the unstoppable local-biz-swallowing pseudo-monopoly that is AMAZON

tbc sic I'm 99% sure the one I posted is legit

lol, 5 tweets, 1 of which is apologising for the previous one

I mean "legit" isn't really the right word for this sort of thing, but I don't think this account was made by someone to mock amazon's own-brand fake workers

If you think $30 is all a union will charge us you're crazy! I've heard stories from management about plants where unions come in, make everyone interview for their own jobs again, and in the end they make the same amount but shell out hundreds a year. I'm not that gullible!

— Darla at GYR1 📦 (@AmazonFCDarla) March 29, 2021

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actually never mind, I don't think the ambassador tweeter program exists anymore

Can someone please explain the turtle thing? People keep asking me about turtles, is this a movie reference I'm missing?

— Darla at GYR1 📦 (@AmazonFCDarla) March 29, 2021

🔎🔎🔎

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49372809

The Amazon ambassadors were posting things just as embarrassing as the parody (and possible parody of Darla) even before the company became one big piss-up.

thank you to amazon for employing 19 year old grandma Rafael, who is 100% real pic.twitter.com/yDJds0VXcD

— pierre menard (@PierreMenard) August 15, 2019

not quite "in defense" of amazon but pissing in bottles is common for people who work deliveries for DHL/UPS ime (having know a few guys who do this for a living)

it's the fulfillment center workers who have to piss in bottles, the drivers are the ones shitting in bags

oh yeah

terrible working conditions without even bathroom breaks are more widespread than just amazon is my point i guess

Absolutely. And anyone spending their work day in a vehicle is going to face this problem. I read a bit about this w/r/t women who drove for uber/lyft sharing tips online about safe bathrooms

It's like Xerox or Kleenox, their brand is tied (for some/many) to terrible workplaces that don't have to be, as Wal-Mart was in the '90s and '00s.

It's easier for people to yell at one name (that keeps shitting itself publicly - Wal-Mart didn't have twitter to deal with) than all of capitalism.

A few years ago I had a Lyft driver who was eight months pregnant and really needed to pee, so she asked if it was okay if she went a few blocks off route to stop at a gas station she trusted and she kept being like super, super apologetic. I was like, "seriously, it's absolutely fine, I don't want you to have to drive around in pain".

I would have thought one of the perks of being an Amazon driver would be getting to piss in a bottle and then pour it out the window on passing motorcyclists or convertibles.

buddy only bezos get to pour his piss bottle on america

The recent official “You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” tweets were so aggressive that engineers filed internal reports assuming the account had been hacked and were being sabotaged.

^that and this making me feel better about being so confused yesterday: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpnb5/twitter-is-banning-amazon-ambassadors-and-its-a-total-mess

More from the Beeb: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56581266

it feels wrong to keep this video to myself pic.twitter.com/uQjqHElIr7

— Alex Press (@alexnpress) March 30, 2021

who?

Chet Haze, fresh from heralding a White Boy Summer

Amazon’s Twitter Army Was Handpicked for “Great Sense of Humor,” Leaked Document Reveals

obviously the solution to all this is a new startup called toiletr where everyone rents out their bathrooms

airpee'n'poo

I've long thought that it was downright criminal that well-maintained public restrooms aren't just a basic part of every mid-to-large city's governmental function.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/opinion/sunday/public-toilets-united-states.html

It is downright criminal. Nothing worse than having to end a pleasant walk somewhere early and return home because, god forbid, we provide a place for the general public to use a bathroom.

But, America. People are so freaked out by the possible bad things that someone might do in a public restroom that they'd prefer to just revoke it for everyone.

it's not just an American problem tbf. I had to stop chaining my volunteer deliveries for this reason!

I guess I just assumed it was more of an American thing.

Anytime people are visiting from out of town, I have to maintain a mental map of where they can comfortably use a restroom in any part of the city.

America has plenty of public toilets. Like this one:

https://i.imgur.com/0O0Bf9s.png

Thought that was going to be Ronald Reagan’s grave tbh

Warren:

Some of the biggest, most profitable corporations in America (I’m looking at you, Amazon) have paid $0 in federal corporate income taxes. I’ve pushed for a tax on the book profits of these giant corporations, and the Biden-Harris #AmericanJobsPlan includes a version of this.

Biden's former comms director, Obama's WHPS:

With great respect, Senator @ewarren, this isn’t correct about Amazon’s tax payments. But changing the law is certainly more productive than faulting companies for following it-and far better than threatening to break up American companies so they can't criticize elected leaders.

A comment:

Amazon’s line they’re simply “following the law” by paying no taxes ignores the obvious fact that in 2017 Amazon had 64 different tax lobbyists pushing for the Trump tax cuts. They’re not passive aw shucks “taxpayers”, they’re the second biggest spender on lobbying in Washington!

Jay Carney
@JayCarney
[....]eternal GBV fan (@_GuidedByVoices)

Can we get Pollard in on this?

union vote not going so hot for the union, for some reason

extremely dispiriting, especially in light of how much awful shit has come out recently, and Amazon’s creepy and bungled social media response. I honestly thought this would be a corner turned, but nope.

And I’ve been mostly unplugged but has Amazon’s grossness been covered anywhere except Twitter/ Ken Klippenstein?

was disappointed in how Nomadland skated past the awfulness of Amazon's treatment of RV-dwelling seniors, but then again it wasn't really what the movie was about per se (the book definitely focuses on this more)

Yeah, I also sort of hoped this might be some sort of turning point, perhaps naively.

Has anyone gone back to replace all of the B'n'L logos in Wall-E with the Amazon logo yet?

the shitposting was far from their only form of fuckery

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-pushed-usps-to-install-mailboxes-outside-warehouse-report-2021-4

I've ordered a couple things from eBay recently that showed up in Amazon bags.. such a bummer.

not to dunk on Nomadland (film) but it does seem odd how two of the primary cUlTuRaL mArXiSt bogeyman of conservative fever dreams (Hollywood & “”the media””) have been suspiciously silent on class and labor issues in the last few decades. examples are out there obv, but they are very much the exception.

I suppose Hollywood doesn’t really have an obligation per se, but The Media has been exceedingly negligent

I've ordered a couple things from eBay recently that showed up in Amazon bags.. such a bummer.

me too! they even have amazon fulfilment packing slips inside. i’m like ... wha

union vote not going so hot for the union, for some reason

i'm thinking this might have some connection to the facility being in Alabama

xpost yeah merchants sell stuff on both sites but have amazon logistics handle the storage & shipping

was disappointed in how Nomadland skated past the awfulness of Amazon's treatment of RV-dwelling seniors, but then again it wasn't really what the movie was about per se (the book definitely focuses on this more)

― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Friday, April 9, 2021 1:07 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Would Amazon have let Zhao film in the fulfillment center if the script had made more of that? I'm assuming not.

I await what happens when Nomadland finishes its theatrical run and the awards season--will it ever stream on Amazon Prime? And just what does it mean for the film industry that Amazon is both a content provider AND a major outlet for its own and other producers' titles. The Paramount Decree has been overturned, but this looks to me like a remake of the vertical integration the original antitrust case wanted to abolish.

will it ever stream on Amazon Prime?

It's on Hulu. Once that window expires (if it ever does), they might pick it up as a paid rental, though.

good time to remind everyone that Jeff Bezos sexts like a computer that's pretending to have a human body https://t.co/D2lDQmWQkk pic.twitter.com/Nta156WfkD

— Cari Hernandez (@eatinginmycar) May 11, 2021