How do they deal with large buildings? I assume if there is some kind of door man or reception they just leave it there? I assume they don’t go up elevators? Or do they?
I’m sure it depends to an extent on the buildings, I can’t say how they do it in super ritzy buildings. But when I lived in a lower middle class/working class neighborhood all the apartment buildings just had a row of buzzers at the building entrance with each apartment number on them, and each apartment had a speaker inside it that may or may not work to talk to whoever’s down there, and you go down to pick up your stuff. If you’re really unlucky they can’t hear you reply at all (either from street noise or one of the speakers not working) and you have to race down however many flights of stairs to meet them.
Edit: oh, I forgot you could also buzz them in, but they usually wouldn’t come up the stairs.
I live in nyc, it’s always delivered by a 2 wheeled vehicle, with the vast majority of those being ebikes
is that a manhattan thing, or does that apply to other boroughs?
I can’t speak for staten island, but it’s true for the rest of the boroughs
How do they deal with large buildings? I assume if there is some kind of door man or reception they just leave it there? I assume they don’t go up elevators? Or do they?
I’m sure it depends to an extent on the buildings, I can’t say how they do it in super ritzy buildings. But when I lived in a lower middle class/working class neighborhood all the apartment buildings just had a row of buzzers at the building entrance with each apartment number on them, and each apartment had a speaker inside it that may or may not work to talk to whoever’s down there, and you go down to pick up your stuff. If you’re really unlucky they can’t hear you reply at all (either from street noise or one of the speakers not working) and you have to race down however many flights of stairs to meet them.
Edit: oh, I forgot you could also buzz them in, but they usually wouldn’t come up the stairs.
They do go up the elevator right to your apartment door. Why wouldn’t they?
I might worry my bike would get stolen. Either I lock it up or I bring it up. Both of which sound kind of inconvenient.
They often lock their bike before coming up. There are poles and gates everywhere