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Amazon is killing your mailman

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14 points by simonk 11 years ago · 4 comments

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skuhn 11 years ago

I had no idea that Amazon was doing Sunday deliveries, until I started seeing my packages marked 'unable to be delivered' on Sundays. This seems like a lot of extra effort to go to and not inform the customer that you're doing it.

It's also pointless. My mail goes to a mail receiving shop, and none of these places are open on Sundays because there's never been any mail to receive. A lot of people around here have their mail sent to their office, which similarly are not open on Sunday.

Even if I received my mail at home, I have no expectation of it arriving on a Sunday. The chances of being home to receive it are very slim.

Seems like a lot of unnecessary effort and misplaced priorities. I'm fine with waiting until Monday, and that's the result anyway.

PhantomGremlin 11 years ago

Fascinating reading into the current state of the USPS. I didn't even know they were doing Sunday delivery for Amazon. There's a reason "going postal"[1] entered the lexicon.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal

1stranger 11 years ago

Then quit.

dippyskoodlez 11 years ago

I make $17/hr in a NOC position with no benefits, no pto, sick days, etc and I may not have a position next month because bureaucracy.

These CCA positions look pretty nice right now.

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