Meaning of FedExer | Babel Free

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An employee of FedEx.

Examples

“Davis said the domestic numbers may also have been boosted by the new Federal “FedExers” program, which is aimed at small shippers.”

“Outsourcing can lead to surprising arrangements. In November 1990, Commodore Business Machines hired Federal Express to service its consumer products. If you call Commodore’s twenty-four-hour consumer-assistance number, the voice on the other end actually belongs to a FedEx employee (though you won’t know it), who will arrange for the machine to be picked up and replaced with a loaner the next morning (by another FedExer).”

“In the hangar where FedExers sorted packages, our boxes, cylinders, and oversized envelopes cascaded down conveyor belts. […] All along the route, FedExers stood with their ubiquitous bar-code scanners to ensure the company would deliver our packages on time. […] This is the identity that every FedExer understands, the basis of the inspiring stories we hear about the company’s 98 percent rate of on-time delivery. […] Another FedExer rented a private airplane to make sure one very special package was delivered on time. […] Any FedExer who wants to know about how well any unit, or the company as a whole, is performing can consult statistical quality indicators (SQIs).”

“There, Mark X. Zaleski, chief operating officer and a former FedEx exec, has recruited an additional half-dozen former FedExers for the service’s June launch. […] Indeed, former FedExers are bringing a lot more than shipping smarts to the E-commerce party.”

“Corking the wine for better days (or your next gag gift), you wait impatiently for another whole month before yet another winded FedExer delivers your next bottle of wine.”

“FedEx’s Canadian chief joins growing list of former FedExers at e-commerce firms / FedEx Corp. lost another top executive to a dot-com company. Jon W. Slangerup, 50, president of Federal Express Canada, left to become chairman and chief executive officer of Electron Economy, Cupertino, Calif.”

“FedEx jumped in with both feet to help ensure success for Cast Away, the movie starring Tom Hanks as a marooned FedExer who never gives up.”

“The FPA has been able to generate some unity among the fractious pilot group made up of fiercely loyal FedExers and unionized ex-Flying Tigers pilots.”

“The Pope said, “Got a package here for a Severn Pratt at Cornerstone Construction.” / The scarecrow looked up from his screen and said, “You don’t look much like a FedEx-er.””

“So many people have participated in the realization of this compilation of bamboo in so many Ways. / In gratitude, I thank / artists, artisans, architects, authors, bamboo believers, constructors, contractors, connectors, crafters, devotees, dwellers, designers, engineers, enthusiasts, experts, earthlinkage, FedExers, financial supporters (ABS, SoCal ABS, NCCABS, NEABS, EARF), furniture makers, friends, gregariousness of flowerings, growers, green doers, green gardeners, gardens, google, GS & GSP, […]”

“Whether you’re writing on assignment or spec, you’ll need to keep a regular schedule if you’re going to deliver the script. / "This whole thing is about delivery," [Larry] Gelbart says. "We’re really gifted UPS men. FedExers, you know, because it’s gotta be there. It’s gotta be there. So you don’t have a lot of time. But it’s enough time for us."”

“As it was, the forward arc of her foot sent her stumbling into the elevator car just as a woman from FedEx was exiting. Kat danced around the FedExer with a clumsy little side step, muttering an apology under her breath.”

“A FedExer brings a package—and a hint of normalcy—to a New Orleans home.”

“At risk is a new America of mediocrity. An America of half companies, sinkholes and buckyballs who do not innovate, who no longer lead. A band of followers led by new-wave economic Pied Pipers. A new America of Wall Streeters, Googlers, Home Depoters, WalMarters, FedExers, eBayers, Amazon.dot comers, and government paper shufflers.”

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