Strange Packing Job

Recently, a young man ordered a night stand from Amazon.com. The night stand was actually ordered through the website, but shipped via a vendor called Vision Decor. Instead of the usual packing peanuts one comes to expect when opening large packages from the mail, he found his item was extremely heavy... and when he opened the box he realized why...

I ordered a maple night stand via Amazon.com. It was actually sold/shipped by one of their vendors called Vision Decor. I was surprised when the package arrived. It was HUGE and it weighed a lot — far larger and heavier than I expected a night stand to be.

It was covered in multiple layers of cardboard and tape. When I finally cut through to the middle I discovered that the entire box had been filled with that spray foam typically used by plumbers and construction workers for insulation. My father-in-law and I spent half an hour hacking through the stuff to finally get to the night stand within. It was tough stuff. And it tended to stick to skin.

Now, I appreciate that my night stand arrived in good condition but I must say that removing the foam insulation was tantamount to carving Mt. Rushmore.