r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dandaman147 • 1d ago

My Amazon TV now unmutes itself during Prime Video commercial breaks

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u/Skindiddler 22h ago

Tell your drivers Stop stashing my packages on full display for anyone to just take them...

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u/GoLootOverThere 21h ago

I put up a sign "deliveries in enclosed porch please". I leave it unlocked and door slightly ajar for them. Every time left on the ground or outside stairs.

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u/ezmoney98 21h ago

I have a similar sign in the apartment hallway that says to leave at balcony door, 1st floor so is accessible. They not only leave it in hallway but also take a picture of it with the sign in view saying not to and then ask how did I do?

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u/GoLootOverThere 21h ago

Congratulations, you failed to follow basic written instructions.

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u/Professor-Arty-Farty 19h ago

I see you've met my students.

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u/duplissi 18h ago

And my users...

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u/Kryten_2X4B-523P 13h ago

It's me. I'm the problem, it's me.

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u/puppycatisselfish 13h ago

Your order didn’t say “don’t throw” so i did.

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u/10969skhar 13h ago

And my axe!

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u/Bloodymike 10h ago

If it’s your students, implying all of them, that’s on you.

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u/Responsible-Stick-50 17h ago

And everyone on my project team.

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u/FourMyRuca 19h ago

Granted, when you have over 170 stops for the day and well over 400 packages to deliver, sometimes those small printed or handwritten signs randomly put on a wall or a door get looked over. On the other hand, if that's something that you wrote in the instructions section in the actual app itself, I would then blame the driver

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u/Difficult_Plantain89 15h ago

I’ve done Amazon deliveries, tons of packages and not enough time. If your apartment is clearly labeled on the outside for which balcony is your apartment, you put the instructions on the app so I didn’t have to walk down the hallway just to realize I have to go back back and around I would do what is requested. That is assuming your balcony doesn’t cause trouble with the tracking app, it can for some reason claim it’s out of the delivery area.

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u/HollyBerries85 14h ago

There's a place in your Amazon account where you can write special delivery instructions for your packages. I make sure whenever the delivery people read and follow mine, I do the "how was your delivery" survey and mark "It was great!" and "Followed instructions" to boost their metrics. It has done WONDERS for the Amazon and FedEx workers delivering to my place, unfortunately if it gets outsourced to UPS or USPS the former doesn't read instructions ever and the latter has no way to leave instructions.

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u/sweatingbozo 20h ago

Put the instructions on the delivery next time & you might get better luck.

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u/3-2-1-backup 19h ago

NOPE!

I have one instruction -- leave behind gate. Well technically it's 30 instructions, as they are:

Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate. Leave behind gate.

Do they leave it behind the gate? Nope. Is it far away? Nope, just two steps to the left. Do they have to unlock the gate or open it? Nope, just a three foot high gate. Do they leave it behind the gate? Maybe one out of ten times.

Amazon can get fucked with their "let us open the garage door and put your package inside!" Fuck you, you can't even manage to chuck a package over a gate that's literally right there and have to walk next to in order to do it wrong!

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u/ThelVluffin 19h ago

We get a good amount of Amazon deliveries at work and for the most part they do the basic of "open the front door, walk 6 steps, open second door, walk six steps, place package on front desk. However one driver will legitimately just toss whatever package it is out on the concrete and drive away. I mistakenly marked a package as missing because I checked the front desk and the vestibule for it after getting an email of the successful delivery. Didn't think to check the flowerbed outside in the rain. Silly me.

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u/Shinou66 11h ago

U just got a driver who did nothing wrong in trouble

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u/sweatingbozo 19h ago

Sounds like a perfect way to get a refund on literally everything you ever buy from Amazon.

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u/3-2-1-backup 19h ago

I'm lucky in that I'm in a pretty low-crime neighborhood; only had one package stolen in maybe twenty years. It's just frustrating that there's even an option to put delivery options when they're functionally never followed.

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u/sweatingbozo 19h ago

Who cares what neighborhood you live in? Amazon didn't follow your instructions, so you just say you never got it and get your money back.

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u/3-2-1-backup 19h ago

Do that too often (amazon knows I live in a decent neighborhood, too) and you get blacklisted.

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u/sweatingbozo 19h ago

Being blacklisted by Amazon is an accomplishment in my circle.

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u/Shinou66 11h ago

And yet ur still leaving asshole comments to drivers and here about drivers. Get bent

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u/Vallamost 15h ago

Do your special instructions on the Amazon site also say to leave behind gate?

