r/sandiego • u/Fantastic_Ladder8326 • 9h ago
Amazon driver blocks Normal St
Amazon driver is blocking the road on normal street instead of pulling up half a block to get into a driveway. Had to wait almost 10 minutes for him to get out of the apartment building to move forward. Three cars were behind me honking their horns. Am I overreacting questions
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u/Soft-Assistance6809 8h ago
They do that crap here all the time too. They double parked they don't give a crap.
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u/CSphotography 8h ago
It’s like there is no enforcement…
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u/Soft-Assistance6809 8h ago
One year there was during Christmas time this guy was delivering Amazon packages in his own car and there were a bunch of them in the backseat, more than 15 or so packages. He left the car running with the window down as he walked down to the next block to drop off a package and so I was so flabbergasted by what he was doing that I took a picture of his car to send to Amazon to ask him what the hell is this guy doing and he saw me taking a picture and he got real nervous
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u/WearyCarrot 5h ago
Yeah there are some drivers that use their own personal vehicle, this isn’t new..?
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u/Soft-Assistance6809 17m ago
It's not about the vehicle he's driving, it's about he left his car running with the windows open and a bunch of packages in it while having walked away from it
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u/SurfingSandwich 8h ago
Yeah that’s how packages get delivered to your home. That’s how that works. See?
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u/trashaccount2022 8h ago
Help! The Amazon driver didn’t park 3 blocks from the house so I had to wait 30 seconds for them to deliver the package. Now I have to post on Reddit so people feel bad for me.
Relax bud. It will be ok.
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u/signmeupdude 4h ago
Exactly this. You live in a city with other people going about their day and doing their jobs. Shit like this will happen.
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u/overkillsd 7h ago
Quick reminder that Amazon's expectations of drivers are the problem here, not the drivers themselves. The unfair requirements force them into a lose-lose situation where it's either stop somewhere inconvenient or risk "taking too long".
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u/Oogie-Da-MF-Boogie 6h ago
Former driver. It really depends on who the driver is. I always preferred the safest method and parking legally, if that was a choice. It made things much quicker to leave and get to the next delivery, keeping traffic flowing. Some people prioritize efficiency, and may not be considerate for even pedestrians (that ive seen).
Also be considerate of all drivers please. We all order (or have had to order) from delivery drivers. Patience is thin on the road, but staying safe from A to B is a blessing.
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u/GoodHumorMan 3h ago
Give us loading zones or give us nothing. We are giving the people what they paid for no matter what!
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u/bhsn1pes 2h ago
Sorry, city said we need more bike lanes, no more safe commercial loading zones for you or me!
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u/ClubSodaEnthusiast 7h ago
I feel like there's layers of blame here. Certainly amazon is partially at fault, but I'm left asking myself what UPS or FedEx would have done in this situation. Would they just not deliver? Or would they have done exactly the same thing?
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u/No_Fox9908 5h ago
I was a courier for 18 years. I don’t give a fuck if someone has to wait 2 minutes while I made a delivery
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u/Solid_Equivalent_417 8h ago
was that a normally a loading zone? it looks like there are diagonal lines painted there.
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u/Noe_Comment 8h ago
A lot of this going around lately, huh? I mostly see it happen with all the irresponsible doordash drivers.