Good morning Everybody!
I'm on the road again. I worked yesterday and the day before!
I never paid attention to this song, but now I like it, thanks
Terry.
I cut the grass Friday. It was so wet it took me 2 1/2 hours to cut my front and back yard. A capable man can do it in under 1 hour. I can do it in an hour and half, on most days. I had to stop several times to clean out the wet grass.
While making a delivery on Saturday I meet a resident cutting his 12"+ grass. He was embarrassed and joked "the grass is almost as tall as me", he was a little guy, almost everybody is a little guy to me. I told him "don't worry, this summer has been crazy! The grass is growing so fast it needs to be cut 2-3 times a week sometimes, but many are lucky to have the time and energy to cut it once!"
Speaking of cutting the grass. My neighbor across the street. He cuts his grass so low you see more dirt than grass when he is done. It's so low the mower keeps stalling from the blade sticking in the ground! WTF!?
Amazon has added another distribution center, DBA2, It's a bit further from me, but I don't mind. I'm so happy driving to work.
Rant, somebody say rant! It's good for the soul, so long as your honest.
Willie, I'm with you! People need to pay for their own "freight". I understand some can't, but most can and should!
I got a rant of my own; I went to the new Amazon center. I talk to what appears to be a second or third generation immigrant, like me and like he has no discernable accent. He is an Amazon Flex driver, same Amazon operation I contract for.
He starts bitching, "these blocks (routes) are too far away, it's not worth the money" My only reply "if that is how you feel, why are you here?". Mean while, there are 3 immigrants, from some island in the Caribbean, they have accents!
They are frantically swiping their phones to refresh the Amazon app. When they find a block (route) they immediately take it! Thank God I don't have to swipe for work, I would never be faster than these young men. I get my work... differently. That's about all I can say about that. Non-disclosure clauses a part of many business contracts.
I can talk about the base Amazon Flex deal, it's a good deal! They pay $18 per hour for a block of 1 or more hours. Take a 4 hour block for example 4hours X $18 = $72 per block. Most blocks can be completed in far less than the allotted time. On average it's about 40% of the time allotted. That works out to about $30 per hour, not great, but not bad if you ask me. Once you gain experience, you can take about half the time allotted. When Amazon has high demand from customers they pay "extended rates" the base program pays as much as $50 per hour. For an experienced man that is $100 per hour, to drop off packages.
A well known politicain posted an Amazon Driver crying
"they only give us 2-3 minutes per stop", aw poor baby. They give you 2-3 minutes extra for most stops!
Yesterday I had 39 stops in my 4 hour block. Keep in mind; I have been sick and I am slow to recover. Even working slow I was finished in under 2.5 hours. That's about 2-3 minutes extra for every stop.
Karl, I was thinking about you. You would have loved the neighborhood I was in, North Ave/Liberty Heights, all along Druid Hill Park. The nicest people you could want to meet. I meet the coolest little boy. He was about 3-4 years old and was telling me the details to his plans. I need hearing aids, I only heard about half. Smart little boy, like my grandsons.