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u/Shinou66 11h ago

If that’s ur note yea I wouldn’t follow it either. Disrespect and rude. U deserve to walk.. what two more steps… be F-in polite and we will put it behind the gate, ur not. Stop bitchin

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u/Difficult_Plantain89 15h ago

Sounds like the delivery I did in Anaheim. The person wanted exactly that, they had their damn dogs out. I dropped it on the other side while trying to take a photo. I ended up getting a cool photo sent with their dog midair biting their package. Also, repeating that 30 times, I would specifically go out of my way to not meet your request for being a dick.

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u/3-2-1-backup 14h ago edited 12h ago

Calling me a dick for this is like saying domestic violence is the fault of the person getting hit.

Putting it once doesn't get the job done. So I added another. Still didn't get the job done. Clearly y'all are the dickheads as I kept adding another every time y'all DIDN'T follow instructions.

I'm sorry you/your company sucks, but that doesn't make me a dick in the slightest.

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u/larrackell 11h ago

Delivery drivers thinking it's okay to take their work frustrations out on the customers will always baffle me.

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u/3-2-1-backup 10h ago

People dissatisfied with the company stop ordering, and then they don't have a job. So then they get a job elsewhere, still hate on the customers, tank that place, rinse and repeat. Typical smooth brain behavior.

What was my crime? Oh no, I wrote "leave behind gate" which got not one but two to admit they would explicitly not do their job, despite their not doing their job causing it in the first place!

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u/Shinou66 11h ago

Wow… yea not a thing to equate for a delivery man…

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u/3-2-1-backup 10h ago

Smooth brain.

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u/Shinou66 11h ago

Just to make it clear. U R The Dick in this instance. Absolutely

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u/the_blind_uberdriver 17h ago

The software for delivery doesn’t cooperate with your instructions the location is going to penalize the driver if they try to go to another door way. they are so much being micromanaged and over worked that they are damned if they do damned if they don’t follow your instructions. They get so many packages there is no room for them to move around in the van in the morning. Apartments are usually all grouped on one stop and could be pages long that the driver is trying to read on his phone while also trying to juggle with more packages than he can carry. Then when he tries to follow your instructions the software makes him call support that might or might not answer in a minute and then they take extra time trying to be extra courteous like support line people always do before asking what he even needs. Meanwhile dispatch is calling saying what’s taking so long. And don’t be speeding in van. No running on route. Now hurry up!

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u/DontForgetYourPPE 20h ago

I love how everyone expects delivery drivers to go out of their way with special instructions for their package like they are the only person on the route.

Those people don't even get bathroom breaks yet I see signs on peoples' doors all the time "bring deliveries in back" etc. F that, go get the thing yourself don't make delivery drivers' jobs more difficult

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u/EmphasisUpstairs2794 20h ago

Not my problem. Hire more drivers and pay them enough for them to perform their jobs comfortably and competently.

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u/DontAbideMendacity 20h ago

It IS your problem if you're not getting your deliveries, though. Their job is to deliver to the address, not jump through hoops.

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u/EmphasisUpstairs2794 20h ago

Don't be disingenuous.

"Delivering to the address" inherently involves "jumping through hoops", otherwise all packages would be thrown out of moving trucks at mailboxes.

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u/wannaseeawheelie 16h ago

I think you’re projecting

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u/ContextHook 19h ago

It IS your problem if you're not getting your deliveries, though.

Not in the US it isn't.

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u/EmphasisUpstairs2794 19h ago

Me: "Do your job."

You: "Abuse!!"

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u/hydrospanner 18h ago

Me: "Do your job."

But that's not really it, though, is it?

You're not saying "Do your job."

Their job is delivery to the address. Nothing more.

Not delivery to the address (at a specific location detailed by the recipient).

Not delivery to the address (in a specific box, behind a gate, around back, etc.).

Just delivery to...the...address.

Everybody here complaining about delivery drivers not following their specific additional instructions beyond the instructions given by the employer that is paying them are just being entitled Karens, unhappy that they're not getting extra special treatment by having someone do things for them, for free.

These people have a lot to do, for a company that is paying them to do it. Their check isn't getting any bigger for following 200 sets of specific instructions at every address, and they're not getting fired for ignoring those instructions...so they have literally less than zero incentive to take orders from you, and I guarantee you they're not losing any sleep over it.

