This is a good thing. All those “order today, in the mail tomorrow” offers are bad. Drivers are payed poorly and their workload is ever increasing. Therefor they have no drive like maniacs, speed through school zones, park in thr middle of the street with their alarm lights on, literally throw your package out of a moving van, etc. Also the environment doesn’t need more vans driving everywhere, three times per week. Something like a central “packages office” in every town would be a very decent solution woth few negative effects and mayor positive effects.
That solution would lead to replacing the trucks that are full of packages making relatively few trips, with everyone getting into their own vehicles to collect packages from the “packages office.”
This would lead to increased congestion, more resources being used, increased wear on the roads, more traffic accidents, etc. The paid drivers can be monitored to be complying with the laws while individuals drive like the assholes they tend to be anyway.
This is a horrible solution IMHO that would lead to way more problems than it solves.
You’re assuming that everyone would have a “packages office” within 5-10 minutes walking distance. While I’m sure that could be or already is the case for many people, there are lots of parts of the world where that simply would not work. Even in the US, the rural areas are spread out so much that everyone in those areas would likely need to drive, especially if they had larger packages. Large packages are also their own issue. Nobody wants to carry a huge box for a mile or more. You also have plenty of people who don’t have the time or physical ability to do that. As much as I’m not a fan of Amazon, they really do seem to be operating (mostly) as efficiently as they can.
People are not inherently bad drivers. Also, this solution wouldn’t necessarily create more traffic. People can pick up their package after work, or after they drop the kids of at school, or when they’re doing groceries. I wouldn’t expect many people making the trip for the single purpose of picking up a package
Also the environment doesn’t need more vans driving everywhere, three times per week.
Would you rather 100 people in my hood make the 22-mile round trip to Walmart in their individual cars and trucks? Also, there’s a man that delivers most of my Amazon stuff. He’s drives a little square, red, white, and blue car. He comes by everyday anyway, might as well bring my Amazon.
That’s not how it works though. Not where I live. If I order 3 packages, two or three vans will come to deliver it. Even if I order it at the same shop, sometimes it’ll still come on different days, with different vans
If you can’t afford a car, you can go fuck yourself, sure, or you can take your bike or the bus? The idea is to have the package-office close enough to be able to do that. If you’re not able to go, you can also go fuck yourself, if that’s what you want, or maybe it’s an idea to have a local delivery service with electric cars or bikes. They can hire local folks, who will probably behave better in their own community or at least be more accountable for it.
Yeah sure, but that’s not feasible and some countries where the entire infrastructure is built around the car. Spend a few billion dollars, build up the infrastructure. Be able to do that, then reintroduce your argument.
This is a good thing. All those “order today, in the mail tomorrow” offers are bad. Drivers are payed poorly and their workload is ever increasing. Therefor they have no drive like maniacs, speed through school zones, park in thr middle of the street with their alarm lights on, literally throw your package out of a moving van, etc. Also the environment doesn’t need more vans driving everywhere, three times per week. Something like a central “packages office” in every town would be a very decent solution woth few negative effects and mayor positive effects.
That solution would lead to replacing the trucks that are full of packages making relatively few trips, with everyone getting into their own vehicles to collect packages from the “packages office.”
This would lead to increased congestion, more resources being used, increased wear on the roads, more traffic accidents, etc. The paid drivers can be monitored to be complying with the laws while individuals drive like the assholes they tend to be anyway.
This is a horrible solution IMHO that would lead to way more problems than it solves.
Already commented above, but the USPS brings better than half my Amazon stuff. And he’s driving by every day no matter what.
I know it’s hip to hate on Bezos and Amazon, but the company is nothing if not wildly efficient.
You are assumuing everyone has vehicles, which is definetly not true.
Assuming they did not walk for 5-10 minutes.
You’re assuming that everyone would have a “packages office” within 5-10 minutes walking distance. While I’m sure that could be or already is the case for many people, there are lots of parts of the world where that simply would not work. Even in the US, the rural areas are spread out so much that everyone in those areas would likely need to drive, especially if they had larger packages. Large packages are also their own issue. Nobody wants to carry a huge box for a mile or more. You also have plenty of people who don’t have the time or physical ability to do that. As much as I’m not a fan of Amazon, they really do seem to be operating (mostly) as efficiently as they can.
You don’t have to carry when you have grandma option:
People are not inherently bad drivers. Also, this solution wouldn’t necessarily create more traffic. People can pick up their package after work, or after they drop the kids of at school, or when they’re doing groceries. I wouldn’t expect many people making the trip for the single purpose of picking up a package
People aren’t born good drivers either
People are inherently bad drivers tho.
Would you rather 100 people in my hood make the 22-mile round trip to Walmart in their individual cars and trucks? Also, there’s a man that delivers most of my Amazon stuff. He’s drives a little square, red, white, and blue car. He comes by everyday anyway, might as well bring my Amazon.
That’s not how it works though. Not where I live. If I order 3 packages, two or three vans will come to deliver it. Even if I order it at the same shop, sometimes it’ll still come on different days, with different vans
Either they’re coming from different warehouses, Amazon has an optimization problem to solve, or both.
Either way, though, your pathological edge case is hardly the rule.
Here’s the thing: there are people who don’t have cars. Example: 80% of Russians.
I wouldn’t use Russia as a positive example of anything.
Probably should have said that it sounds worse(less walkable) than fucking Russia. And it is definetly not Netherlands. Not even France.
What about the people who can’t drive for one reason or another or don’t have or afford a car? Fuck those people right?
If you can’t afford a car, you can go fuck yourself, sure, or you can take your bike or the bus? The idea is to have the package-office close enough to be able to do that. If you’re not able to go, you can also go fuck yourself, if that’s what you want, or maybe it’s an idea to have a local delivery service with electric cars or bikes. They can hire local folks, who will probably behave better in their own community or at least be more accountable for it.
Yeah sure, but that’s not feasible and some countries where the entire infrastructure is built around the car. Spend a few billion dollars, build up the infrastructure. Be able to do that, then reintroduce your argument.