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Actually shipped; Hrm... I'd have to say some radioactive material from a nuclear power plant.

Most sketchy thing that someone tried shipping; a leaking metal container. We were notified by the pickup driver... he sent pictures and the shipper would not tell us what was inside. There was some sort of corrosive fluid coming out of the container, literally eating the concrete that it was on, outside the dock.

I would have to say the radioactive material that came out of a nuclear power facility. Most definitely...

We had to use a specialized trailer that was insulated and heated. The drivers couldn't be near the truck when it was loaded, the trailer was tripled sealed and locked with three different locks (each with a different key, and by a different person. The keys were then flown to the destination separately to three different people.). The drivers were never to leave the truck unattended, one driver had to constantly be in the truck. There was also two "chaperone" vehicles that didn't leave the truck.

So basically a logistical nightmare; but it was interesting to say the least.

I live in the US(and work here, obviously). It's not difficult to get into this line of work, really. Most companies that I know of do require a bit of education, i.e. high school and college graduate.

As far as "danger pay" is concerned, no, we do not get hazard pay. But it's something that I may ask about! Haha

Whats the coolest "I really dont know if I should touch this" thing you've ever forwarded.

There was one time during the holidays, we had a shipment flying here in the states; it was an exempt human specimen shipment. Someone working at the airport (I'm assuming a baggage handler) got the bright idea that this cooler with "Exempt Human Specimen", and other brightly labeled labels, was a turkey or something and decided to open it. When he/she found out that it was in fact NOT what they were hoping, they left the opened cooler out in the elements. I'll say this much; the airport where this happened was in a very warm part of the country... I probably don't have to explain the smell of raw meat in the heat. Needless to say, it was found and all hell broke loose.

There was another time when a carrier mislabeled/cross-labeled some freight and ended up sending a dead body to a pet shop(I think, I'm trying to find the news article), instead of the fish that the pet store were intending on getting.

I would have to say the body parts that some companies ship for classes. Whole hips, thighs, hands, feet, lower jaws... things like that.

I had a woman ask me one time if we could move her house. Mind you, it wasn't like a trailer home or modified home, it was an 'on a slab, 3000sqft house'. She apparently was divorcing her husband and literally wanted to take the home... I had no words.

Also, have you ever referred to freight forwarding as "the game" in conversation with other people in the freight forwarding business?

No. But fuck it, I may just now... probably not though, on second thought. That sounds really "douchey"...

Do you go to any freight conventions?

Yes. There are tradeshows/conventions that are centered around freight forwarding and the like.

What OS do you use?

It's a mixture of shit and some 1's and 0's. It's really great... like, something from the 70's.