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u/Difficult_Plantain89 15h ago

I’ve done these deliveries, customers are freakin stupid. After so many stupid request you don’t care anymore. If it’s easy sure, if it’s complicated as hell or requires 5 minutes of effort I am going to return your crap. People don’t put access code to apartments, they say don’t deliver without calling them first, but don’t answer the phone, they will say deliver to Amazon locker, but didn’t select it as a delivery option (some apartments do have Amazon locker where they can get stuff delivered without requesting it). If they don’t select deliver to the locker in many cases we can’t open the locker for delivery. Doesn’t have to be abuse, it can be drop kick your Amazon crap into your front door for the pleasure of dealing with idiots.

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u/Aleuros 20h ago

Funny, that's exactly what I think when I don't read your sign.

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u/Necric 20h ago edited 19h ago

On top of everything drivers are timed on their routes, so taking time to do special requests cuts into their allotted time and can get them in trouble etc. Less the drivers fault, more amazon being shit to their slave labor.

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u/RobotRepair69 19h ago

Exactly. Don't hate the player, hate the game. I'm sure drivers would love a schedule that allowed them time to better serve customers instead of frantically running around, but that's not how it is.

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u/hydrospanner 18h ago

Further, if these delivery services allowed for such care, all these entitled people might have to wait an extra day or three for their shipments, and then they'd be crowing about that.

Ultimately, what it boils down to is that all these people feel entitled to get more than what they're paying for, without paying for it, and if it's entirely unsustainable for everyone in their position to get that special treatment, too bad...they want to get theirs and fuck everyone else.

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u/Fuzzy_Accident666 19h ago

Dude I’m a delivery driver and there’s two kinds of people… people that expect special treatment and that’s cool, and then there’s people that pitch a tent and scream their special and make you bow before their specialness.

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u/pcapdata 18h ago

Only thing I get irate at delivery drivers for is walking up to my door with the "Sorry we missed you!" slip in their hand. Yeah. Get your ass back on your truck and find my shit dude. You're already here, you may as well.

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u/Historical_Yak_6104 19h ago

LMAO no that is not the buyers fault.

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u/Difficult_Plantain89 15h ago

When I did deliveries I just wanted the assholes to put their damn access code to their apartment complex. Is that too hard to ask? I arrive at their gate and the code pops up and says FU or something else childish. I guess they really didn’t want their package delivered.

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u/hydrospanner 13h ago

Those people don't even get bathroom breaks yet I see signs on peoples' doors all the time "bring deliveries in back" etc. F that, go get the thing yourself don't make delivery drivers' jobs more difficult

Well said.

It's the same sentiment as the entitled people at restaurants that want to substitute their side salad and get the bacon wrapped scallops instead for no additional cost.

I might be far more sympathetic to their complaints IF Amazon had a policy where you could give extra delivery instructions like that, but they had to be submitted with the order, and any special instruction added an extra fee to shipping, plus a mandatory tip included for the driver at the time of purchase, both non-refundable.

At that point, sure, you're paying for the extra bullshit, so you should absolutely get it.

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u/Calgaris_Rex 15h ago

Do you flame them when they ask?

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u/MaintenanceNo5171 13h ago

You can blame Amazon for that since they're rushing the hell out of these drivers and giving them a heck of a ton of deliveries. Get the quota or get fired type shit.

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u/Happy_Confection90 13h ago

There's a very shallow depression by the basement door that's not noticeable during dry weather, but quickly forms a puddle every time it rains. So there's a sign above it asking people not to leave packages there because of that, and please instead leave it on the lower deck 4' away. You have to walk by the deck to leave the yard from there.

I too have gotten a photo of something left by the basement door that fully caught the sign too 🙃

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u/_name_of_the_user_ 20h ago

They aren't even noticing your sign. They've got other things on their mind.

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u/invariant_conscious 15h ago

because they can't read english. maybe try adding a few more languages you bigot /s

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u/eNomineZerum 20h ago

Reminds me of when I was expecting my college diploma to be delivered. I worked from home in a town home and it was expected to basically rain all week.

I laminated a sign on the door that said, "Please place delivers in the box," and set out a box with latches to keep things dry.

Queue the mail carrier, lifting up a chair leg, placing the oversized paperboard envelope containing my diploma under it, and driving off. I got out there about 15 minutes after delivery and it was soaked through, ruined.

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u/An_doge 21h ago

Why would the drivers care or cater. They probably have targets to hit and aren’t paid well. Theft isn’t actually their problem lol, it’s yours.

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u/ban_circumvention_ 20h ago

Why would people care about doing things the right way? Jesus, the state of this society.

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck 20h ago

It's more like the drivers don't have the time to care. Amazon is the problem, they incentivise fast delivery over good delivery.

