@kdfrawg
@c I generally get books by going looking for a specific title or subject, so I don’t usually encounter Amazon’s fee ones.
// @phoneboy
@phoneboy There could clearly be some debate about acceptable workloads, but if it’s not physically possible to do all the deliveries in a day, then that’s clearly on the wrong side of the line. And there are far too many people now who are working, but can’t afford food and housing.
Amazon drones will probably take over, but I’ve already stopped shopping with them because their current delivery service just doesn’t work. I’ll use them to research, then buy somewhere else — either a shop in town, or somewhere else online. It’s my little revenge for all the people who look at things in the shops then buy on Amazon.
@JeremyCherfas I don’t use it all that often, but I was still upset to lose it.
At the beginning of December, I ordered a toy to replace one of Bembo’s that had died. I had an email saying it had been sent, but it didn’t arrive. On my third inquiry email, they actually replied, saying that the courier had attempted to deliver, but couldn’t gain access either to deliver it, or to leave a card.
Our front door opens straight onto a public pavement, so while it’s possible they tried to deliver while we were out, there’s no way they couldn’t get access to put a card through the door.
My take is that in an effort to be cheaper, the couriers give their delivery people too much to do, and if they don’t finish, they’re penalised, so they claim they couldn’t get access as a way of dealing with ones they didn’t get round to, without losing pay.
At some point, we have to start paying what things actually cost, which means a price that allows for the employees to have an acceptable workload and a living wage.