The easy simplicity of the unknown delivery
The unknown delivery is possible. It was once more common than it is now. In fact it could be said the unknown delivery was once the standard delivery. This was especially true in the late nineteen eighties and nineties when wall maps were the navigation aid for the courier.
With this in mind, there is much to be said for the old days, and the old ways. Deliveries were a different process back then. These days, using a pocket super computer, takes a lot of the guess work out of a delivery.
The easy simplicity of the unknown delivery
Not only does the smart phone handle most of the details of a delivery, but also it is the courier’s mapping system. A real time mapping system. Completely updated with the most recent pot-holes.
Maybe not every, recent pot-hole. However, the smart phone handles a lot of delivery details. For the solo courier this adds up to a lot of information. Starting with how much the whole deal is worth. For example, the offer from the queue was for the entire delivery.
Clearly, it is helpful to know what the courier can expect. However, before the smartphone and the apps made delivery an everyday kind of service, things like tips were unknown. In fact, the courier only had a 50% chance of receiving a tip after leaving the store with the delivery.
If that sounds like a tip may not have been offered, after the courier delivered in good faith, it was possible and probable. Sometimes there was no tip. Furthermore, the courier was already on the return trip to the merchant. There was also no time to waste.
The unknown delivery
In the good old days, every delivery was an unknown delivery. Not only was the tip unknown but also the finer details that are included in the apps. For example, the traffic conditions on the route to the drop-off location.
Or, if the location was still even there. In those days a phone call was the only contact possible with the drop-off. Furthermore a phone had to be found or borrowed. Most likely from a business. Therefore the unknown delivery was simply the performance based delivery. And that is how a tip should be earned.
With this in mind, stay safe out there.
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