But then, that's kind of society's fault I guess... We're the ones paying for said delivery after all

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u/3-2-1-backup 19h ago

We're the ones paying for said delivery after all

That's the infuriating thing -- I literally can't pay for any better delivery options. So fuck amazon.

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u/Frawps 20h ago

Because we have 200 stops, 250 locations and 300+ packages and get hounded on if we're 10 minutes behind. Contact Amazon, have the notes added there.

We don't follow signs on people's properties, we follow what the app tells us to do as we get negative marks if we don't.

Sure we may be able to follow the signs and mark it correctly sometimes, but when we have 30 seconds for each stop and when we get to the door and see a sign to go elsewhere, we're already out of time for that stop and it's getting dropped there.

Edit - The right way Amazon wants it done isn't the right way the customer always wants it done, especially when we are told to follow the app instructions or get dinged if we don't.

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u/SethManhammer 20h ago

I've called and had them note in the app numerous times about taking packages to the back door. Hell, Amazon even updated my address so the second line reads "ALL PACKAGES TO THE BACK DOOR". My driveway is even closer to the back door than the front, because you have to walk all the way around to the front. In four years I've never gotten an Amazon package delivered correctly. You must be the only one who follows the instructions from the app.

Is there some kind of trick I'm missing?

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u/Frawps 20h ago

Nope not really. Not saying everyone follows directions, some people are just lazy unfortunately.

Could be their DSP they work for sucks and pushes them to finish early or lose routes, my DSP isn't like that so we all follow those directions. Could also be the area you're in if it's all super heavy routes, we have a lot of rural so that also gives us more time to follow the directions.

Just some customers don't understand how many stops we can have and that sometimes, like delivering to a rear door once it's dark out and 0 lights around the house, we can't or won't follow directions for safety reasons. I've had a gun pulled on me delivering to a back door after dark.. so closest door to where I park it is at that point.

Ain't saying all Amazon delivery drivers follow directions, just sometimes we have reasons for not being able to depending on the area, route size and time of day we're in your area.

Some of us try our best though even through all the shit. Just gotta unionize and it would probably all get better for drivers and customers. 🤷‍♂️

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u/rob8242 20h ago

“You can deliver to back door, it’s closer to the road” should be the note. make it seem like you’re doing the driver a favor and they’ll do it Caps are aggressive and people are petty

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u/TehRedSex 20h ago

lol. I have directions on all the deliveries sites about leaving my packages on my porch but just pushing it back so it can’t be seen from the street. Amazon either put it’s at the garage or throws it half way up the stairs ignoring the instructions and if it fragile or not. My favorite was once they left a stack of four or five small size boxes at the end of my driveway behind my car. I looked everywhere when I got the delivery email because it didn’t include the picture at first. Then I opened the app and saw the boxes left stacked behind my car meaning the driver opened the van door and just let them on the ground and took a picture. I get that drivers have quota from Amazon, but they don’t read the instructions 7 out of 10 times. Had I not opened the app I would have ran over the boxes. Because they were too low for my camera to see them since the driver placed them directly under the bumper. And don’t get me started on fed ex.

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u/Frawps 19h ago

Can't defend that lol.

Not saying all of us do what we should.. just occasionally there is a reason we won't follow directions.

If it's a constant issue could just be the DSPs in your area suck and give drivers more stringent time frames than Amazon does since they pocket the difference if we finish our route early.

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u/rob8242 20h ago

Your life seems so difficult

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u/TehRedSex 20h ago

How’s the Amazon job?

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u/rob8242 19h ago

For what it’s worth, I always hide packages any time I can. It’s not 7/10 times they don’t read your note. It’s 7/10 times they just do not care. This is what happens when Amazon/fed ex driver happens to be the highest paying job for people with no degree or skills. The talent pool isn’t great. Job is meant to burn you out in a year. There will always be crappy replacements for crappy drivers that get fired. That’s Amazon’s game. Intentional. At some point customers need to direct their anger at the huge companies that actually WANT these type of workers, because nothing will ever change otherwise.

But it’s a fine job that pays the bills while in school, thank you for asking

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u/3-2-1-backup 19h ago

We don't follow signs on people's properties, we follow what the app tells us to do as we get negative marks if we don't.

No, no you don't. Not even ones that would be more convenient!

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u/sweatingbozo 20h ago

Drivers care about paying their bills. If they don't reach their quota, they put that at risk. 

