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Amazon is killing your mailman

14 pointsby simonkover 10 years ago

4 comments

skuhnover 10 years ago
I had no idea that Amazon was doing Sunday deliveries, until I started seeing my packages marked &#x27;unable to be delivered&#x27; on Sundays. This seems like a lot of extra effort to go to and not inform the customer that you&#x27;re doing it.<p>It&#x27;s also pointless. My mail goes to a mail receiving shop, and none of these places are open on Sundays because there&#x27;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.<p>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.<p>Seems like a lot of unnecessary effort and misplaced priorities. I&#x27;m fine with waiting until Monday, and that&#x27;s the result anyway.
PhantomGremlinover 10 years ago
Fascinating reading into the current state of the USPS. I didn&#x27;t even know they were doing Sunday delivery for Amazon. There&#x27;s a reason &quot;going postal&quot;[1] entered the lexicon.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_postal" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Going_postal</a>
1strangerover 10 years ago
Then quit.
dippyskoodlezover 10 years ago
I make $17&#x2F;hr in a NOC position with no benefits, no pto, sick days, etc and I may not have a position next month because bureaucracy.<p>These CCA positions look pretty nice right now.