[j-bos]

Someone mentioned (and deleted) it'd be better to make friends with someone who has access to a box truck. My + two cents:

This feels like valuable advice across multiple industries.

Big companies have no one's name attached, not the way people do. So the price of a convenient box truck is playing by their rules, submitting id, and trusting them to take care of their responsiblities. If they don't then, no one is responsible or truly looks bad. No single relationship is broken. So no great incentive on their part to care. Meanwhile, friends, or even paid acquaintances, have no incentive to squeeze past at most some cash or favor. And if they squeeze to hard they, as a person will face social consequences (sociopaths exempt, to a degree).