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When you buy something on Amazon, do you think a lot about what happens next?

Yeah, but that's probably an occupational hazard.

Jay Green covers Amazon for the Washington Post.

I mean, I do think about it because I've been to these warehouses and these distribution

centers, but if you were to ask me if my neighbors thought about it, I could almost guarantee

you the answers no.

When Jay clicks add to cart, he knows all too well the staggering logistical effort it's

going to take to deliver him whatever he's ordered, like magic. He knows about the software

that figures out how his items are going to get boxed up and sent off. And he knows about

the people who are going to do the boxing up on his behalf. Jay has seen them at work.

What is it like inside one of these warehouses?

Oh, it's a hive of activity.

They're pretty big, right?

They're massive. Yeah, and at any given moment, there are more than 1,000 workers, stowing

items as they come into the warehouse, picking them as people's orders, command boxing them

up and putting them on trucks.

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