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It’s been a long time since I had a package stolen even though I live in a “crime-ridden liberal hellscape”. Personally, I’d like to see a few things. Police
by alphabettsy 4y ago
It’s been a long time since I had a package stolen even though I live in a “crime-ridden liberal hellscape”.
Personally, I’d like to see a few things.
Police actually patrolling rather than sitting on the major street a few blocks away pulling people over for minor infractions.
Police taking any actions whatsoever when reported such as using the video and license plate to follow-up would be nice as well. Contrary to what is oft repeated, they do get prosecuted around here.
I’d also like to see companies like Amazon, have their drivers actually respect the preferences that you can set such as delivering packages to a side/back door or to a certain place that’s less visible. Despite having my preferences set with every service, I’ve still come home to find packages on the very edge of the steps or front porch where they’re visible from the end of the street. When I lived in an apartment packages were left outside the door sometimes even though drivers had an entry code.
The USPS workers are the only ones that seems to somewhat consistently care and one guy even knocked and checked on me personally when he noticed I hadn’t gotten my mail in several days (just forgot).
- frogblast 4y agoRegarding having drivers respect preferences... Shippers end up eating the cost of these packages, and they are making an economic tradeoff: Slower deliveries by following preferences vs. eating the cost of loss. They are choosing the latter. Maybe they haven't done the analysis right, or maybe the overall costs really are lower that way.
- zardo 4y agoI find in an apartment complex with lock boxes to prevent package theft, some shippers (FedEx and Amazon) almost never use them, presumably because the drivers are under a time crunch. It may be easy for FedEx and Amazon to just have insurance cover it. But it's easiest for me to just stop ordering anything from them.
- laserdancepony 4y agoMaybe because the USPS ist paying their employees a living wage and giving them a delivery schedule that is actually going to work out over the day? You get what you pay for.