Inside the Method to Amazon’s Beautiful Warehouse Madness

They call it “chaotic storage” for a reason. This photo shows a 1.2 million square foot Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Phoenix on November 26, 2012, also known as Cyber Monday, this year’s record breaking online shopping day. It’s a beautiful sea of stuff. Amazon sold over 17 million individual items last year on that day alone, notes ABC News’s Neal Karlinsky and Brandan Baur — and claims it will post bigger numbers this year.

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   This is so cool/terrifying.

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14. houseoforange said: Holy moly. We’re getting a warehouse sometime soon. I guess this is what we can look forward to!
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    This stresses me AND excited me.

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    Cool.

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    Woa, bet those workers have nightmares over boxes….

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    *screams*

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    I want to swim in the sea.

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