英語検定ライティング準１級（第252回）

置き配「ポイントもらえるかもの話」

朝刊の１面に置き配でポイントがもらえると載っててもっと早くに導入してほしかったと思う人が多そうだ。マンションならボックスに鍵もかかかる。一軒家だと盗難の可能性が心配だ。
On the first page in today’s morning paper, he found something interesting about the delivery system, we could gain several points when we utilize the contactless delivery or the unattended delivery from now on.
Numerous ordinary citizens must complain that such systems should have been introduced much earlier.
One delivery box with a digital key could be equipped for the residents in the apartment, but the isolated house might not be equipped with such a device, so they could suffer from being stolen by someone malicious.

配達員からしたらかなり労力軽減される。何度も同じ家に伺って不在でしまいには投げるようにトランクに積んでる場面が炎上してた。不在がデフォルトなんだよねえ。昼間の配達は。
The contactless delivery, the unattended delivery, never fails to relieve delivery drivers of something burdensome.
We have heard that a certain delivery driver threw a few packages into his truck’s trunk because he didn’t have any chances to hand them over to those absent in the appointed place and in the appointed time.
His angry and furious face can be seen on social media.
But he should have considered someone absent as a default, which couldn’t bring him into the crucial and critical situation, especially during the daytime.

配達もドローンになったら人工知能に仕事を奪われる典型になりそうだな。セルフレジは意外にも近くに店員がいて暇にはしてない。意図的に１品だけスキャンしない窃盗もあるみたい。
When this situation that a drone could deliver a package should come true, an artificial intelligence would deprive humans of their jobs or tasks, which might compensate for the shortage of workers or laborers, an article says.
In the case of self-checkout, a shop-clerk nearby watch a customer addressing in an appropriate way, which might be unexpected because he or she looks busy.
Otherwise, it is said to be easy for a thief to steal an item not by scanning it of his or her shopping goods.

置き配でポイントがもらえるのは通販の使用頻度が高い人に限定される。耳の遠い高齢者には便利になる。置きましたよの画像も通知メールに添付してある。配達も楽になればいいねえ。
The contactless delivery system provides a user with several points, but this could be limited to heavy users.
Those deaf, especially an elderly person, might have an advantage when he or she uses this system because their ears’ disorders might deprive him or her of an opportunity to accept a package directly from a delivery driver, at the same time, an email informs a receiver of the picture about the item in the appointed place.
The drivers’ difficulties and troubles would disappear.