This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tamara Hancock, who lives in the greater Phoenix area — one of the first areas to have access to Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery service, which is expanding to 500 US cities by the end of the year. She’s used the service over a dozen times and enjoys it for the convenience and fun. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

We live in one of the very first pilot areas in the US for Amazon drone delivery.

When I first saw that the service was available, I was like, “We’re definitely trying this out!” I’m a professor and content creator, and the basis of the content on my channel…