I've mentioned before they make up their own estimated #delivery#dates, which are more #optimistic than the carriers themselves estimate. They do this to drive #sales; #buyers are less likely to buy if it'll take a long time to get to them.
Today: buyer in #Australia ordered, delivery by surface #mail. #Canada Post estimates 24-84 business days by surface. That's up to 17 weeks, plus extra because of holidays in there.
[this is really not going to work, Bezos. Complications with flight paths, powerlines, phone lines, irritation with the noisy buzzing presence of delivery drones, risks from them crashing into roofs, windows, cars, people, poor ability to carry significant weight, maintenance issues]
Look, Up in the Sky! It’s a Can of Soup!
Amazon’s much-hyped drone project is dropping small objects on driveways. Some customers are not sure what it delivers beyond minestrone.
The last #BalancedTeam in the Ether of 2023 is tomorrow! A free online event to discuss cross-disciplinary #Strategy, #Research, and #Delivery teamwork! All welcome!
The company enacted a strict zero tolerance policy for drivers returning to the depot with bottles of piss in their vans.That's where Butler comes in: the roads leading to Amazon delivery depots are lined with bottles of piss thrown out of delivery vans by drivers who don't want to lose their jobs, which made harvesting the raw material for "Release Energy" a straightforward matter.
There was almost a crisis yesterday. I was down to literally my last shot of #booze. (The 52%/104 proof tea-infused liquor.) And while I had its replacement on the way, it hadn't yet arrived so I was feeling a bit nervous at facing #sobriety while I waited.
But the #delivery company came through! And by 1030hrs I had in my hands a 2.5l (!) container of 68%/136 proof (!!) #Mongolian#liquor!
This is one of two Mongolian brands I really like. It's powerful stuff, but because #sorghum is such a kick to the head, flavour-wise, the super-high #alcohol concentration doesn't actually mask the flavour. It just kills brain cells dead. Really dead. Really fast. This is booze that verges on #HandSanitizer levels. (Hand sanitizers here, at any rate, start at 70%.)
A 2.5l "hip flask" is unwieldy to use, so I decanted it into a 700ml bottle. As soon as I opened that flask the room filled with the scent of sorghum molasses and open flame. My immediate vicinity was filled almost instantaneously, it seemed, and the office space in just a few seconds. (There are a lot of aromatics in Chinese liquors.)
The best part of this for me is that because Mongolians aren't Han, people here don't value their stuff much outside of the stereotypical: beef, milk products, etc. So, although flavour-wise I'd pit this against any mid-grade #baijiu that isn't Luzhou or Maotai style and it would likely win, this monstrosity of a flask set me back the equivalent of just a bit under US$10.
Why won't you knock on my door when I ask you to? Are you afraid I'm going to yell at you for giving me hot, tasty pizza? Do you really think I prefer to have my hot tasty pizza left on the cold floor tiles for several minutes instead of in my hungry hands?
This little buddy was having some problems. The traffic lights were turned off and it didn't know when to cross the road. #delivery#robot#suomimastodon#finland
" A clutch of European and U.S. #delivery company startups is racing to serve the growing market for offering zero-emission, electric #LastMile deliveries in cities to retailers and consumers before giant shippers do the same.
In New York, DutchX is launching a new service to bring small loaded containers into Manhattan by ferry, then load them onto Fernhay electric cargo bikes for city #deliveries."
four-wheeled cargo #ebikes, sometimes referred to as #biketrucks or #bikevans, haven’t been legal in #NYC due to local ordinances that limit #cargobikes to three wheels and a maximum width of 36 inches.
Where peach pies are cobblers and fragile means fragmented.
College Station, Texas is one of the first two towns that the Amazon pilot (no pun intended) is being tested out.
Just the sheer thrust shot that package off the sidewalk well into the lawn, a few steps away from the public sidewalk and nowhere near the customer's porch.
Has anyone considered dropping these packages in people's backyards instead?
Me: waiting all day for important papers
Fedex: “its coming today!”
Me: cool stays home
Me: waits all fucking day
Me: “yo where is it?”
Fedex: “sorry we missed you!”
Me: “fuck you mean im sitting right here?”
Fedex: “the guy tapped his nuts on your door so you missed the delivery”
Me: “WHAT ABOUT KNOCKING? Eh?”
Fedex: “the nut tap is our policy”
Every single ‘software engineer’ I know who has ever over-valued their own work over blue collar work has, without fail, turned out to be MAGAs or incels. They tend to be the people who have their self worth wrapped up in their compensation and status, and are quick to anger when transit workers or delivery drivers, who work long hours in ways that are taxing in every way, break their narrative for themselves
Tbf, my husband is a Network Engineer. He has to get expensive certifications & training at various times, in order to stay competitive in the #TechIndustry. Those can cost thousands of dollars, depending on which one he needs.
Another aspect of the pay range is that most of the #ITjobs seem to be contract with no #HealthInsurance, so those people have to factor in #HealthCare among their expenses, which lowers the value of their paychecks in the long run.
My husband is limited in which jobs he can pursue, because he & I need health coverage. Once you figure in private health insurance for those contract jobs, his net pay would be... unimpressive.
But that's the way many new #TechJobs seem to be going in the USA lately.
I do agree #delivery jobs are crappy & deserve MUCH better pay. My dad was a mailman, and I know the stories of delivering in snowstorms and heat.
But don't dismiss complaints from other industries, just because they might sound unsympathetic.
Two weeks until the next #BalancedTeam in the Ether! A free online event to discuss challenges & questions around diverse cross-disciplinary #Strategy, #Research, and #Delivery work! Get insights from the group! Hopefully meet some nice people :-)
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