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アストラ!אסטרה

one thing I miss about Moscow is the delivery culture

like, you could just select the “leave at the door, don’t ring the doorbell” option and it will actually be honored

both in Tel Aviv and in Tokyo I’ve been repeatedly woken up (I have a weird sleep schedule) because a courier insisted on handing the package off to me personally, even though my name was written on the door and it’s in a video-monitored building, so it’s not like it’s likely to be stolen or misplaced or something.

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24 Aug 2023 at 0:38 | Open on masto.astrra.space
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アストラ!אסטרה

and like, why even have the option for leaving the package at the door in the app if your courriers aren’t instructed to actually follow it? if I knew which deliveries will require attention in advance I’d at least schedule them to a convenient time, but currently it’s just random chance of being woken up in the middle of my sleep (and probably not being able to fall asleep again)

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24 Aug 2023 at 0:38 | Open on masto.astrra.space
アストラ!אסטרה

oh and it’s even more fun in Japan because there’s also sometimes Buddhist sect members going door to door, so at any given time my doorbell rings I cant be sure whether it’s one of my packages arriving or I’m about to have the worst social interaction of my week

and yes, this already has happened to me twice this month, from two different sects, I really hope that’s just very bad luck and not a representative thing…

24 Aug 2023 at 0:43 | Open on masto.astrra.space
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