I know this is supposed to be a funny, but they are actually doing this kind of thing with their ebike delivery service. No license required, but supposedly must be 18.
So if you've lost your license because of multiple drunk driving convictions, amazon has a job for you.
A friend of mine worked as a bike courier and constantly had to deal with drivers trying to run him off the road. He eventually got hit, and broke his leg. It all sounded pretty miserable, but this was also before e-bikes so maybe it’s easier now.
Yeah this city isn’t anti-bike overall, and some neighborhoods have truly impressive biking infrastructure. But many streets/horizontal roads in Manhattan are brutal for bicyclists due to a subset of hyper-aggressive male drivers who are so desperate to feel powerful for just once in their life that they’re willing to risk killing someone in an attempt to bully them off the only legal path offered to bicyclists.
My college had a handful of restaurants that delivered via bicycle. They were always the fastest and got a ton of business because of it. Pretty sure they just went to the college cycling team/clubs to recruit becuase they were always on very nice bikes in the full spandex bike suits. They were awesome
Don't forget, as a very squishy bike messenger weaving through endless cars driven by homocidal toddlers, that the ceramic in spark plugs goes right through auto glass, and they're certainly not something such a messenger would carry on their pocket —much like how U-locks are totally not hammers, just waiting silently from their arms-reach holster to defend you. 🫡
the ceramic in spark plugs goes right through auto glass
I've tried that and been entirely unsuccessful at it. Bounced right off with no damage whatsoever, even when hurled from very close as hard and as fast as I could.
It's just too small and too light to actually break anything.
I've not personally attempted it, ^ahem^ but AFAIK it's fairly foolproof —though my sources* also preferred to grind/scuff down the metal bits a little to help improve kinetic transference. Who knows. 😉
Some glass can be surprisingly strong to the extent that it feels wrong and unintuitive.
Not auto glass in my anecdote, but last year I had a medium sized aquarium (30 gallons, ~114 liters) where the bottom got broken. I didn't need to fix it because I had a bigger spare waiting, so I decided to break it apart to more easily package the glass into a safe container for disposal or recycling.
I was able to smack that thing on a wide flat surface with a HAMMER and have it bounce right off. They were really hard swings too. My biggest concern was how freaking loud the hits were, like I was going to disturb a neighbor in their house or make them think they heard a gunshot. My second biggest concern was that I was going to fling glass across the yard using so much force. I believe put it into a large bin or wrapped it in something before I got the courage to turn it up to 11 and break the fucker.
I think I used a 3lb drilling hammer too, which looks like a mini sledgehammer. Heavier than a standard claw hammer, just not very pointy.
not gonna deny the riding style is quite douchey, but compared to cars, this is just meh. and it seems like half of the manoeuvres he does are in response to shitty driving in the first place.
running reds like that without visibility, though, and weaving pedestrians like that.. fuck that shit.
Half the manoeuvres he does, like riding through every red light, cutting off pedestrians on crosswalks, riding on the sidewalk, forcing cars to break suddenly, ….?
Wolt and Bolt Food have cycling as an option here, but of course Wolt got bought by DoorDash or someone, so it's enshittified greatly. And I bet Bolt isn't far behind, it's getting pretty big.
Amazon (through their subcontractors) pays significantly less than UPS or FedEx, so they get all the folks fired by UPS and FedEx and just put up with insane churn. Kind of like a fast food restaurant.
So if you’ve lost your license because of multiple drunk driving convictions, amazon has a job for you.
A job which technically doesn't involve driving. It's the state's responsibility to rehabilitate or punish drunk drivers into never drunk driving again, right?
But I'll leave it at that before I run any cover for Amazon.
Fuuuuuuuuuck Amazon. There was another article mixed into this horror story with another horror story where "every day people" can invest in real estate. Basically, everyday people are paying for Amazon to buy out all of the extra real estate and price fix "the everyday people" out of living in great cities. Again, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Amazon.
