For your amusement/outrage:
A user of our synchrotron shipped samples in a deWar from overseas. The
deWar was held up by U.S. Customs, and we received the following from a
FedEx employee:
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This shipment is delayed with US Customs. We need to know the amount of
salt in the shipment in kilograms. I have attached the commercial
invoice. Can you provide this info? Thank you.
(name redacted)
Senior ECO Import Coordinator
FedEx Trade Networks
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You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people
thinking that you're a fool. - Wonko the Sane
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David J. Schuller
modern man in a post-modern world
MacCHESS, Cornell University
schul...@cornell.edu
