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Sometimes the Amazon delivery people screw up, and that's okay - they're human after all and life goes on. And if you're a decent person, you'll handle the situation with grace. That means not turning into a Karen on a phone call with someone in India, and not knocking on every one of your neighbors doors convinced that they stole it. While they can undoubtedly be a pain in the a$$, sometimes these screw-ups lend themselves to, shall we say, less-savory happenstances? Like that time my downstai…

Peak entitlement

In the age of 'contact-free' delivery, courier services like DoorDash have come up with clever ways to provide proof of delivery. One would think that a simple photo of the fast food bag in front of the customer's door would suffice. But some Dashers have taken it a step further by snapping the photo at the moment of interception. The Dasher waits from a safe distance and goes into paparazzi mode once the hungry, pajama-clad customer cracks open the door like a goblin coming out of hibernation.

They're watching you

Think fast!

What’s the endgame here?

Shopping online is one of life’s little pleasures. There’s nothing quite like opening your front door to a much-needed item — or even better, a random piece of crap you decided to order when you were drunk. However, not everybody gets the privilege of actually opening what they’ve ordered. When it comes to petty crime these days, there are few easier targets than peoples’ parcel deliveries. Whether you end up with a MacBook or some specialist herpes cream is anyone's guess, but that doesn’t see…

It is amazing how easily we get used to convenience. The delights of delivery apps are a relatively recent phenomenon, but your average city dweller can barely remember a time when you couldn’t get takeout with the tap of a button. In fact, things have progressed so far that it’s no longer just our food cravings that we can satisfy pronto. Earlier this week, a video went viral of a DoorDash driver expressing disbelief over his latest Walmart order. The reason? It was a 55" flat-screen TV. The d…

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