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Interesting logistics problem, I wonder how good Amazon is about re-routing deliveries from other warehouses if a local one goes down? This is bad time of the y

Interesting logistics problem, I wonder how good Amazon is about re-routing deliveries from other warehouses if a local one goes down? This is bad time of the year to be losing a distribution center.

smashed 5y ago
And is it a good time of the year to die inside an amazon warehouse? I am sure 99% of people waiting for their deliveries with any kind of human compassion will understand the situation.
- SQueeeeeL 5y ago
  Wait, what country do you live in? Can I move there? I feel like most Americans don't view the human component of any of their transactions anymore, and have relegated nearly everything to out of sight, out of mind.
  - smashed 5y ago
    You got me... Canada ;)
jedberg 5y ago
While you bring up an interesting question, it's important to note that people died in that building. Perhaps some compassion is in order. To answer your question though, unless the item someone ordered is unique and only stored in that warehouse, they will probably just mark the warehouse as down and the system will simply route around it and increase delivery estimates for the people who were served by that warehouse. They will probably redeploy the surviving trucks to nearby warehouses to handle the load.
- Kye 5y ago
  I'll be honest: I'm not sure what the appropriate way to show compassion is here if it's not the purpose of the comment. Does every person commenting on something adjacent to the situation need to display compassion in this (still unknown) way? Asking seriously. I want those complete strangers to not be in situations where they could die, and I want no one to die the same way in the future because someone did an engineering and made it safer. But they are people I don't/didn't know. Anything I could think of to say would feel as useless as "thoughts and prayers."
  - jedberg 5y ago
    Not ask the question. Or at least acknowledge that people died before asking the question.
    - Kye 5y ago
      Was anyone under the illusion no one died when the tornado reduced half the building to scrap? I'm still not sure what the purpose is. If someone actually affected or connected to someone affected comes here and shares, that's different. Otherwise, it's not clear who it's for. "Performative" is overused by jerks who think everyone is as cynical and calculating as they are, but this seems to be a rare case where it actually applies. I don't see the purpose in this action you suggest. It seems like you went off on /u/voidfunc for no good reason.
- voidfunc 5y ago
  > While you bring up an interesting question, it's important to note that people died in that building. Perhaps some compassion is in order. I don't know why I need to provide a token "thoughts and prayers" just because my question is related to some tragedy. Everything has become so absolutely performative these days. Yes, I am sorry this happened to some people. But I guess I'm an asshole because I didn't write some meaningless consolatory words in a comment on a tech forum before having the audacity to ask a legitimate logistics question. Thanks for the answer, but please skip the condescension next time.
  - CaliforniaKarl 5y ago
    > I don't know why I need to provide a token "thoughts and prayers" just because my question is related to some tragedy. Everything has become so absolutely performative these days. You could instead not post. > But I guess I'm an asshole because I didn't write some meaningless consolatory words in a comment on a tech forum before having the audacity to ask a legitimate logistics question. Timing is everything. There is a time to discuss those sort of things; this is not it.
    - voidfunc 5y ago
      > You could instead not post. As far as I can tell my question is in line with the guidelines of the site and the submission itself doesn't provide any clarity about what the discourse of this thread is supposed to be about. It is quite open-ended. > Timing is everything. There is a time to discuss those sort of things; this is not it. Since you seem to know what time that will be, when is it?
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      - adam_arthur 5y ago
        Tomorrow at 2pm, of course!
  - jedberg 5y ago

Interesting logistics problem, I wonder how good Amazon is about re-routing deliveries from other warehouses if a local one goes down? This is bad time of the year to be losing a distribution center.

smashed 5y ago

And is it a good time of the year to die inside an amazon warehouse? I am sure 99% of people waiting for their deliveries with any kind of human compassion will understand the situation.

SQueeeeeL 5y ago
Wait, what country do you live in? Can I move there? I feel like most Americans don't view the human component of any of their transactions anymore, and have relegated nearly everything to out of sight, out of mind.
- smashed 5y ago
  You got me... Canada ;)

jedberg 5y ago

While you bring up an interesting question, it's important to note that people died in that building. Perhaps some compassion is in order. To answer your question though, unless the item someone ordered is unique and only stored in that warehouse, they will probably just mark the warehouse as down and the system will simply route around it and increase delivery estimates for the people who were served by that warehouse. They will probably redeploy the surviving trucks to nearby warehouses to handle the load.

Kye 5y ago
I'll be honest: I'm not sure what the appropriate way to show compassion is here if it's not the purpose of the comment. Does every person commenting on something adjacent to the situation need to display compassion in this (still unknown) way? Asking seriously. I want those complete strangers to not be in situations where they could die, and I want no one to die the same way in the future because someone did an engineering and made it safer. But they are people I don't/didn't know. Anything I could think of to say would feel as useless as "thoughts and prayers."
- jedberg 5y ago
  Not ask the question. Or at least acknowledge that people died before asking the question.
  - Kye 5y ago
    Was anyone under the illusion no one died when the tornado reduced half the building to scrap? I'm still not sure what the purpose is. If someone actually affected or connected to someone affected comes here and shares, that's different. Otherwise, it's not clear who it's for. "Performative" is overused by jerks who think everyone is as cynical and calculating as they are, but this seems to be a rare case where it actually applies. I don't see the purpose in this action you suggest. It seems like you went off on /u/voidfunc for no good reason.
voidfunc 5y ago
> While you bring up an interesting question, it's important to note that people died in that building. Perhaps some compassion is in order. I don't know why I need to provide a token "thoughts and prayers" just because my question is related to some tragedy. Everything has become so absolutely performative these days. Yes, I am sorry this happened to some people. But I guess I'm an asshole because I didn't write some meaningless consolatory words in a comment on a tech forum before having the audacity to ask a legitimate logistics question. Thanks for the answer, but please skip the condescension next time.
- CaliforniaKarl 5y ago
  > I don't know why I need to provide a token "thoughts and prayers" just because my question is related to some tragedy. Everything has become so absolutely performative these days. You could instead not post. > But I guess I'm an asshole because I didn't write some meaningless consolatory words in a comment on a tech forum before having the audacity to ask a legitimate logistics question. Timing is everything. There is a time to discuss those sort of things; this is not it.
  - voidfunc 5y ago
    > You could instead not post. As far as I can tell my question is in line with the guidelines of the site and the submission itself doesn't provide any clarity about what the discourse of this thread is supposed to be about. It is quite open-ended. > Timing is everything. There is a time to discuss those sort of things; this is not it. Since you seem to know what time that will be, when is it?
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    - adam_arthur 5y ago
      Tomorrow at 2pm, of course!
- jedberg 5y ago