"I couldn't ship my corpse!"
Recently I had to ship something using Greyhound Bus Shipping. It's kind of a wierd service for items that are extra large or heavy. I was reviewing the terms, conditions, and whatnot and came across this list of prohibited items. Some of them struck me as odd. What do you think?
Other Prohibited Articles:
Are people really trying to ship "corpses", "animal heads", "wild game", "reptiles"?
Seriously, wild game? Can you imagine a person riding into the Greyhound station on the back of his elk or buffalo, and then trying to ship it?
Other Prohibited Articles:
- Packages or shipments which contain the following commodities, articles, materials, or substances WILL NOT be accepted for transportation.
- Alcoholic Beverages or Liquors,
- including Ale, Beer, Wine
- Ammunition
- Animal Heads (see exceptions below)
- Animals, Live
- Articles Packed in Wet Ice or Water (see exceptions below)
- Ashes of Cremated Corpses
- Automobile Windshields (see exceptions below)
- Birds
- Corpses
- Firearms
- Fluorescent Signs (Fabricated)
- Glass, Window (see exceptions below)
- Guns
- Jewelry
- Materials Having a Disagreeable Odor
- Mirrors
- Money (Coins and Currency authorized as a medium of exchange by a recognized Government, including Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds)
- Negotiable instruments (Items Convertible into Currency or Cash) (see exceptions below)
- Neon Signs or Bent Neon Tubing
- Paintings, in Frames, with Glass
- Pictures and Paintings, with Glass, in Frames
- Reptiles, Live
- Snakes, Live
- Wild Game
- Window Glass (see exceptions below)
- Windshields, Automobile (see exceptions below)
- Wine (All Types)
Are people really trying to ship "corpses", "animal heads", "wild game", "reptiles"?
Seriously, wild game? Can you imagine a person riding into the Greyhound station on the back of his elk or buffalo, and then trying to ship it?