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Recieved an ultra slim keyboard in a box big enough for a microwave oven (packing material in comment)

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Submitted ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Image

    Cats for scale.

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    • dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ah your new cat box comes with a free keyboard.

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      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It wasn’t exactly free, but yes 😁

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    • myotheraccount@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Probably confused why you bought packaged air, when your whole house is full of air already

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    • lena@gregtech.eu ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Ah, they had to check it out

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  • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They probably ran out of the smaller size boxes. Rather than holding your package, the puller grabbed whatever was available that it would fit in.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nah, Galaxus and Brack pull that regularly. At least they use those cardboard-paper things for filling.

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    • FlihpFlorp@piefed.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah I work at a pet store and one of hold duties was pack up boxes for UPS or FedEx, basically flip flopping from retail helping customers to packing

      Anyways sometimes we’d run low and have to pack a tiny bird toy into a box made for a 30lb bag of dog food

      Other times we had to sometimes tape 2 boxes together becuase the tall box (made for stuff like dog poop rake kits) was to narrow, and the wide boxes for aforementioned dog food was too short

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s because of fancy algorithms and waste reduction, not laziness and capitalism. That’s what Jeff Bezos told me.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Always figured that was the case, no joke. Ever try to automate anything even slightly complex? Edge cases and weird shit crops up all the time. Maybe something in the product description triggered this ridiculous box.

      People doing the packing probably don’t have a path to get the occasional issue resolved, and likely don’t care.

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    • datavoid@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Going by their job interview questions it probably has something to do with optimally packing boxes in a truck

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  • charizardcharz@piefed.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sometimes it's due to the battery shipping label that's required for lithium batteries. They need a box big enough to fit it as it's a fixed size and needs to fit on one side of the box.

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    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s only 5" square at most, though. You don’t need a microwave sized box for that.

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      • charizardcharz@piefed.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        For some reason it didn't click how oversized the box is. More likely they ran out of smaller ones then, or some shitty algorithm said this was the "most economical" box.

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  • Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Last week, my new wallet came in shoebox size box.

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  • axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ain’t this kinda good tho? Use the extra cardboard for crafts and stuff or pass it down

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  • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Looks good. What kind is that?

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This kind 😁

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      • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Looks sweet. Do you have experience with this brand? I need a new keyboard

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      • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Nice. A Keychron

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  • HairyHarry@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIqqQCvA59A

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