I'm pretty sure...that one of the Pedestrians walking up the hill surrounded by smoking ruins...
Was carrying one of those "hotboxes" om his back.
I remember thinking that I hoped that he got a Massive Tip!
I haven't shopped on Amazon in 3 years, walmart since 2014, or BJ's and Home Depot since 2019. I'm running out of stores I can shop at while everyone else just gets the best prices on everything. I've also never eaten Chik Fil A, haven't eaten mcd's since 2010, & haven't had starbucks since 2020.
I understand the difficulties that people have in those situations. However, a Prime account isn’t cheap and a large number of people in food deserts are already living in poverty. The billionaire has hooked people on services that enable overspending by people who can’t afford it.
Except a prime account is *extremely* cheap. It's finding suitable alternatives that can prove cost-prohibitive.
$140 once a year for free expedited shipping on all orders, from a distributor w/everything any household could possibly need? Plus the streaming platform and whatever other uses/perks?
I agree that it’s great for homebound people using it for grocery delivery, but what about those who are shopping addicted and can’t stop at groceries? How about the damage online shopping has done to local businesses in the neighborhood? There are so many layers to this that can’t be addressed here
if i may briefly chime in, I think the back and forth on who does or doesn't qualify for using amazon fresh delivery free of judgment may be overlooking the minor yet important detail of the conflagration that is simultaneously happening
...You are aware that some people cannot drive, right? Like, you understand "owning a car and being able to drive" is not up there with breathing on the list of universal human experiences?
That's not what a "food desert" is. Stop making excuses for Hollywood directors living in prime real estate ordering groceries during a natural disaster.
1 You don't know when he made this order.
2 Amazon was "stll" makg the delivery. Sounds like Amazon should rethink their delivery service during emergency situations.
3 His post seems to indicate he was not, yet, under an evacuation order.
Come on people. Stop with the blame, anger & hate.
Amazon's "convenience" has turned us into the ppl in the "float-y" chairs in the movie Wall-E. Humans are not meant to be sedentary creatures. Get used to getting up and going out to purchase food & items again, while offering help to those who are incapacitated.
This just shows you how those struggling for a living are expected to bare the burdens of those who want for nothing🧐They deem some less valuable and demand servitude until death🫸👊🫷💪🤝WE rise🤌 🫳👊🫴🚫🤏🌀☔️
The claim Amazon made is that the woman submitted it incorrectly the first time. If that is true, which I doubt, it's not much better; it shows that there isn't enough human judgment being made to correct obvious beaucratic mistakes.
And that's why I'm spending an extra $4 and ordering a rice cooker direct from Russel Hobbs instead of going through Amazon. My gf loves amazon but whenever I think of ordering from them I think of the ridiculous conditions their workers are expected to function through
I'm actually curious if there's confirmation the drivers were actually working, or if the website just said their order was scheduled to be delivered. I had stuff ordered around Christmas that was scheduled to be delivered like 5 days in a row that just never showed up.
You think that's bad, how about the asshole who ordered the Amazon delivery when there is literal hellfire raging all around him? The last thing I'd be worried about, at that moment, is an Amazon Fresh delivery. I'd be packing my most essential things and getting myself/my pets OUT.
I don't think they are Amazon "employees" and that is a big part of the problem. Their delivery drivers, even in "Amazon" trucks are all independent contractors or employees of a contractor, not the big company
It was shocking to see an Amazon van driving thru an intersection in the background of Anderson Cooper’s coverage of the fires last night. It was at road block area with raging fire in the immediate area.
I decided that I would boycott Amazon. I wanted a book & purchased it online at Barnes & Noble. I probably spent a couple of extra bucks for shipping, but it was the right thing to do.
If Amazon cannot deliver your order the day of delivery, wait a day and get a refund. There is a good chance you will receive your order even after refunded and cancelled.
I await a charger coming today under these circumstances due to the foot of snow.
Fuck amazon!
Reminds me of all the selfish people who had their groceries delivered during Covid. Every single worker I saw in the supermarkets fulfilling and delivering these orders were minorities. I get that it kept people who may not have been able to be employed otherwise. But still.
Anyone ordering anything for delivery from Door Dash/UberEats/Amazon/etc., in LA in the middle of these wildfires, even groceries, is an absolute monster. Try to get it yourself, or go without, but don't expect a low-waged worker to risk their life instead of you
(Also shame on anyone who voted to maintain prison slavery in California who is now relying on inmates being paid as little as 30¢/hour to save them and/or their home(s).)
Locally during Hurricane Helene, workers at a plastic manufacturing plant were not allowed to leave immediately. When they were released, the water was too deep to move their cars. A tractor trailer driver put them on his flatbed, it capsized and 6 people died.
Speaking as someone who dispenses those things, yes, it is unforgivable to force people to work under these conditions. I stayed at home during a mandatory evacuation once and I understood the risks. This guy is wild, expecting a delivery.
Yes, I meant Bryce Wagoner. Ultimately, it's Amazon management who determines whether workers have to report to work (or complete deliveries.) If Bryce doesn't have the option to cancel his order, he might as well wait for it, but if he does, he should.
