Everyone has a delivery horror story – terrible drivers, poor communication, parcels being completely misplaced, deliveries on the wrong day... the list goes on.
Fortunately, my horror story has a happy ending.
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The gig economy — the on-demand, mobile workforce leveraged by the likes of Uber — seems like the dream: whenever you feel like working, you simply turn on your phone, accept the jobs that you want, and ignore the ones you don't. There's no office to go to, and no boss to answer to when you haven't shown your face for a while.
But, as I would discover when I went undercover as a Deliveroo delivery driver, the gig economy is not a one way freeway to wealth and happiness, it's a two-way street.
Amazon’s entry into the Australian retail next year is already
The biggest sales days of the year in the US are just around the corner -- Black Friday is this week (November 26), and next Monday is Cyber Monday -- with many retailers offering discounts of up to 80 percent off of retail prices. If you want to take advantage of this from right here, even with retailers that don't ship to Australia, Shipito is the answer you've been looking for.
Hey Lifehacker, How can I stop couriers and Australia Post from falsely marking packages as "Attempted Delivery" and leaving a card to collect from the Post Office, even though someone was available to receive the delivery? It seems like the delivery drivers aren't even bothering to ring a doorbell because it takes longer than just leaving the card, but their actions then waste my time and the post-office staff time too. How can I prevent this selfish behaviour?