Hmm I can see why that would be so tempting, and also why it's so horribly dangerous and unethical. You'd literally have to pick to invest specifically in a country of people you want to fuck over for it to be anything other than turkeys voting for thanksgiving
Funny how in one Lemmy post everyone is complaining that people get burned for life in the job market for making a mistake. Or how employers are evil for mandatory drug testing... And in the next one they get riled up because a company would dare hire a recovering alcoholic to ride a bike
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bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 144 pts · 22d
I know this is supposed to be a funny, but they are actually doing this kind of thing with their ebike delivery service. No license required, but supposedly must be 18.
So if you've lost your license because of multiple drunk driving convictions, amazon has a job for you.
adhocfungus@midwest.social · 53 pts · 22d
Bike courrier would be such a great job. Not for such an evil company, obviously, but in general I'd love that job.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 33 pts · 22d
A friend of mine worked as a bike courier and constantly had to deal with drivers trying to run him off the road. He eventually got hit, and broke his leg. It all sounded pretty miserable, but this was also before e-bikes so maybe it’s easier now.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 22d
Hmm ... Bike Courier sounds more like an ideal job in a 15 minute walkable city. In most parts of the US, not so much.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 22d
Funnily enough this happened in NYC, which is probably the closest we have to a walkable city!
Septimaeus@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 22d
Yeah this city isn’t anti-bike overall, and some neighborhoods have truly impressive biking infrastructure. But many streets/horizontal roads in Manhattan are brutal for bicyclists due to a subset of hyper-aggressive male drivers who are so desperate to feel powerful for just once in their life that they’re willing to risk killing someone in an attempt to bully them off the only legal path offered to bicyclists.
Sc00ter@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 22d
My college had a handful of restaurants that delivered via bicycle. They were always the fastest and got a ton of business because of it. Pretty sure they just went to the college cycling team/clubs to recruit becuase they were always on very nice bikes in the full spandex bike suits. They were awesome
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 22d
Don't forget, as a very squishy bike messenger weaving through endless cars driven by homocidal toddlers, that the ceramic in spark plugs goes right through auto glass, and they're certainly not something such a messenger would carry on their pocket —much like how U-locks are totally not hammers, just waiting silently from their arms-reach holster to defend you. 🫡
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 2 pts · 22d
I've tried that and been entirely unsuccessful at it. Bounced right off with no damage whatsoever, even when hurled from very close as hard and as fast as I could.
It's just too small and too light to actually break anything.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 22d
I've not personally attempted it, ^ahem^ but AFAIK it's fairly foolproof —though my sources* also preferred to grind/scuff down the metal bits a little to help improve kinetic transference. Who knows. 😉
*: NYC alley cats, '97-'11^
Redjard@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 22d
Sounds like it'd only work for side windows not windshields.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 20d
If, as a bicycle rider, you find yourself in a position where said windshield is the available, target... you should be bracing for impact, instead. 🙃
Zink@programming.dev · 1 pts · 22d
Some glass can be surprisingly strong to the extent that it feels wrong and unintuitive.
Not auto glass in my anecdote, but last year I had a medium sized aquarium (30 gallons, ~114 liters) where the bottom got broken. I didn't need to fix it because I had a bigger spare waiting, so I decided to break it apart to more easily package the glass into a safe container for disposal or recycling.
I was able to smack that thing on a wide flat surface with a HAMMER and have it bounce right off. They were really hard swings too. My biggest concern was how freaking loud the hits were, like I was going to disturb a neighbor in their house or make them think they heard a gunshot. My second biggest concern was that I was going to fling glass across the yard using so much force. I believe put it into a large bin or wrapped it in something before I got the courage to turn it up to 11 and break the fucker.
