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Walking through Manhattan this Summer, I once saw several delivery people sorting dozens of Amazon packages directly on the sidewalk. I could not believe my eye
by shackenberg 7y ago
Walking through Manhattan this Summer, I once saw several delivery people sorting dozens of Amazon packages directly on the sidewalk. I could not believe my eyes.
- css 7y agoUSPS employees still push carts with letters and packages around [0] and in NYC have master keys to many buildings' front doors so they can put packages inside. [0] https://people.howstuffworks.com/when-postal-carrier-delivers-mail.htm https://people.howstuffworks.com/when-postal-carrier-deliver...
- shackenberg 7y agoThe packages were laying directly on the street.
- frutiger 7y agoWhere else can they sort them?
- arkades 7y agoTen feet away, inside the apartment building?
- jamestanderson 7y agoNYC is not the most accessible city, and as such you'd have a hard time bringing a cart into many apartment buildings that have steps but don't have a ramp. Even if you manage to bring a cart to the front door of an apartment building, you'd still likely have to deal with a self-closing door which will fight you while trying to pull the cart through. Sorting inside the building is just not feasible.
- CydeWeys 7y agoThis is an every day sight here, especially during the holiday season. It's not uncommon to see entire carts stacked full of packages left unattended on the sidewalk as the employee is delivering packages inside a building.
- fru2013 7y agoAnother NYTimes article on this phenomenon https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/nyregion/nyc-amazon-delivery.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/nyregion/nyc-amazon-deliv...
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