Amazon rant...

[5030]

Additionally I go out and talk with the drivers and thank them. Works almost as good as cash .
My new mailman stuck his van up the road from me. I ran up there and asked if he wanted me to pull him out? After that he's been the best mailman I've had in years

Had almost the same thing happen here with the USPS driver. He dropped a large package off at the back deck because it would not fit in the roadside mailbox and proceeded to drive around the drive that goes in front of the equipment barn and it had just rained so it was pretty muddy and he got stuck and I had to pull his delivery truck out with a tractor. Those USPS rural delivery trucks aren't much in mud...lol

 

[5030]

I just had a close encounter with an Amazon van/probably an impaired driver.

Had a close encounter this summer with a USPS truck on the way to one of my off farm hayfields. Driving along pulling discbine at the breakneck speed of 18 mph, the rural delivery driver failed to stop at the opposing stop sign and came within inches of hitting the discbine, scared the heck out of me and he would have gotten the worse of it. Out here, farm equipment so long as they have the proper signage displayed and 4 ways on, have the undisputed right of way on secondary roads.

 

[ruffdog]

We get deliveries from Fedex, usps, ups, Amazon, and spee-dee. We have not had an issue with any of them.

 

[EarPlug]

This was Amazon and UPS on the same day.

 

[Omega Woods]

All our delivery people are pretty good. USPS is really spotty and we don't have an Amazon truck route here.

Most Amazon trucks are independently-owned business, btw. Amazon Delivery Service Partner Program

 

[5030]

This was Amazon and UPS on the same day.
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Consider yourself lucky it was on the porch and not the front lawn (like we had a while ago). See you have snow too. So do we today at least...

 

[ruffdog]

Light weight big boxes are known to BLOW off of porches and stoops with enough wind.

 

[5030]

Most Amazon trucks are independently-owned business, btw. Amazon Delivery Service Partner Program

I see that and read their online stuff btw., but that applies to multiple vehicle owners who hire drivers and from what I can see, 16 bucks an hour is the average drivers wage. You can make that at the Golden Arches today, last time I checked at least.

Their requirement for a multiple vehicle owner is at least 10 grand up front and at least 30 grand in liquid assets, I just spent the last 45 minutes going through their pre requisites.

16 bucks an hour for a driver / delivery person today, won't get much if anything and now I understand why the caliber of drivers is so low.

Guess I need to cut them a bit more slack especially when UPS home delivery drivers average almost 100 grand a year. Don't know what Fed-Ex contract drivers (home delivery) make, but I do know what Fed Ex over the road contract drivers make. It's a tad better than what UPS home delivery drivers earn and interestingly make. Keep in mind that Fed-Ex is non union as well, unlike UPS that are Teamsters.

Far as Amazon home delivery, guess I cannot expect much when they don't get paid much in the first place in the grand scheme of things and dealing with idiots on the road as well as irate soccer moms and whining kids most likely takes it's toll on them. Not something I'd want to do, especially not for 16 bucks an hour and most likely no good benefits as well. It appears to me that Bezos don't like to spread the wealth. Amazon has a nice website pertaining to their employment opportunities. Too bad they don't pay beans.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

You have to remember fed ex isnt structured like UPS. They have multiple companies or "groups" . Air is separate from ground. Then they sub contract everything.

There is no fed ex delivery. It's a contractor working for FedEx.

Ups is almost all employees.

Amazon is closer to Uber than anyone else in their structure.

 

[jmc]

Amazon is closer to Uber than anyone else in their structure.

Makes sense. My Amazon deliveries are mostly various rag-tag unmarked vans, not the official ones.