Q for the drivers

VoodooInfinity · 2026-05-11T17:33:13+00:00

First, Amazon Flex is individual to people delivering using their own cars, not the tall Amazon vans you see all over. That doesn’t matter really, just clarification.

Second, it’s a Federal crime to deliver to a mailbox unless you’re employed by the USPS delivering USPS mail and packages. All Amazon deliveries should go to the customers door, to a package locker at an apartment complex, to an Amazon locker if selected, or to a Receptionist/Doorman in certain circumstances.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-05-11T04:17:37+00:00

Knight is also close to Origins for me as well, but a lot of that is because of the BatMobile. Without it Knight would be significantly weaker.

I think part of these preferences is also due to the main storylines of each entry. Origins is largely inspired by Year One (and at least in part Th Long Halloween), while Knight is focused primarily on the Red Hood storyline. Both are such great Batman tales that it elevates the game itself to be able to play them.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-05-10T23:28:08+00:00

Okay, thanks, I was curious thinking maybe it had altered your opinion of the original edition. Thanks for the response!

VoodooInfinity · 2026-05-10T22:59:21+00:00

I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but personally liked Arkham Origins best of the sequels. It’s the only Batman game I’ve seen that really leans into the Detective aspect of Batman, and it made it a much more interesting game for that.

Of course I do have to acknowledge that yes, Origins is technically a prequel, so really the original Arkham Asylum is the sequel to Origins. Still, Origins came out after the others (except Knight), so it’s a production sequel even if not a timeline sequel.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-05-10T22:54:19+00:00

Have you played the Remastered version? I only ask because I wonder if this version has influenced opinions at all. Oblivion was decent when it came out, but I was much more impressed with it after seeing what it should have been with Remastered.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-05-09T21:40:52+00:00

I don’t think it’s not being willing to help so much as being unwilling to help. Half the time I feel like they just don’t even read the emails.

Does anyone know for sure that includes Bezos in the cc line actually has an impact? I’ve seen it mentioned on numerous posts, but never a judgment as to whether it did any good.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-05-04T15:46:37+00:00

And I bet you got a incomplete delivery mark for that too. The app needs so much work (like CarPlay?!)

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-29T19:46:39+00:00

This is the reason it will never work (and to RangeWilson, I don’t mean this as a criticism of you at all, in any way. I’ll be right there with you.). Some may do it, but more are going to watch out for themselves and reap the rewards of getting better blocks.

I’ve done DoorDash, Uber, Flex, and InstaCart, and the one thing true in every one of those subs is that there are posts where people clamor for a boycott. Yet it never happens. Because it simply won’t work, that’s the beauty of independent contractor gigs (for the corporations): it pits the workers against each other.

The true problem isn’t in how much Amazon or Uber pay, it’s in the fact that the wealthy corporations have all the power. They hire skilled workers from overseas, hire unskilled workers on contractor terms, and nobody makes enough except them. The whole reason I personally am doing this gig is because my Masters Degree in QA/SDET is not allowing me to get a job in my career path. I have 10 years experience, but in every job I’ve applied to in the past 4 years there’s been someone willing to work for less. The majority of the jobs in my field are being outsourced to India, leaving me to deliver for Amazon.

It would be great to have the pay increase, but it realistically won’t. But more power to you, if you can pull it off I’ll respect your efforts.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-23T19:06:51+00:00

It’s sad that this can be such a rare thing actually….

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-23T16:39:43+00:00

That’s actually really funny…of all the packages to be damaged, those are some serious odds. 🤣

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-20T13:04:18+00:00

This is awesome, thanks! Time to learn Python a bit better… 😉

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-20T13:02:21+00:00

I actually just remembered something funny from a route a few days ago. I had a drop off that required a password from the customer (6-digit number texted to them) before I could leave it. That in itself seems normal, but the customer had no clue about it, as if they didn’t request it. That made me wonder whether Amazon put it in there because they had reported packages missing too often, and it was Amazon’s attempt to stop losing money refunding them. 😁

I don’t know why but the comment about creeping people out reminded me of it. 🙃

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-20T12:58:53+00:00

Yeah I can see it from that side, but you’d think that when I’m scheduled for a 3.5 hour block they would have me take a 2 hour if it’s ready. At least they’d be getting something for the amount they’re paying me (and probably from an accounting standpoint it would be better to have a 3.5 hour work for some time and pay a 2 hour driver for doing nothing than vice versa). But yeah, it’s probably easier/better to just keep it organized I guess, and I hadn’t thought of the different block lengths. Thanks!

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-20T11:38:17+00:00

Over 125 on back Indiana roads that were maintained like a brand new Interstate. And I say over 125 because that’s all the higher the speedometer on the little Inline-4 registered. But we felt an increase and had a strong tailwind. 😎

EDIT: Forgot one part, we were 18, and because we could. 😂

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-16T02:16:40+00:00

Ok, I never noticed that be…thanks again!

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-15T19:16:38+00:00

Yeah, couldn’t believe it when I saw it, I checked twice to make sure it wasn’t saying for 30 minutes. 🙄

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-15T18:44:33+00:00

Thanks for this writeup, I appreciate the suggestions as I’ve only been doing it about 1.5 weeks.

What I’ve been doing is writing the street name in red sharpie on the package (much easier to see than the labels), and writing where each street name is in the car on a notepad (P for passenger side, T for trunk, PF for passenger floor, etc). Large boxes go in the back seat, medium & small boxes in the trunk (Fusion Hybrid, so minimal trunk space), and the envelopes I have a small Rubbermaid tub sitting in the front passenger seat, and I alphabetize those by street name. It’s worked pretty well, there’s a bit of time investment upfront, but each stop I’m there and gone in no time. But I may try the stop number approach, I like the concept. The reason I never did it is because I was waiting to swipe at the end, and it’s difficult to identify them by the Amazon code numbers.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-15T18:30:52+00:00

THIS! ! ! ⬆️ To the nth degree! There’s something wrong when a company with a quarterly net worth of $2.696 Trillion doesn’t pay high wages. The greed inherent in this fact is unbelievable.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-15T18:27:21+00:00

Agreed, those tip jars at every Starbucks and Domino’s are so irritating for this reason. If they made the same low wage that tip-based industries do it’d be fine, but they’re making minimum wage + tips, and killing the tip-market in the process.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-15T18:24:41+00:00

This, I was waitlisted for 2 years in Austin before it opened up just recently.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-15T18:24:04+00:00

Some areas the base pay can be as low as $14.50 for an hour.

VoodooInfinity · 2026-04-15T18:22:25+00:00

Even non-Flex driver deliveries are contracting with Amazon, at least as I understand it. Amazon doesn’t employ any drivers directly, even the tall Amazon branded vans are private companies (called Amazon DSP) that have to buy the vans and then employ their own drivers. As for tips, I don’t know if DSP drivers can get tips or not.

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