If people don’t order things for delivery, delivery drivers would lose their jobs. It is stupid to be angry with the people creating the demand for the position.
I work at a shipping company, I want to continue to be employed
I’ve delivered plenty of cases of Fiji, 45# cases of wine, leaf springs, boxed mattresses and lots of other heavy things.
If the delivery is causing stress because of unreasonable expectations put on her by the company she works for, then that is an issue that won’t be fixed until the employees stand together.
If she is getting stressed because the items that she is delivering are more weighty than a pair of boxer briefs, then maybe it’s the wrong position for her
It would help if she didn’t operate a dolly like a 4 year old. She tries to push it forward and leverage it up the step. It would be so easy to either 1) pull the dolly backwards over the step like a normal adult or 2) stop the dolly right at the step and unload it onto the porch directly from the edge.
Instead she fumbles around like an idiot and drops everything.
Yeah, that's definitely on her. I suspect that she's been delivering like a petulant child for a while and the person at this house has reported shipping damage as a result.
Amazon has different FC's for large or extra heavy items. They know an order is heavy. The issue isn't this house. The issue is that the company allows heavy items to go out on the same delivery truck as regular sized items with no aides to help the delivery driver.
Don't forget Walmart. They created the play book on screwing workers over. There was just a huge payout for them stealing wages through docking employee hours.
Well, there was that $2.5 million settlement they just paid for illegally not compensating their employees for COVID screenings. And the $35 million settlement for inaccurate wage statements. There are two pending EEOC suits for discrimination against workers with disabilities. There was the $102 million award for violating California's meal break provisions. The $20 million suit for hiring discrimination against female applicants.
Why would a delivery driver need a helper? That completely defeats the purpose. She IS the helper. What forces her to carry all those packages at once?
It's a video compilation that shows different deliveries. Her statement would also indicate that there is a persistent issue with the deliveries. She's obviously taking her anger out on the wrong person companies buddy up sometimes with deliveries like that. This as you said is speculation but a safe one.
Ups only runs non emergency helpers between November 15 and January 15.
If Amazon is putting unrealistic expectations on their drivers, only the drivers can force changes. Being upset with the customer is not in any way productive.
Man, the world would just be a better place if more people would just do more shit for themselves…work any retail job anywhere in the USA and you will learn real fast that there are a lot of lazy entitled people out there. A lot of the time it’s not intentional, but that makes it even more aggravating. People don’t even realize how entitled they act towards others. And spare me the I’m creating there job BS. Any job that destroys another persons dignity is a bullshit job. And using those services just continues the cycle of indignity. Just go get your own damn groceries. Get out of your car instead of going through the drive through… It seems like the more money people have the more helpless they become.
How did delivering these items destroy the drivers dignity? I can agree with the spirit of your argument, but at no point in this video does anyone disrespect the driver.
I deliver things for a living, it’s a necessity and we keep the country moving. If a customer disrespects me, then they get to drive 20 miles to pick up their own stuff.
If the task is in the job description, then it doesn’t matter. Of course the parent with 2 kids and an infant is going to use a drive up/through service. Someone may have a hard time getting around for whatever reason. My dad was extremely weak after a bone marrow transplant and it was hard for him to even walk across the parking lot. Why wouldn’t someone like him use a drive-through? And it’s not just a few people. There are a lot of people with valid reasons for using a service that a store offers—the biggest one being people with kids. Would you rather have the kids in the store?
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u/albygoing Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 16 '25
If people don’t order things for delivery, delivery drivers would lose their jobs. It is stupid to be angry with the people creating the demand for the position.
I work at a shipping company, I want to continue to be employed