CarolannieOct 23
More Amazon horrors: try to not buy through Amazon if you can avoid it
#HumanRights #LaborAtAmazon
"The chickenized reverse centaur is a new circle of labor hell, a genuinely innovative way of making workers' lives worse in order to extract more billions for one of the most profitable companies in history."
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/
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Show threadMaria Langer | 📝🛥️💎Oct 23

@carolannie The 10¢ or 50¢ per package they were paying for delivery really showed where I live. I’m 2 miles down a gravel road and if you stick to the 15mph speed limit, it’ll take about 15 minutes (1/4 hour) just to get to my place and back. At 50¢ a package, that’s $2/hour.

Last winter, before I stopped using Amazon, the delivery guy was leaving packages in the snow near our mailbox unit on a main road 2 miles away. Now I know why.

cc @pluralistic

Show threadGarrett Wollman
@mlanger @carolannie @pluralistic That's way worse than AMZL leaving packages in front of the "NO DELIVERIES TO THIS ENTRANCE" sign on my back door.
Oct 23 at 10:41pmWeb
Show threadMaria Langer | 📝🛥️💎Oct 24

@wollman @carolannie @pluralistic Yeah, that's bad.

In my case, the only reason I knew the packages were out by the mailbox in the snow is because they included a photograph and indicated that the packages were in "the mail room." Uh, no.