At least the Amazon guy, the postman, and the UPS guy each carry my package onto my porch and leave it by my door. The FedEx guy stands out on the sidewalk and lobs it in the general direction of my porch, usually leaving it where the sprinklers will soak it.
My window looks out on the back yard. ’Course we do live at the end of a Y-shaped cul de sac … and most of the vehicles we see are to the neighbors. The ones that enter our drive are indeed mostly service or delivery folks.
And Amazon and Google continue to be gargantuan monopolies that even Democratic administrations haven’t dared to apply the nation’s anti-trust laws to. What do you suppose are chances a Republican administration will take on the task?
Almost all the houses in my neighborhood are 50-60 years old so neighborhood watch consists of watching the trades trucks create non-navigable mazes in the streets every day.
And then watch as they leave the packages out in the open where any porch pirate can see it, despite a sign specifically asking to please leave all packages inside the enclosed vestibule area, out of the rain and away from thieves!
This may just be me but I don’t think sitting at the window people-watching the neighbors would have been as the first panel describes twenty years ago, either. Maybe thirty or forty.
You said it. But going back to my 1940s days it was the milk-man truck, the ice-man truck, and the coal-man truck. Once the milk truck ended up on the bottom of our south bluff of lake Monona where “Sittin’ On The Dock of the Bay,” singer Otis Redding died a couple decades later. We drank all the chocolate milk we could hold.
after 2 SWATs (wrong address both times), i installed a CCTV system, called and told their dispatch to also notify NPD. haven’t been cops in the area for decades, now.
My neighbors and I watch the trackers and frequently meet at the trucks so he can just sort of deliver to more than one person (his truck must be near the address where he delivers) Gives us a chance to catch up each other’s news.
Bilan 9 days ago
In another couple of years, Amazon drone … Amazon drone … Amazon drone.
BasilBruce 9 days ago
What about Ubers?
hariseldon59 9 days ago
Who’s even still watching the world from their window. Most people are looking at their phone or computer.
DirkTheDaring Premium Member 9 days ago
You left out the people on Nextdoor reporting that a person in a strange truck who looks weird drove by and looked at our house in a funny way.
LeftCoastKen Premium Member 9 days ago
At least the Amazon guy, the postman, and the UPS guy each carry my package onto my porch and leave it by my door. The FedEx guy stands out on the sidewalk and lobs it in the general direction of my porch, usually leaving it where the sprinklers will soak it.
Concretionist 9 days ago
My window looks out on the back yard. ’Course we do live at the end of a Y-shaped cul de sac … and most of the vehicles we see are to the neighbors. The ones that enter our drive are indeed mostly service or delivery folks.
iggyman 9 days ago
Sometimes I look out the window and watch the delivery person give my package to the neighbor!
Ninette 9 days ago
We haven’t been in a retail establishment since December’21. Treat your drivers well.
win.45mag 9 days ago
No UPS or mailman ?
BadCreaturesBecomeDems 9 days ago
“Look out of my window; See the world passing by; See the look in her eye…” (John Lodge)
Croc Holliday 9 days ago
As Sheryl Crow sang, There Goes the Neighborhood…………
Richard S Russell Premium Member 9 days ago
And Amazon and Google continue to be gargantuan monopolies that even Democratic administrations haven’t dared to apply the nation’s anti-trust laws to. What do you suppose are chances a Republican administration will take on the task?
Goat from PBS 9 days ago
Is this real? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many Amazon trucks in one day.
colddonkey 9 days ago
Fed Ex guy is left out because he delivers to the wrong address.
Ignatz Premium Member 9 days ago
I always shop at local stores, if possible. But they seem to have responded to Amazon by reducing their inventory, which makes no sense at all.
WorkshopGardener Premium Member 9 days ago
I have had to redelivered a few UPS packages because they weren’t mine.
l.vaillancourt 9 days ago
Sorry, Rat, but it’s a blended world outside my window. Plenty of neighbours (many walking dogs) alongside the invasion of delivery trucks.
diskus Premium Member 9 days ago
You know whats really sad? I always hated shopping. Now Im so lazy I hate even shopping online
Argsnargle Premium Member 9 days ago
Almost all the houses in my neighborhood are 50-60 years old so neighborhood watch consists of watching the trades trucks create non-navigable mazes in the streets every day.
rugeirn 9 days ago
There goes Neighbor Bob’s order…. There goes Neighbor Nancy’s order…. There goes Neighbor Fred’s order…. There goes Neighbor Eleanor’s order….
david_42 9 days ago
We are on a cul-de-sac, so nobody goes by. We don’t have any windows downstairs that you can see the street from anyway.