I think I used a 3lb drilling hammer too, which looks like a mini sledgehammer. Heavier than a standard claw hammer, just not very pointy.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 20d
Auto glass is layered, and designed to shatter in non-sharp(ish) pieces. This helps it break in this fashion. Aquarium glass is not, last I checked.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 22d
Unless you ride like this guy https://youtu.be/yWHdkK5j4yk
Almost scraped those kids good just after the 30sec mark
peteypete420@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 21d
Yea that is a shitty biker, not a good one.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 22d
meh, still less dangerous than a car
not gonna deny the riding style is quite douchey, but compared to cars, this is just meh. and it seems like half of the manoeuvres he does are in response to shitty driving in the first place.
running reds like that without visibility, though, and weaving pedestrians like that.. fuck that shit.
zerofk@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 21d
Half the manoeuvres he does, like riding through every red light, cutting off pedestrians on crosswalks, riding on the sidewalk, forcing cars to break suddenly, ….?
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 21d
no that would be the other half
stg sometimes I feel like lots of people here have the reading comprehension of the avg redditor
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 22d
Wolt and Bolt Food have cycling as an option here, but of course Wolt got bought by DoorDash or someone, so it's enshittified greatly. And I bet Bolt isn't far behind, it's getting pretty big.
cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 22d
Amazon (through their subcontractors) pays significantly less than UPS or FedEx, so they get all the folks fired by UPS and FedEx and just put up with insane churn. Kind of like a fast food restaurant.
FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 21d
A job which technically doesn't involve driving. It's the state's responsibility to rehabilitate or punish drunk drivers into never drunk driving again, right?
But I'll leave it at that before I run any cover for Amazon.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20d
Addictions are complicated and not easily "fixed" in many cases. That leaves permanently in jail or a job they can make money at while not driving.
It should be noted in many states you can get a DWI on a bike or scooter...
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 21d
Amazon is awful obviously, but that doesn't sound too bad
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 22d
Wow, that's crazy. I wonder what number to call about those jobs. Just idle curiosity.
bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 18 pts · 22d
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/
keywords like "Bike," "EBiker," "Cycler," or "Delivery Associate."
The Ebike is only used in dense urban areas.
Be advised, amazon's reputation is horrible. They really brutalize their employees.
lemmyng@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 22d
Not only brutalize, but also leave their employees dead in warehouses and force other employees to work around the body.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 22d
Fuuuuuuuuuck Amazon. There was another article mixed into this horror story with another horror story where "every day people" can invest in real estate. Basically, everyday people are paying for Amazon to buy out all of the extra real estate and price fix "the everyday people" out of living in great cities. Again, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Amazon.
FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 21d
What do the everyday investors get out of that then?
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 21d
https://moneywise.com/investing/real-estate/invest-vacation-rental-homes-v?
FavouriteShapes@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 21d
Hmm I can see why that would be so tempting, and also why it's so horribly dangerous and unethical. You'd literally have to pick to invest specifically in a country of people you want to fuck over for it to be anything other than turkeys voting for thanksgiving
bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 7 pts · 22d
Well they did put up some orange cones, so nobody would step on him.
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 22d
Cones cost money. Plenty of Gatorade pee bottles though.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d
I know, I worked there for almost a decade.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 22d
Funny how in one Lemmy post everyone is complaining that people get burned for life in the job market for making a mistake. Or how employers are evil for mandatory drug testing... And in the next one they get riled up because a company would dare hire a recovering alcoholic to ride a bike
bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 14 pts · 22d
I think it has a lot to do with whether you are helping them to rebuild their life, or exploiting their desperation.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 22d
Would not hiring them help
dustyData@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 22d
Paying a living wage and providing social security for workers would help more. Two wrongs don't make a right.
couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 21d
Well the original comment I was replying to worded it like these people should not be hired for these jobs, at all.
Of course I agree everyone should be free to pay them a better wage
piccolo@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 22d
"Help" would entail treating them as equal, not paying them a fraction of worth just because they cant find work anywhere else.
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 21d
Jody M. Ken's child prodigy.
Eh_I@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 22d
Not like that though.
He drives a hi-lo in the warehouse. 👍
chefdano3@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 21d
....a Hi-Lo?
SystemDisc@feddit.org · 3 pts · 21d
It's like a Lo-Hi but backwards
Duh