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Re:Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get mo... by ponker on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:57AM (#24343184)
The drivers are sitting 10 feet away, they’re not just abandoning them.
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Re:Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get mo... by daveFNbuck on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @12:30PM (#24343538)
The article described drivers as walking up and syncing to them to get a job, so they're not always sitting by the phones.
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Re:Amazon drivers are hanging smartphones in trees to get mo... by wutbrodo on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @01:08PM (#24344037)
Seems like a trivial extension to the story that one person is sitting nearby keeping an eye on the phone. The advantage still holds, since all the other drivers in the group can spread out.
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