Ellis97 9 days ago
I can’t watch the world from my window on account of I live in an apartment with a view of the building’s pool.
WineTraveller32 9 days ago
And then watch as they leave the packages out in the open where any porch pirate can see it, despite a sign specifically asking to please leave all packages inside the enclosed vestibule area, out of the rain and away from thieves!
KC135E/R BOOMER 9 days ago
Just a sad comment on modern life. I refuse to live that way.
el_eye 9 days ago
What a great strip!!!
el_eye 9 days ago
Not to mention UPS !
JudyAz 9 days ago
Looks like in twenty years, he lost his mouth.
ladykat 9 days ago
I have a delightful view of our parking lot from my living room window. I can see everyone coming and going.
aerotica69 9 days ago
Don’t forget all the random food delivery services.
CountOlaf2.0 Premium Member 9 days ago
3,000 illegal immigrants.
Rev Phnk Ey 9 days ago
so why is there so much EFFing traffic besides Amazon, etc., out there?
rshive 9 days ago
It’s hard to tell one black SUV from another.
mindjob 9 days ago
And if I don’t see them from my window, I can always watch the footage on my Ring camera app
JediSQL Premium Member 9 days ago
It’s good for the environment. One truck trip versus dozens of car trips.
marilynnbyerly 9 days ago
The pets seem to be the only ones checking neighborhood traffic, these days.
newsbb 9 days ago
Amazon deliver pizza?
John Jorgensen 9 days ago
This may just be me but I don’t think sitting at the window people-watching the neighbors would have been as the first panel describes twenty years ago, either. Maybe thirty or forty.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 9 days ago
I leave the house for more than just work. Am I a sucker?
zeexenon 9 days ago
You said it. But going back to my 1940s days it was the milk-man truck, the ice-man truck, and the coal-man truck. Once the milk truck ended up on the bottom of our south bluff of lake Monona where “Sittin’ On The Dock of the Bay,” singer Otis Redding died a couple decades later. We drank all the chocolate milk we could hold.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 9 days ago
Oh,for the good old days when Jimmy Stewart broke his leg and could spy on the wife-murderer across the way
Huckleberry Hiroshima 9 days ago
Hey, you left out Fast-Trac Freight Services, Inc.
wildlandwaters 9 days ago
hmm… never had an amazon delivery truck in my parts… just PO, UPS, and FedEx…
VickiP123 9 days ago
the Amazon truck might as well just have a parking spot in front of our house.. my hubby has a serious shopping problem
Jeffin Premium Member 9 days ago
Fedups.
Jingles 9 days ago
after 2 SWATs (wrong address both times), i installed a CCTV system, called and told their dispatch to also notify NPD. haven’t been cops in the area for decades, now.
_lounger_ 9 days ago
and Eleanor Rigby is so lonely nowadays…
Retliblady Premium Member 9 days ago
My neighbors and I watch the trackers and frequently meet at the trucks so he can just sort of deliver to more than one person (his truck must be near the address where he delivers) Gives us a chance to catch up each other’s news.
Hatter 9 days ago
And don’t forget Big Brown, UPS!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 9 days ago
I keep calling Amazon Delivery but they haven’t brought me Wonder Woman yet
Mary Ellen 9 days ago
I live in a teeny town, and see lots of people walking their dogs. Plus Amazon and Fedex trucks.
Cameron1988 Premium Member 9 days ago
And UPS
MuddyUSA Premium Member 9 days ago
And the world is passing them by……..bye!
cracker65 9 days ago
The digital media age. Why go anywhere you can shop from a chair in this remote society. Great White.
unfair.de 9 days ago
Who affords Fedex?
eddi-TBH 9 days ago
The neighbors all leave by 5 or 6 AM to get to work.
sincavage05 8 days ago
I still leave my front door unlocked if I run to the store.
JPuzzleWhiz 8 days ago
And the fella from DHL…and UPS…
Mike H 8 days ago
And the Uber eats cars