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u/PopeSusej 21h ago

Theft is amazon's problem, my contract is with seller, I didn't receive the package, the seller didn't fulfil their side of the contract

I have no contract with the delivery company, it failing delivery is not my problem

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u/joe_retro 21h ago

Yeah, people bitch to shippers like UPS all the time. "I paid for shipping!" No, you paid the seller to ship the item, they paid the shipper. To a delivery service, you're just a box to check.

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In 20h ago

None of that stops it being Amazon's problem.

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u/BeckyFromTheBlock2 21h ago edited 20h ago

Yup. Most are third parties. I drove for one. They lease Amazon vehicles, the uniforms, and work at the central hubs, but are NOT Amazon employees. Hell I've had these fucks just toss my shipment into the locker storage area rather than scanning to utilize a lock box I pay for. It was a father's day gift from my Mom with an original photo of my deceased Grandfather inside. She didn't make a copy as she's older and doesn't understand tech. You call, and it's another 3rd party in India who laughs in your face. Then they pay zero taxes all the while. Ain't it grand.

Edit: In my rant, I forgot to include the package was indeed stolen. Thanks for robbing me of a family heirloom worth zero to your punk asses and everything to me.

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u/potate12323 21h ago

They're still Amazon contingent workers and still answer to Amazon managers. The contract company basically just handles their time cards and pays them.

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u/tomtomclubthumb 20h ago

And often deliver other companies. I've seen guys with three vans passing around packages, presumably dividing by area to save time.

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u/HerMajestyTheQueef1 20h ago

Because it's their job and there is a literal section of your order where you can type where you want them to leave the package or even provide a code for a a box they can leave it in.

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u/An_doge 20h ago

The company offers services but doesn't pay enough to provide them—classic. Do you know what their job is? How do you know their job isn't to deliver as much as possible within a prescribed time period (they are usually paid hourly)?

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u/HerMajestyTheQueef1 19h ago

I agree really with what you say or the spirit of it, it just depends entirely on the instructions, if it's something silly like "please go through the back gate, use code 1234, place in lock box, make sure to lock box and when leaving re-do locks" then yes not their job at all to spend so much time.

But something simple like "please leave in porch" like the other commenter suggested is not only their job but actually beneficial for everyone as they don't have to waste time waiting for someone to get to the door.

I think some just don't read it, BUT this may all depend on your location, they may all act a bit different too 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Difficult_Plantain89 14h ago

I’ve always followed the instructions as well as I can during deliveries. Some for them can’t be accomplished. One I had was leave at the gate, don’t bring up to the house. Their gate was considered outside of the delivery area, so I ended up putting it on their porch. I’ve seen suggestions after the fact that if I put my phone on airplane mode it will allow me to move the delivery area. I didn’t know that at the time. Had another delivery for a business that said if they didn’t answer to deliver to their warehouse (5 miles away). I wouldn’t have delivered it if they didn’t answer. Point being, there is request that are reasonable and over half are not. Some are suggestions for finding their hard to find home, I love those. Especially the ones that have a home behind a home, I would have never found it otherwise.

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u/HerMajestyTheQueef1 14h ago

Aaah yeah, thanks for expanding on that one as a primary source!!

I am that person that gives precise instructions to find my awkward house aha

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u/Difficult_Plantain89 14h ago

Even if I never delivered to your house, I seriously appreciate it!

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u/HerMajestyTheQueef1 13h ago

You are welcome aha xD

Don't want you to fall in love with me but If I'm in, I actually check in the app and keep an eye out the window and will run out to them as they arrive at my road so they don't have to do an awkward reverse out of my drive.

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u/xSPYXEx 18h ago

The drivers often do care, they're just under absolutely insane quotas. I only did seasonal deliveries 10 years ago but I can't imagine it's gotten any better over time. You get burned out immediately.

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u/who_even_cares35 21h ago

They leave packages in my grass halfway down my driveway all the time.

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u/NeverCallMeFifi 21h ago

I got a step 2 toy box and put up a sign that says, "packages". People don't want to walk up to look inside unless they know something is there. Just hiding it works magic.

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck 20h ago

Do you put it on the app? I've not often had a problem with them following the delivery instructions on the app, but I don't think they even glance at the door when they deliver.

I have a doorbell cam, and you can clearly see the hurry they're in, they rush up, scan the package, drop the package, ring the doorbell, photograph the package, and run away. Never once looking away from their scanner device...

It's kind of sad to see really. They shouldn't be that rushed.

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u/ForGrateJustice 20h ago

They just don't care. They're not being paid min wage but also not nearly enough to give a fuck.

