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Blogs > HetFlexK > True Hetero-Flexible Tales

HetFlexK 51M
157 posts
2/13/2023 11:50 pm
serious dedication
Since I began driving for Amazon Flex I’ve worked nearly every single day, and that is no exaggeration. Starting the day after Christmas, I delivered 44 / forty four days in a row, and the only reason there was a break is because I had to cancel a route. The expectation was that I would be traveling close to 200 / two hundred miles that morning, which is completely ridiculous and offensive, but that’s how it’s been lately. Amazon is still paying the same but the number of miles they are expecting drivers to travel has tripled. Pretty fucked up, yet completely typical and not at all surprising.

This is not about bashing Amazon though, it is about my dedication to making every single dollar I can, while I can, so that when April rolls around I might be able to fully purchase the land I’ve been paying off on a monthly basis. There are many, many details and logistics to work out, and in the end it might mean I have to remain where I am right now, until after April, but at this point nothing is certain so I can’t plan for anything. Each day that goes by my status as a delivery driver for Amazon gets more tenuous, and if I should lose the job before April arrives it leaves me with a whole new set of what ifs and what do I do nows. I’ve never been good at planning for an uncertain future, but I can sometimes prepare for contingencies. Ultimately I am no more in charge of my fate or future now than I was before. That is why my dedication is so important, and valuable. If I can accomplish my goals I truly believe a much different fate and future awaits me.

I know I am not completely without control in these situations. Yes, I could go ahead and drive the 200 / two hundred miles Amazon wants me to, but the profit would drop to minimal, while the punishment to my van and bank account would triple. That’s not a trade off I can afford, just like I can’t afford to lose the job altogether, so I pick the battles that I think are important, take my stand when I feel it is justified, do my best when things seem fair and balanced, and keep my fingers crossed the entire time that the whole mess doesn’t just fall apart. If imminent success were measured in karma I would most certainly be getting what I want in April, but I know damn well that’s not how life is. People who do nothing are just as likely to win as those who spend every waking moment working toward their dream or goal. Maybe luck has something to do with it, and if so I probably ran out of that a long, long time ago, so all I have left are my actual, literal efforts. My luck might be bad but my work ethic is strong, and hopefully it will get me what I need in the end.

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