If you can’t afford to pay the air fare, try to get yourself mailed. This is probably what thousands of people are trying to do when they were caught sealed in shipping containers.
Officials at global delivery services company FedEx confirmed on 3 April that some 600,000 people seal themselves up every year. They also added that the number has been gradually rising over time. In the past year, for instance, the company documented well over half a million incidents in which employees discovered individuals crouched inside oversized cardboard boxes that were either left waiting outside homes or had mysteriously arrived at the doors of FedEx retail locations with completed shipping labels.
"Every day we receive dozens of reports from delivery drivers who go to pick up a large package only to suddenly hear someone breathing or rustling around inside," said FedEx director of operations Tim Brankley, explaining that most individuals caught mailing themselves are found curled up inside a cardboard box and hidden beneath a layer of packing peanuts.
"In most cases, we’re able to tell right away when a box contains a person, but every once in a while someone will make it all the way onto the truck."
“However, the bottom of the box usually isn’t reinforced enough and, once it's lifted, the person comes tumbling out in a shower of packing materials," added Brankley. "If they aren’t too stunned after hitting the ground, they typically just pick themselves up quickly and run off."
According to theonion.com, since it was founded in 1971, FedEx has reportedly dealt with increasingly elaborate attempts from people looking to mail themselves cross-country, with roughly 300,000 individuals per year contorting their bodies in cramped containers or shimmying into large cardboard shipping tubes to take advantage of affordable rates on delivery within three to five business days.
In addition, FedEx workers are also said to annually come across 150,000 packages containing people who paint their skin to look like statues and keep perfectly still to avoid detection.
Officials at global delivery services company FedEx confirmed on 3 April that some 600,000 people seal themselves up every year. They also added that the number has been gradually rising over time. In the past year, for instance, the company documented well over half a million incidents in which employees discovered individuals crouched inside oversized cardboard boxes that were either left waiting outside homes or had mysteriously arrived at the doors of FedEx retail locations with completed shipping labels.
"Every day we receive dozens of reports from delivery drivers who go to pick up a large package only to suddenly hear someone breathing or rustling around inside," said FedEx director of operations Tim Brankley, explaining that most individuals caught mailing themselves are found curled up inside a cardboard box and hidden beneath a layer of packing peanuts.
"In most cases, we’re able to tell right away when a box contains a person, but every once in a while someone will make it all the way onto the truck."
“However, the bottom of the box usually isn’t reinforced enough and, once it's lifted, the person comes tumbling out in a shower of packing materials," added Brankley. "If they aren’t too stunned after hitting the ground, they typically just pick themselves up quickly and run off."
According to theonion.com, since it was founded in 1971, FedEx has reportedly dealt with increasingly elaborate attempts from people looking to mail themselves cross-country, with roughly 300,000 individuals per year contorting their bodies in cramped containers or shimmying into large cardboard shipping tubes to take advantage of affordable rates on delivery within three to five business days.
In addition, FedEx workers are also said to annually come across 150,000 packages containing people who paint their skin to look like statues and keep perfectly still to avoid detection.
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