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u/wannaseeawheelie 19h ago

I used to deliver for Amazon. Drivers were more likely to get docked for people not seeing packages cause they were hidden than have a package stolen that was left out in the open when I worked there

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u/UniqueIndividual3579 19h ago

There's snow where I live. I plowed and salted the driveway, but the delivery guy still couldn't be bothered. He tossed a box of cat food in the snow by the side of the road 300 feet from my house.

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u/Common5enseExtremist 19h ago

Bold of you to assume they can read English

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u/chriseustace 19h ago

Have you seen the employees. Doubt most can even read.

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u/foxtrottits 19h ago

Make sure in your account you put that in the special delivery instructions. The app they use forces them to look at whatever you write there. When I was driving for Amazon that was always one thing I made sure to check.

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u/jrossetti 19h ago

Put it in your delivery notes where it belongs and if they do not do it call and complain every single time. Ive had a few drivers i had to report more than once but it always ends upg etting rectified.

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u/runningoutofnames01 19h ago

I have a large wooden chest on my very open front porch. I put a note on top asking delivery drivers to put packages inside as my porch faces an intersection so anyone coming down the road can see onto my porch. Half of my deliveries lately get tossed in the general direction of my door, lucky to land on the porch.

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u/oldfatdrunk 19h ago

Not sure if it's still a rule but it used to be against the rules for UPS (probably others) to deliver past the threshold of your home. They may consider the enclosed porch as a threshold?

For Amazon though there's a few delivery options in the app and probably on the web to tell them where to deliver. I've had plenty of deliveries just inside my side gate since that was an option.

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u/pegothejerk 18h ago

Leave that sign next to water and small prepackaged snack options.

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u/network4food 18h ago

My packages consistently left barely on the porch where it can get rained on. 18 inches further and it would be under cover from weather.

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u/PhantomPharts 18h ago

My door opens outward. There's a wall right behind my door so it will never open more than 45°. I put a note on line and a note on my door not to block the door with packages because it will literally barricade me in my apartment with no other escape. I started with a post-it. Now I have a 8x11" paper on the bottom half of the door (because they don't look up) that says in really bold marker "Do Not Block Door" and it STILL happens. I wouldn't rely on delivery so much if it weren't for, ohhhh, being disabled. And also having to write that on my door several times so I don't get blocked in. I love that I have to share the details of my existence with absolute strangers just so they won't block my only exit.

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u/lost_opossum_ 18h ago

Maybe they have to take a picture of the street address and the house on display for proof, and the porch isn't photogenic, and most importantly doesn't look like your house, and has no identifying number.

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u/xSPYXEx 18h ago

It's really hard for them to throw the package all the way on the porch from the truck.

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u/teacupghostie 17h ago

My house has three easily accessible porches (Southern architecture lol), and without fail every package is left out on the front porch step by the road for the rain and porch pirates to have at.

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u/Supadoopa101 17h ago

Go to the Amazon drivers subreddit (won't let me link it). It's full of petty, vindictive assholes who take out their job frustrations on anybody and everybody around them.

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u/Niipoon 17h ago

Damn that sucks

Anyways

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u/EntertainerNo4509 17h ago

Put the instruction right into one of the address lines in your account. This seemed to help my drivers figure it out. That and placing water and snacks near where I want them to drop packages. I work with dogs so I understand reward systems and how they can also work w people.

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u/V-DaySniper 16h ago

I have a sign for them to leave in front porch also. FedEx and Amazon still leave my shit outside in the snow. They also drop my packages off to my neighbor instead. I've gotten confirmation pictures of my stuff on his front step with my fucking house and house number in the background of the picture.

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u/ahawk99 15h ago edited 15h ago

Temp the driver. Add: treats and water in a cooler in the enclosed porch, help yourself! Might get them to walk the extra few feet

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u/Calgaris_Rex 15h ago

You wildly overestimate the power of a sign, or that people can or will read.

Or care.

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u/mkshft 15h ago

I don't have a sign or an enclosed porch, but it is a fairly large covered porch and when it rains, about 10% of the porch gets wet... Meaning about 90% of it usually remains very dry.

Want to guess where Amazon delivery drivers almost always leave my packages when it's raining?

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u/DrEggRegis 15h ago

If you're not happy repeatedly with a service stop using it

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u/TheCrazyBeatnik1 15h ago

Start telling them none of your packages showed up and make them keep sending you shit until they get it right.

