Amazon is eating their own dogfood. They have been beta testing a product called "Actual Turk". With Actual Turk, people show up at a defined location and per

Amazon is eating their own dogfood. They have been beta testing a product called "Actual Turk". With Actual Turk, people show up at a defined location and perform menial tasks for a few cents each. Any product you order from an Amazon warehouse has been picked and packed by an Actual Turk over the last 3 months. In between product pick/pack jobs Actual Turks also perform other jobs on demand, such as making hand-shadow puppets in front of a webcam, reading bedtime stories to children over the phone, or seeking out specimens to ship to a child for their school rock-collection project. This offering was also alpha-tested in front of many Home Depot locations in the Southwest.