Author Archives: Alex Kava

Hitch’s Bin Liners Part 2

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Alex Kava

Sometimes it was hard to be the one in charge of changing out the bin liners.  It was a big responsibility.  If no one was there to take out the trash, and replace the bag, trash would just pile up, … Continue reading →

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Hitch’s Bin Liners

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Alex Kava

It was Hitch’s job to remove and replace the full trash bin liners with empty ones.  Every day he got to the mall at eleven o’clock and he worked faithfully until two-thirty, when most of the lunch rush had come … Continue reading →

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How to Find Discount Packaging and Shipping Supplies

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Alex Kava

Everyone knows that discount packaging and shipping supplies are hard to come by.  And if you didn’t know than you are either under the age of seventeen and have never moved, or you are over the age of eighty and … Continue reading →

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You Don’t Have to Break the Bank on Shipping Supplies

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Alex Kava

Random, fun fact of the day: I’m sure most of you know this already, although I don’t particularly remember learning this in school, but the first person in space was a Russian man named Yuri Gagarin.  Unfortunately, he died in … Continue reading →

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The Benefits of Using Stretch Film Wrap

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Alex Kava

When it comes to wrapping your pallet, you want to do so wisely. If this process has not been carefully executed, the contents of your pallet might never end up where they are supposed to. In this event, it will … Continue reading →

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Stretch Film and Magic Carpet Rides

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Alex Kava

You might be thinking that there is not much that can be said about stretch film. And now you might be thinking that I would rebut that thought by saying, “You would be wrong.” Except that you would be wrong, … Continue reading →

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What Packaging and Shipping Supplies Have to Do with Wheel of Fortune

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Alex Kava

I was watching Wheel of Fortune a couple weeks ago and it was time for the final puzzle. I’m pretty sure the unlucky contestants have less than a minute to try and figure out what it is, after they’ve guessed … Continue reading →

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Cheap Moving Boxes and Cheap Chinese

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Alex Kava

When I think of college I think of cheap moving boxes and cheap Chinese. I was pretty young when I left home, just barely seventeen. To my untrained mind “cheap” was the answer to everything. I had come to understand … Continue reading →

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Shipping Boxes Snafu

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Alex Kava

I worked in the shipping industry for most of my life. I started out on the docks, and then trains, and then eventually I retired for a truck company. It was an interesting life, to be sure, even though it … Continue reading →

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Nightmares and Packaging Tape

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Alex Kava

To this day, the sound of packaging tape makes me break into a sweat and my mouth dry up. I get chills and goosebumps on top of those chills and I begin to think that this might actually be the … Continue reading →

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