at least I do. Because we have Amazon Prime, though, I seldom use their free super saver delivery. I just looked to confirm, and Amazon Prime articles don't offer a delivery choice, just say it'll arrive by so and so if ordered before x.
So-and-so is still 2-day delivery out here, btw, the occasional 1-day arrival likely resulting from bundling deliveries to our part neighborhood. On-line shopping has become common in rural and semi-rural areas now, for obvious reasons, and some customers will need fastest delivery. Trucks are going to be whizzing around our county every day whether packages are scheduled for Friday or next Tuesday.
This entire new industry is about delivery of thousands of products in the quickest possible time. That's key, and delivery times and expectations are speeding up around the globe. For better and worse. Remove speed and volume of orders collapses, but it's going the other way. Amazon's now offering 1-hour delivery in high-population areas, and others are retooling to compete, though over 3/4 of what Amazon delivers are actually third-party sales. I read somewhere that Amazon's working on self-destructing drones (to make them safer before deploying) and 1/2 hour deliveries.
In any case, abuse of employees wouldn't be eased by many millions of customers organizing their lives to create room for greater efficiency in delivery, though it would presumably increase Amazon's profits nicely and help combat global warming (in addition to what already not driving to town for more grommets already does). It would do nothing for such shocking abuses as not providing employee lockers to store personal items safely and close, adequate lunch time to eat and get to and from bathrooms, etc. What's going to "solve" these problems before collective action could, of course, is completing the mechanization of those no-longer-jobs.
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