People are only just realising what DHL stands for and they’re baffled
PEOPLE are only just realising what DHL stands for – and they’ve been left baffled.
The delivery firm was formed in the late 1960s by Larry Hillblom, a law student at the University of California.
After he brought in his friends Adrian Dalsey and Robert Lynn to the company, they decided to combine the three initials of their last names – DHL – and a company was born.
But the simple explanation for such a well known company name has blown the minds of users online.
One Twitter user said: “DHL stands for “Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn”. You’ve been served!”
However, one disgruntled shopper joked: “If I knew what DHL stands for, I would never have used them. It stands for Delivery Halfway Lost.”
One DHL shopper was left fearing for her life this past February when she was sent toxic chemicals instead of her order.
Sophie Jones, 35, found two 40kg boxes marked “dangerous goods” on her doorstep after she ordered electronic kit for her job in robotics.
She opened the lid of one and it started releasing dry ice in her kitchen.
Sophie said: “It was like something from a sci-fi film. I quickly closed it and I’ve been too scared to open it again.
“I’m worried it could be something poisonous which I’ve now got in my house.”
Sophie later discovered the items came from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and destined for a US lab, with labelling suggesting they were linked to tests for pregnancy.
Neither DHL nor Siemens responded to Sophie’s concerns.
After The Sun contacted Siemens, it rang Sophie and told her to remove the boxes from her home in Plymouth, Devon, because of the possible danger from toxic fumes.
They also told her it contained a “biochemical substance”.
Siemens Healthineers said it would talk to DHL over the incident.
The firm also said of the boxes: “They contained ingredients for medical tests and were addressed to a company site in the United States.”
DHL has since collected the boxes.
A spokesman said: “We’d like to offer our apologies to Ms Jones for the incorrect delivery and the challenge she faced arranging collection.”