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It seems like "upstairs" delivery should be a paid option and be explicit in the ordering and delivery apps.

• bombcar 3y ago
  This is the real solution, but nobody wants to admit the costs associated with this. Heckers, the companies could use "machine learning" (read: simple SQL scripts) to determine how much time going up to your apartment "costs" and charge you based on such. Then buildings with faster elevators would be more valuable!
  • ghaff 3y ago
    There's a class of what could be broadly described as personal services, including near real-time home delivery, that a lot of people who aren't uber-wealthy want but will only pay for grudgingly and will try to squeeze as much as possible. In turn, companies that employ the low-skill workers providing those services squeeze their workers as much as possible. ADDED: I suspect that the fact that a lot of delivery is "free" these days makes at least some people resentful when it's not.
  • Ekaros 3y ago
    Considering same person probably orders multiple times. You could just tell drivers to mark at their phone when they have for example parked. And then from there calculate average time it takes for them to be back at their cars. Intrusive to them, but could be fair metric.