Posted on 04/03/2021 6:47:02 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Amazon.com Inc has apologized to U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., admitting to scoring an “own goal” in its initial denial of his suggestion that its drivers were sometimes forced to urinate in bottles during their delivery rounds.
"We know that drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms because of traffic or sometimes rural routes, and this has been especially the case during Covid when many public restrooms have been closed," the company said Friday in a blog post.
Its admission came a week after the Democrat criticised Amazon’s working conditions, saying in a tweet: “Paying workers $15/hr doesn’t make you a ‘progressive workplace’ when you union-bust & make workers urinate in water bottles.”
Amazon initially issued a denial, saying in a tweet: “You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? If that were true, nobody would work for us.” But it subsequently walked back those comments....
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I did it all the time.
If you’re ever at an entrance/exit ramp of an interstate and see a plastic bottle half-filled with yellow liquid, don’t pick it up.
I used to drive a semi. I know of which I speak.
LOL, my wife and I were driving out in the Southwest, and we noticed containers here and there with yellow liquid in them...and didn’t think much of it until someone mentioned what they were one time and the light went on!
We still laugh about that...:)
Pissing in bottles is common. Several years back I was on a volunteer highway clean up crew and there were quite a few bottles filled with urine. There’s nothing new about it. We were on a trip a couple years ago and I thought about doing it, the wife was with me, and she did not think it was a good idea, so I stopped and watered the back bumper area.
I don’t blame people for keeping something in their car for this purpose in case they ever find themselves in a situation, such as a large tie-up on the interstate, in which it is needed. And I get how it can be tough for truck drivers to find places with a restroom that they can pull their rig into.
But for Amazon workers who drive in suburban areas where there is a grocery store or something they can pull their van, car, or small truck into the parking lot of easily, they should be able to feel free to do that.
But for Amazon workers who drive in suburban areas where there is a grocery store or something they can pull their van, car, or small truck into the parking lot of easily, they should be able to feel free to do that.
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They are all on a strict timer. Can’t stop to do that.
That’s why Amazon workers at its fulfillment centers have taken to wearing adult diapers. Picture a 10 minute break, a plant full of workers and long walks to the bathroom.
Yep. Me, too. No big deal.
I worked for Sears delivering appliances on weekends during college. We were not allowed to ask or use the customers’ bathrooms so we pissed in Gatorade bottles between stops.
That’s something I always wanted to try to do, but I could never find a bottle with a large enough opening...
You might need more Range time if there aren’t any empty Mayonnaise Bottles around.
The road crews tell volunteers “that’s not lemonade”
Are they referring to the female drivers?
I don’t know, but my guess would be that Amazon has more female drivers than there are female moving company or semi drivers.
Working conditions at Amazon are horrific. Kudos to this Mark Pocan for pointing it out (even if he is a dem)
So, other than apologize, is Amazon going to do anything about it?
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/amazon-com/recipients?id=D000023883
Unless they deliver in San Francisco...
Then they can pee & poop on any street corner...
Drivers will get to know their delivery areas and that helps, but the timing doesn't always work out. There are plenty of suburban areas where it can take 30 minutes or more to get from a residential to a commercial area, find parking, do your business, and get back to your route. Three or four bathroom breaks a day can translate into a couple of hours lost. You don't need a lash wielding nazi supervisor if productivity pay is involved; if I were a driver with a productivity bonus at stake, I would have a big neck bottle handy.
Planters Peanuts in plastic jars of various sizes. The larger sizes work well. It’s probably a deliberate but undiscussed marketing ploy by Planters.
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