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Amazon admits its drivers sometimes have to pee in bottles
- Gibbon1 6y agoRandom thought, consider installing a small RV bathroom in those trucks.
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- gtvwill 6y agoYou could just you know....give your worker ample break times...
- edoceo 6y agoBreak time like what's mandated in union contracts? Or the regular ones mandated by law? Or by not setting aggressive work-product targets that necessitate skipping the allowed breaks?
- newsclues 6y agoCall centres micromanage staff time, logging every minute and often have an aux code for bathroom breaks, so excessive use can be managed, but it’s impossible to stop human needs.
- Gibbon1 6y agoNeeding pee and taking a rest break aren't the same thing.
- gtvwill 6y agoThey tend to tie in with eachother when you live a life driving for a job.
- starkd 6y agoLonger and more frequent break times do nothing if you can't find a rest room. And who wants to spend their whole break looking for a place to go. Peeing in a bottle isn't that bad. Although admittedly more challenging for a woman. Still, not impossible.
- gtvwill 6y agoErr if your in a big rig, your rest room breaks are plotted when your run is. If your a courier...go to a servo? Lol use the toilet finder app?
- gtvwill 6y agoI've worked both as a courier and a heavy rigid truck driver. Lol just give your workers ample breaks. They can eat and piss. It's not rocket science. If your in a hr or > rig your stops are all organised by management anyways. least that's the law in aus. No more than 11 hours behind wheel for truckies too in a single day.
- todd3834 6y agoI don’t know a lot about the delivery business. I would be surprised if UPS, FedEx and other on the road all day jobs don’t do this too.
- IAmGraydon 6y agoMy thought too. Where else would a delivery driver pee?
- gtvwill 6y agoUm not sure what part of the world your in. But in aus. We pull over and stop at a bathroom. Or like...you know go during one of your mandated stops if your driving HR an up. Rules are real strict on this. Pissong while driving is unsafe.
- sundaeofshock 6y agoMost likely the United States. We have very few public bathrooms here. Damn near impossible to find a place to take a piss.
- gtvwill 6y agoWoah! Really? I'm surprised you don't have something like this https://toiletmap.gov.au/ https://toiletmap.gov.au/ 19k Public loos mapped for your convenience :)
- IAmGraydon 6y agoCorrect...in the US. There really aren’t public restrooms and most stores won’t let you use theirs unless you’re buying something.
- mcphage 6y agoGas stations usually do.
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- boatsie 6y agoThis is a pretty funny response from Amazon. “Oh, I thought you meant our workers in the warehouses pee in bottles. That would be disgusting. Of course our delivery drivers do.”
- missedthecue 6y agoI think that's because every drivers profession pee in bottles. Truckers, (unionized!) UPS drivers... NYC cabbies have long been known to do this as well. Specifically pointing out Amazon drivers is a bit disingenuous.
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y agoAnd Amazon’s denial even more so.
- emayljames 6y agoNo it is not. This is not normal behaviour outside of the us. Even then, this should never be normalised behaviour and should be firmly stamped out.
- missedthecue 6y agoWhat specifically is wrong with relieving yourself in something that isn't a toilet? I see absolutely nothing wrong with normalising that behaviour.
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