Amazon's Next-Day Delivery System Has Brought Chaos And Carnage To America's Streets -- But The

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15. Those drivers don't work for Amazon.

They work for a contractor that contracts with Amazon to deliver packages. Instead of hiring additional drivers and renting vehicles to handle very busy seasons, that contractor pushes its existing drivers to do more.

Jeff Bezos doesn't have anything to do with that.

I order stuff from Amazon. So does my wife. She's a Prime customer and I'm not. She expects same day or next day delivery. I do not. Instead, I typically get free delivery that can take 5-8 days to arrive. Usually, that stuff comes via USPS. She pays an annual fee for that fast delivery. I don't. I don't need everything delivered the next day.

Part of this entire issue is our insistence on getting things faster and faster. Fast delivery costs money. So, those who do the deliveries try to cut costs anywhere they can, and that can lead to overworked and overpressured delivery drivers, like those described in this article. But, those are not Amazon employees. They're employees or gig economy contractors working for another contractor to deliver Amazon package.

Blame who is to blame, not just a blanket condemnation of Amazon.