now THAT was an internet scandal.
posted by OmieWise at 10:13 AM on August 16, 2005
posted by OmieWise at 10:13 AM on August 16, 2005
whatever happened to "finding" furniture on the street?
While I applaud this kids resourcefullness, I think a coupla milk crates (free), some cinderblocks (free if you're in an urban area), $15 bucks in wood, $1 in nails or some screws and simple household tools most people have or can borrow, would make a MUCH more stable and structurally sound desk. Also, if you spill your coffee on it, it won't disintegrate.
posted by Debaser626 at 10:50 AM on August 16, 2005
While I applaud this kids resourcefullness, I think a coupla milk crates (free), some cinderblocks (free if you're in an urban area), $15 bucks in wood, $1 in nails or some screws and simple household tools most people have or can borrow, would make a MUCH more stable and structurally sound desk. Also, if you spill your coffee on it, it won't disintegrate.
posted by Debaser626 at 10:50 AM on August 16, 2005
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