Amazon management doesn't have final/ultimate authority re deliveries in an evacuation zone. The Sheriff controls. So, Wagoner may have to wait a long time.
OP's criticism of Amazon, re the context presented, is, we say, gratuitous.
Anheuser-Busch, aka Budweiser, will, from time to time, load its trucks with water and deliver it to areas of devastation, while the area of concern is still unstable.
What if the enterprise was Anheuser-Busch instead of Amazon.
"Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.
If you want a picture of [Amazon], imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever"
It’s utterly shameful. I live in Topanga and I evacuated on Tuesday evening. I had ordered something from Amazon earlier in the week before everything happened.
My wife and I were literally getting into our cars to depart on Tuesday night, long after roadblocks have been put in place to prevent anyone but residence entering Topanga. Amazon driver rocks up in his van to deliver the coffee filters. I had ordered the day before.
I asked tell me if you knew that the roads were closed, and he said yes, but that is dispatcher told him he had to finish his deliveries anyway. I offered to represent in pro bono in a lawsuit if you wanted me to, but he wasn’t really interested.
I rely a lot on delivery services, but if it even looks like *rain* I hesitate and do the "if they're on a shift, they're not getting paid without orders coming in... but are these safe conditions to place an order?" math
not that hard to consider my own needs *and also* the human being helping me
If I desperately need the service, I give obscenely high tips. A Lyft driver got my son safely home from work in a snowstorm and earned himself a 240% tip the other night.
exactly! if i'm concerned my order/service needs might be at a bad time but still urgently needed, i implement my own surge pricing by tipping better and i tip well to begin with.
we're all just walking each other home, or supposed to be🫂
And fuck anyone who uses a delivery service like this during an emergency. There's no doubt that he would have fled in a moment not caring that his driver would still be required to be working, no thought for that person's safety.
He says he wasn't able to cancel cuz it was already on the way. I say Uh... WHY WERE YOU ORDERING GROCERY DELIVERY AT A TIME LIKE THIS DUDE, WHAT THE FUCK
The lead time on Amazon Fresh can be as long as 24 hours. Once they start packing, which can be many hours before scheduled delivery, you can't cancel.
Yeah that's not my point though. My point is unless this order was placed a week ago and he just happened to forget abt it, he's an asshole. because he placed an order during an actual disaster.
"I decided to put my life in danger rather than risk someone stealing my groceries off my porch or having the ice cream melt" is a pretty incredible thing to say publicly.
I am, but it hurts! My coffee maker broke and the 1 I wanted was $100 on Amazon and $200 everywhere else, so I spent the extra $100 (+$24 shipping) just to maintain the boycott.
I hear you. I've had the same issue on a few items. I'm either spending extra locally or doing without the item. Amazon needs to feel loss of $$. I don't think they care, but their Board cares. Also, it will be publicized, letting other corps know we are serious.
The way that they buy up a product at a discounted price to sell for less, then drives up the price of the item everywhere else or simply makes it unavailable anywhere else, and it's gross.
I know. I take responsibility for buying frm them so long for convenience & price. No more. It's time for me to make what stand I can against them & other Trump supporting corps. My body hums w/ rage that he is being installed again.Yet, I do believe in our power of votes & $$ & our voices. #Resist
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Was carrying one of those "hotboxes" om his back.
I remember thinking that I hoped that he got a Massive Tip!
$140 once a year for free expedited shipping on all orders, from a distributor w/everything any household could possibly need? Plus the streaming platform and whatever other uses/perks?
2 Amazon was "stll" makg the delivery. Sounds like Amazon should rethink their delivery service during emergency situations.
3 His post seems to indicate he was not, yet, under an evacuation order.
Come on people. Stop with the blame, anger & hate.
https://www.soenetwork.net/food
Buying from Amazon..stop subscribing to Prime ..Cancel the WaPo
https://www.nola.com/news/business/amazon-reverses-denial-for-new-orleans-attack-survivor/article_67573c50-cc56-11ef-af2e-f3093fbf2f34.amp.html
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/18/amazon-wrongful-death-lawsuit-illinois-tornado-warehouse
If Amazon cannot deliver your order the day of delivery, wait a day and get a refund. There is a good chance you will receive your order even after refunded and cancelled.
I await a charger coming today under these circumstances due to the foot of snow.
Fuck amazon!
Stop supporting him. Stop funding him. Call him out and tax the fuck out him and his companies.
If not, why not?
What if the delivery was not Amazon Fresh groceries, but, say, insulin, nebulizers, epinephrine, etc., what would you say then?
We read your 'this guy' to describe Mr. Wagoner. If so, we believe we understand.
If your 'this guy' regards those other than Mr. Wagoner, we're pretty sure we don't get your point.
OP's criticism of Amazon, re the context presented, is, we say, gratuitous.
What if the enterprise was Anheuser-Busch instead of Amazon.
Would your position be the same?
If you want a picture of [Amazon], imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever"
slight paraphrase of George Orwell
still building pyramids
not that hard to consider my own needs *and also* the human being helping me
we're all just walking each other home, or supposed to be🫂
you can tell in that quote - the human isn't even mentioned, they have transformed into just an "Amazon fresh delivery"