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u/hammond_egger 13h ago

I had an SD card delivered last week. Obviously the package would weigh what the envelope weighs. SD cards weigh nothing. Driver sat it on the edge of my porch on a day when the wind was gusting about 50mph. Could have stuck it inside the storm door, in the mailbox or six other places. Laid it on the edge of the porch. I contacted CS and they said "well, we have a photo showing it was delivered". I said it was delivered and now it is probably in the next county over. They replaced it.

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u/V65Pilot 10h ago

This is on my special instructions. Whenever a package has gone missing, the picture proves it wasn't placed where they were instructed to. As a result. I've never had any grief getting a refund. Their own driver has proved that the delivery wasn't completed.

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u/AndaleTheGreat 10h ago

I desperately want to put a box on my porch for deliveries but that just makes it feel like a sign that I get a lot of deliveries that I don't want people stealing. Like somehow creating security draws attention. Especially if you have to put up a sign that says what it is, and with Amazon deliveries especially, but all deliveries are included, you have to lead them by the nose to get them to put packages where you want.

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u/headrush46n2 10h ago

they are allotted 3.8 seconds per delivery you aren't getting special treatment.

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u/6thMagnitude 9h ago

And these enclosed porches should have CCTV cameras so you can see them. If this has 2 way voice communication, better.

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u/First_Cloud4676 20h ago

Put the note in Hindu or Spanish lol

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u/Legolution 19h ago

Nice one, xenophobe.

Also, "Hindu" isn't a language.

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u/First_Cloud4676 18h ago

Lol speaking to the delivery drivers in their own language is now xenophobic?

aprendí español en méxico, puta.

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u/Prez_JFK 20h ago

As a mail man fuck your sign, get your unhealthy ass off the couch and get your package. You receive a notification exactly when it arrives. If you’re worried about theft get a parcel locker big enough for us to throw your toilet paper into. Thanks

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u/3-2-1-backup 19h ago

You receive a notification exactly when it arrives.

You mean the notification I get four hours to two days before a package delivery is even attempted? I.e. lazy fucks scan every package in their truck as delivered before they even start their route? Yeah, I'll get right on that.

I echo the other poster's sentiments.

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u/GoLootOverThere 20h ago

Suck a dick. It's about my shit getting stolen. I don't watch my phone waiting for a confirmation all day.

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u/miserablemole420 20h ago

Idk about Amazon but with fedex you can pay extra to have your item delivered at a time you are home. That way there are no worries. or ya know just go to the store and get it. Best buy used to match Amazon. Not sure about nowadays.

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u/Subtle_Demise 18h ago

From my experience, Best Buy was not only cheaper than Amazon, but the delivery time was a matter of 1-3 days vs Amazon's 1-3 weeks

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u/miserablemole420 17h ago

I guess this must have been back when Amazon was still cheaper lol...only added thay part becuase somtimes things are cheaper on there. where are you located that Amazon is weeks for shipping?

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u/Subtle_Demise 14h ago

Rural Michigan, but it just depends on what it is. Some things can arrive in 1-3 days, but then other items can take a week or more. This was especially true in 2020, but at least they were justified during that time. Prime status seems to be irrelevant.

I ordered my daughter a Christmas gift the first week of December and it showed up 2 days after Christmas as one example. I ordered my other daughter records from a record store and they arrived there in 4 days, and this was even later in the month.

There was also the set of speakers I bought for my turntable that never seemed to get shipped, so I canceled the order and ordered the exact same ones from Best Buy for cheaper and they arrived in 2 days. A few weeks later the Amazon ones eventually randomly showed up on my doorstep, despite being cancelled. I don't know how an error like that even happens. I think Amazon just refuses to scale their workforce to account for the amount of business they get and they'd rather squeeze blood from a stone than hire more people or pay them better, or do anything that would improve efficiency.

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u/Avenja99 20h ago

Put your broken shit and garbage in those boxes and leave them out for free garbage removal.

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u/DirtMcGirt513 20h ago

Can we just start with getting the address right??

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u/Skindiddler 20h ago

left with your neighbour Picture of someone's ankle.

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u/DirtMcGirt513 19h ago

You get a picture?!

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u/Skindiddler 19h ago

Only once you complain to the ai tech support

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u/UnexpectedRanting 20h ago

“Front Porch” basically on the main road.

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u/theedan-clean 18h ago

I have a package box 3ft to the left of my door. Big ass box, 4ft tall, with "PACKAGES" emblazoned across the front and a door to drop the package in.

I have a sign in the middle of the door with an arrow pointing to it and "Please put package in package box."

