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Originally Posted by Sr. Mints
Used to catch Greyhounds from Lethbridge to Calgary and back all the time in university. I remember the downtown Lethbridge station (absolutely nothing like Calgary's) which was walking distance from my apartment across from the Spudnut shop on 5th Ave
One morning I arrived at the station early in the morning, and there was a guy and a woman and some commotion about their luggage which was something wrapped in a tarp and tied with bungee cords. I don't think they were allowed to stow it, and there was definitely some yelling and drama, but I wondered what that was for some time after.
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Okay. So my Job was pretty simple. You HAVE to get all of people's luggage on board. 100%. No wiggle room. This ain't the airport.
But...we make our money on the Freight. So...as much as humanly possible, get the freight on board! You can't skip the luggage, but the Freight is the most important.
So the people that came with garbage bags or tarps hooked with bungee cords?
Oh yeah! Sign me up!
Why?
Because that stuff is malleable! I can make that s### fit almost anywhere.
And if its wrapped in tarpaulin or garbage bags or whatever? I probably dont have to worry about it's value.
You can slap as many 'Fragile' stickers on it as you want. We crease, we crumple and we cram.
Do you want it?
"Well, I'd like it in good condition though."
Well. Look around you son. You think you picked the right place? Your choices are: It gets there how it gets there or...it doesn't. This is Greyhound not the Royal Mail.