31 points | by bpierre 4 hours ago ago
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>For the trouble of giving up their baggage allowances, passengers were handed a free round trip plane ticket to Hawaii.
Doing that today would likely get people arrested for drug trafficking
I can't believe that to retrieve a container today, you still need to present the original document from the shipper.
Surely, a simple database record at the port authorities office should suffice. Or a series of digitally signed transfers.
This is a fascinating read, thanks for sharing. I remember when I was college hearing about "vacationing couriers" and thought it sounded amazing
>For the trouble of giving up their baggage allowances, passengers were handed a free round trip plane ticket to Hawaii.
Doing that today would likely get people arrested for drug trafficking
I can't believe that to retrieve a container today, you still need to present the original document from the shipper.
Surely, a simple database record at the port authorities office should suffice. Or a series of digitally signed transfers.
This is a fascinating read, thanks for sharing. I remember when I was college hearing about "vacationing couriers" and thought it sounded amazing