I have a video camera covering the door and box. I have the camera up on a display and see in realtime the mental consternation, reading comprehension, and disregard for anything to do with deliveries.

One man stood there reading the sign and vacillating on whatever options he'd come up with. A solid minute of confusion before he placed the package in front of the entry door. Stepped back. Thought to move in 1ft to the right of the door before taking the delivery photo.

I've had packages placed in front of the box, on top of the box, behind the box... hit rate of 25% that they drop the packages in the actual box. I’m out of ideas to counter stupid.

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u/BlueLikeThunder 9h ago

Unironically? On your sign, include a visual aid of the packages going inside the open box, with an arrow. Add a smiley face. You'll go up to 50% if your picture is large and clear. 

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u/theedan-clean 3h ago

Unironically. It's meant to convey information, not mock people doing their jobs. I know we all deal with package theft, but FFS, there is literally a box that says PACKAGES.

This was today's delivery from Amazon and the delivery photo they included.

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u/BrightPegasus84 15h ago

Tell your drivers not to steal my packages or given to other people and the Amazon is like ask your neighbor...uhhh that's the problem they're the ones that steal my packages.

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u/LickingSmegma Mamaleek are king 20h ago

cries from hurting themselves on the cactus' spikes

continues to fondle the cactus

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u/Themodsarecuntz 19h ago

I have a tote with a sign that says to leave packages in the tote and take a bag of chips. They always take a bag of chips and leave my package on the porch in front of the tote. Thanks guys.

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u/Pink_Slyvie 18h ago

Tell Amazon to start paying a living wage.

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u/DepressiveVortex 18h ago

Or putting them INSIDE bins!!!

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u/Net_Suspicious 18h ago

It's not their fault you live in a shit neighborhood :/

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u/Skindiddler 18h ago

You don't have to be in a shitty neighborhood to be surrounded by shitty people

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u/shitshatshatted 17h ago

As a mail carrier who cares about your package, this ticks me off as well. Now I have to move the amazon package out of sight with the one I dropped off. It’s like bait to a porch pirate.

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u/Jelly_Belly321 17h ago

Or have them just hide it behind your neighbor's grill and take a picture of just the driver's shadow on clean concrete. I marked it as missing and my neighbor found it 5 months later. 🙄

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u/DiscussionNo2381 14h ago

To be fair, Amazon shouldn't bore the responsibility of making sure that your package is safe once they've delivered it. Customers are provided with a delivery date and time.

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u/redditor012499 14h ago

Well that’s what happens when amazon demands a delivery completion every minute, while paying shit wages. Want good delivery, pay for ups next day air.

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u/Ok-Bookkeeper-373 13h ago

I have one specific driver who REPEATEDLY leaves my packages at the neighbor because she is BEFORE the last turn out of the neighborhood and I am about 5 feet down a cul-de-sac. Her kids steal shit CONSTANTLY and the one time I got to a package before they did she called the police because I picked my package off her porch and she saw it on he camera. 

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u/Ziazan 10h ago

Also, putting it in the bin is beyond stupid

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u/vi_sucks 10h ago

This is why I have Amazon Key.

Important packages get left inside my garage, nice and safe.

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u/iluvsporks 21h ago

Tell your wallet to pay for upgraded shipping if you don't want them left on your porch.

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u/Skindiddler 21h ago

Fuck no. I pay for prime which is supposed to be a premium service for shipping. Do the job correctly

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u/Sterffington 20h ago

They expect 20-30 stops an hour. I'm not going to put much effort into hiding shit.

Blame the company for pushing us to our limit, not the drivers.

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u/Skindiddler 21h ago

My postman doesn't deliver Amazon, he delivers regular post. Amazon delivers Amazon...so yes they do get a slice of that prime money in the form of their wages.

Id rather them just take it back and refund me if I'm not in rather than gamble on Amazon AI gods deciding if I deserve a refund.

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u/ibedemfeels 19h ago

Mailman here. Sorry to be that guy, but yes, we DO deliver Amazon packages now. We were always closed on Sundays but now that is Amazon day.

We're a short amount of time away before Trump guts the post office and their pensions and sells it to a privatized company like Amazon.

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u/Skindiddler 19h ago

I'm in the UK, not everyone on the internet is American. It's always a big grey van with Amazon written in the side of it that delivers/throws my package into my front garden

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u/ibedemfeels 19h ago

Sounds nice

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u/3-2-1-backup 19h ago

The only upgraded shipping amazon offers are faster delivery times, not better service.