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Amazon shopper outraged by dystopian drone delivery that went DISASTROUSLY wrong
UK Daily Mail ^ | 08/20/2026 | JACK TOLEDO

Posted on 08/20/2026 11:34:40 AM PDT by DFG

Lindsey Austen received an alert that a drone was approaching her home in Richmond on Monday – prompting her to excitedly run outside to see it.

Austen told Storyful it was the first time one of her packages had been dropped off by the flying robot. She began recording before the drop-off turned out to be a total disaster.

Footage showed the drone hovering high above her pool in her backyard, making tons of noise as the propellers kept it in the air before a hatch opened, releasing her package.

'Oh my god,' Austen said in shock.

The drone dropped her fairly large Amazon box into her pool, plunging it into the water. The faux pas prompted her to let out an expletive.

'I don't think I'll be wanting any more drone deliveries,' she told the outlet, adding that the delivery had left her shocked.

Amazon prompts users to pick a safe delivery site, suggesting customers select a drop-off location at least 10 feet away from people, pets, vehicles and objects taller than 5 feet.

The Daily Mail has reached out to Amazon for comment.

Users on X shared several concerns after watching Austen's disappointing experience with the futuristic delivery system.

'There is no possible way that's going to be mass adopted. Not because it's not cool, but because of how loud it is,' one person wrote.

Another penned: 'I'm more confused about why it's dropping deliveries off from so high in the air.'

'To be fair, if it didn't land in the pool it might be in 15 pieces after being dropped from that height,' a third added.

Amazon began using drone delivery in 2022 and plans to roll out the delivery system to 500 cities in the US by the end of this year.


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: amazon; deliverydrone; lindseyausten; richmondtexas
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To: House Atreides

“Dude, it was SARCASM”


I know. See posts #10 and #16.


41 posted on 08/20/2026 12:54:27 PM PDT by Ken H (FReeper #240 - Dec 05, 1997)
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To: DFG

A “clean” delivery???


42 posted on 08/20/2026 12:55:26 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: DFG

How will they do it? FCC licensed remote pilots in India? Bring them here?


43 posted on 08/20/2026 1:05:45 PM PDT by vmpolesov
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To: A Mississippian

That’s “F-ING!” hilarious, ain’t technology wonderful ........


44 posted on 08/20/2026 1:08:11 PM PDT by BFW
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To: ridesthemiles

I have some hoses that I bought from Sears in 1990. 100% rubber Craftsman hoses. With solid brass ends on them. I bought them the summer I moved into my first house. They are both 75’. They literally don’t make them like that anymore.


45 posted on 08/20/2026 1:16:10 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: woodbutcher1963
I still give plenty of business to my locally owned ACE hardware store.

My preferred hardware store is a family owned store in business at its current location for over 100 years.

I love it, it also deals in antique tools, boots and cloths.

Most anything I need for a project (other than electronics or lumber) I can find there.

46 posted on 08/20/2026 1:22:49 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

Same, plus he also owns the entire plaza including the Benjamin Moore paint store and the Ariens, Toro, Exmark dealership. Plus, he lives a couple miles up the road from me.

What is the best is that when you go in there he has long time employees that actually HELP you find/buy what you are looking for.

The only time I stop at Home Depot of Lowes is because it is after work and they are on the right hand side on the way home. Plus, I tend to know where everything is. I also know more about fixing/construction/building than most of their employees.


47 posted on 08/20/2026 1:44:07 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: KitJ

No you just sound like a female or an out-of-shape guy. I deliberately go to PetSmart to pick up 40-lb bags of dog food just to get the exercise lifting them into the shopping cart then into my vehicle then out of my vehicle when I get home. All of which together with the punching bag I installed myself in my garage saves me on having to buy an expensive and stupid smelly gym membership just to watch narcissists trying to date one another.


48 posted on 08/20/2026 1:56:20 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: KitJ

No you just sound like a female or an out-of-shape guy. I deliberately go to PetSmart to pick up 40-lb bags of dog food just to get the exercise lifting them into the shopping cart then into my vehicle then out of my vehicle when I get home. All of which together with the punching bag I installed myself in my garage saves me on having to buy an expensive and stupid smelly gym membership just to watch narcissists trying to date one another.


49 posted on 08/20/2026 1:56:21 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: DFG

I wouldn’t want to live in an area that had those loud things flying around me!!


50 posted on 08/20/2026 3:03:26 PM PDT by johnnygeneric (RIP NYC)
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To: 4Runner; KitJ

That sounds awfully judgmental.


51 posted on 08/20/2026 3:04:40 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Directive 10 -289 will be forthcoming.)
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To: DFG

LMAO!


52 posted on 08/20/2026 3:04:48 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: DFG

I doubt that there will ever be Amazon drone delivery in my area as it is very rural and over 200 miles from the nearest Amazon warehouse.


53 posted on 08/20/2026 3:31:40 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: BipolarBob

It doesn’t just sound that way. It is that way.


54 posted on 08/20/2026 3:37:06 PM PDT by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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To: 4Runner

Thanks for the clarification.


55 posted on 08/20/2026 3:42:41 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Directive 10 -289 will be forthcoming.)
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To: DFG

Someone mixed up the firmware with New Shepard (i.e., “splashdown”)?

/s


56 posted on 08/20/2026 4:20:43 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: DFG

“Amazon prompts users to pick a safe delivery site,”

I don’t recommend having a safe delivered by drone. Or a grand piano, for that matter.


57 posted on 08/20/2026 4:38:13 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: 4Runner; BipolarBob

Oh, 4Runner. You sound angry. Why at me?

I didn’t say I didn’t exercise. I said I prefer not to leave the house for errands if I don’t need to.

I’ve got my heavy bag, Indian clubs, dumbbells, and aerobic walking with the dogs.

I don’t like smelly gym or locker rooms either. I’ve spent 3/4 of my young life in them. Not no more.

You called me a “female or an out-of-shape guy”. For no reason. Why?

Your homepage says you are a cyclist. Admirable and total fitness. I used to be able to ride bicycles and especially loved mountain biking and road biking. Just short treks, nothing extreme.

Alas, I’m neither a female or an out of shape guy. Just an old man doing the best I can.


58 posted on 08/20/2026 10:50:09 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: 4Runner; BipolarBob

4Runner,

You ignore my gentle public posts, and ignore my FReepmail.

Perhaps you’re on a long weekend trip to tone your Adonis-like body?

You owe me an apology for your insults.


59 posted on 08/21/2026 4:18:48 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: KitJ

Ha Ha Ha. Getting an apology from a narcissist is like finding hens teeth. Unlikely.


60 posted on 08/21/2026 5:55:34 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Directive 10 -289 will be forthcoming.)
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