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don't Flex For those who don’t know; Amazon Flex is a chance for people to use their own vehicles to deliver packages. I recently applied, and after being accepted tried to do my first set of deliveries. It was supposed to take me roughly 4 / four hours and begin at 5 / five a.m. It didn’t go well. The night started out decent enough; I picked up my packages and headed to the first address without any real issues. Once I arrived though, the problems began, and only seemed to get worse at every stop. Of the 9 / nine attempts I made, only 3 / three were successful, and only 1 / one of those was managed without contacting support for assistance. In fact, of the 9 / nine stops the first was the only 1 / one where I did not have to contact them for help. It was 5 / five in the morning and I was being routed to businesses that didn’t open until 10 / ten, and when I tried to use the app to mark them undeliverable I consistently ran into issues. After quite a bit of frustration, and very little progress, I gave up. I was in the middle of call number 12 / twelve to support when my phone shut off in my hand. I’d been on it so much that the battery had run out. Cursing my own existence, I returned home long enough to recharge the phone a bit and look up the address where I’d picked the packages up, so I could return them. At that point I was so far behind I wasn’t going to be able to finish on time, and I had no way of doing anything on a dead phone anyways, so I just threw in the towel. I know when to say when. This is a HUGE opportunity lost. I only need to be employed for a little over 3 / three months, and this seemed like the perfect thing for me, but it is a joke. What should have taken 4 / four hours was going to take me 6 / six at the rate I was going, with only about half the packages delivered but my frustration at an all-time high. A system that flawed is not one I can utilize or tolerate. Technology consistently fails, and this was no exception, but the mistakes and failures began in the warehouse. I was obviously given a route that should have been scheduled for much later in the day, but Amazon is so understaffed and eager to give the customers what they want RIGHT NOW that it seems they are not even paying attention anymore. I was sent to a store that was located in a mall, which didn’t open until 11 / eleven a.m. so tell me how that’s good planning or decision making? That’s why I had so few successes; everywhere I went was locked down for the night, and there wouldn’t be anyone around for several more hours. What a shit show. The other night / morning I heard the engine of a vehicle as it came down our driveway. Sometimes my sex slave ChrisSwallows is out late, or at odd hours, so it didn’t surprise or alarm me. When I heard the thunk of a car door while the engine was still idling I did pay a bit more attention though, because this is not normal behavior. Moments later, when I heard the door thunk again I had a pretty good idea of what was going on, and only had to step out and look at our front porch to verify. Even in the darkness I could see the Amazon package laying there. It had to have been 5 / five in the morning, maybe even a bit earlier, which might surprise a lot of people. I don’t know about you, but most folks would feel pretty uneasy if they looked out their window that early in the morning and saw someone pulling into their driveway, then park and leave the vehicle running while they approached the front door. If I were average Joe or Jane gun owner this might be a deadly scenario, especially since people doing Flex work for Amazon are in their own vehicles, wearing their own clothing, and in no way appear to be professional. I mean hooray to the company for being so overwhelmed with business that they have to resort to this sort of thing, but I think it’s a bad idea. What I know for certain, is that I won’t be working for Amazon in any capacity, but I’ll probably still make the occasional purchase. Much like Walmart, I want to resist, but deals are sometimes just too good to pass up, and the wide variety of choices is tough to beat. I’m in no hurry to get what I’ve ordered though, so take your time getting it to me. I’m the guy that chooses the free shipping option and waits a week to get what most apparently have a difficult time waiting an entire day for.  |
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