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Procter & Gamble ?
- Thread starter Se7en
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Try delivering steel pipe to some of the refinery`s in the Bay area here in Ca.....
Security screening: Check
Leave all wireless devices at the guard shack: Check
Dog Sniff test : Check
Mirrors used to observe the underside of the vehicle: Check
Security Guard will accompany you to the spot were you will off load: Check
Do not get out of your vehicle : Check
Guy driving around in a white jeep that say Dept of Homeland security
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Jeff
If the bananas come from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, or Venezuela, the security is probably there to make sure that the REAL CARGO doesn't get into the wrong hands.
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Funny you should say that JJ
We used to get loads of Evaporated Cane Juice ( raw sugar ) from South America, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru,, all over down there, Some would go by ship to port in San Diego and some went by ship to Florida.
The stuff from SD would get off loaded and go to the other company's warehouse, and then come up to us by truck, all of it was packaged in 2,200 LB totes
We were in a bind one time to meet a production quota and ran low on raw material.
We could process 70,000 to 80,000 lbs of raw sugar into liquid product a day, so we could eat the stuff up real quick.
Some one routed 2 truckloads ( in the Shipping containers) to us straight from the Dock, by-passing the warehouse down there.
That afternoon we got flooded with phone calls and e-mails.
Turn the trucks around and send them back to the warehouse, DO NOT BREAK THE SEALS. Do Not open the trailers.
One explanation we got was that they were loads of "special sugar" for one individual customer.
Another guy told us that the "duty" had not been paid on the loads...
Yeah...right.
Another thing we could never figure out was, why ship loads by sea to Florida, and then truck them to Ca?
Why not just send them all to CA to start with?
Kinda makes you wonder.......
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Jeff
If the bananas come from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, or Venezuela, the security is probably there to make sure that the REAL CARGO doesn't get into the wrong hands.
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And I thought the potassium from the bananas what giving me a lift. :sad:
A lot of the security came from 9/11, but a lot of it is due to trade secrets. Because the baby boomers have all grown up, incontinence has become a number one priority for a lot of companies. That's right, adult diapers. HUGE business, and they treat it as such. No different for P and G, they have recipes for products that they need to protect... otherwise the Chinese rip it off and do it for 1/10th of the price. I have a buddy that worked at one of these diaper places, and he had his car weighed every time he went to work. Weighed it when he left, to see if it was heavier. Mirrors under the car, check the trunk, all that stuff. Pretty over the top, but like I said, lots of $$$ at stake.
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RT307
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RT307