“Some of these dog foods, like 80 pounds,” Jennifer Monique says in a TikTok that has passed a million views. “What size dogs do y’all have in your house?”
Monique, an Amazon driver who posts as @jennifermonique365, used the video to name the three things she dreads finding on her route. They are heavy, she is not paid extra to carry them, and customers tend to expect them hauled all the way inside.
Cat litter is number one. It is bulky, people burn through it, and under Amazon’s own rules a single package can run up toward the 50-pound limit. Dog food comes second, and it is the one that clearly baffles her most. Third is bottled water, sold in flats of 24 and 40.
Her verdict was a tired one rather than an angry one. “They don’t pay us enough to be lifting cat litter, bottled water, and dog food.”
Drivers move somewhere between 170 and 350 packages a shift, often without time to stop.
She is not telling people to quit ordering. Commenters were quick to say plenty of customers have good reasons: some are elderly or disabled, some have no car, some are buying for parents who cannot make the trip. Heavy-delivery convenience is a lifeline for many households.
What viewers took from it was smaller. If you order the heavy stuff, leave a bottle of water or a snack on the porch. Do not expect a driver to carry forty pounds up three flights of stairs. Tip when you can. And do not leave a one-star review because the litter was set by the door instead of taken to your kitchen.
