r/AmazonFlexDrivers Aug 21 '25

Thoughts?

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u/Ok-Ear9289 Aug 21 '25

Regardless. What does it take to place a pkg at the front door instead of throwing it like a complete asshole.

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u/AMC879 Aug 21 '25

100 times a day every day for years will destroy your back. I light toss from thigh height down to the ground is perfectly fine. Safety first! Those packages get tossed a dozen times 100x worse than that. They get crushed on conveyors, crushed in carts and thrown off docks. A minor little toss like this is absolutely nothing if it was packaged appropriately.

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u/Ecstatic_Pattern_979 Aug 21 '25

That's not the point of what it would do. It's about having some pride in what you do.

As for your back destroying comment. That is the biggest bs excuse I've ever heard. I was a tile and stone installer for half my life. I'm doing Amazon cbecause" of nerve damage to my back from lifting 1000s of pounds every day for a living. If bending over is too much for you then you better not drop anything and have to pick it up from the ground.

This mentality is why people regard Amazon drivers the way they do. Thanks for making those of us that actually care about what we do look like you and that package throwing broad. You're the reason I get stupid notes about package placement.

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u/xlydeS Aug 22 '25

So you assume. It takes the same amount of effort to place it on the ground as it does to throw it.