Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by zouhair on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:05AM
(#27711660)
And throw packages like they don't care, as they should.
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Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by yawaworht1978 on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:45AM
(#27712167)
And park in the most ridiculous places. I wonder who pays the fines.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by nradov on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:01PM
(#27714031)
Parking tickets are just a cost of doing business in many areas. It's all factored into the prices ultimately paid by customers.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by wtf_is_up on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:27AM
(#27711945)
How is destroying other people's stuff a reasonable response for you being disgruntled at your employer?
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by GavinMcG on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:32AM
(#27712008)
It's not about being disgruntled, it's about not wanting your family to go hungry because you were only able to deliver three hundred packages in ten hours by taking extra care.
There's a difference between destroying someone's stuff because you hate your job and just not caring about someone's stuff because you want your job.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by mavhc on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:40AM
(#27712100)
Exactly what the game Papers Please is about
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by CydeWeys on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:13PM
(#27713408)
> not caring about someone's stuff because you want your job.
Because you need your job, even. It's not just a want.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by RHSeeger on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:25PM
(#27714298)
That exact same argument would hold true for drug dealers, mob enforcers, and a whole variety of people that do bad things. Sure, the mob boss is a bad guy for having the enforcer break someone's shop up; but the enforcer is _also_ a bad guy for doing it.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by klyrs on Friday July 02, 2021 @03:16PM
(#27715623)
If the mob boss holds leverage over the enforcer (first a debt with threat of violence, and later evidence of the enforcer's crimes) then the enforcer might not be such a bad person. This is a big reason that lower level criminals are offered witness protection in exchange for information
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by GavinMcG on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:46PM
(#27714523)
I'm not sure why people keep equating carelessness with actual malice.
Yes, obviously both the boss and the enforcer are bad for doing harmful things with an evil mind. That's just not the same as apathy.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by RHSeeger on Friday July 02, 2021 @07:53PM
(#27718220)
Taking actions that you know put someone else's personal property at risk _is_ malice. It's less malice than actively breaking it, but it is actively making a choice to put something that belongs to someone else in harm's way.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by GavinMcG on Friday July 02, 2021 @09:12PM
(#27718549)
No, it's not. Neither is minor speeding, for example. It's a lack of care and awareness about the consequences of one's actions - hardly a desire for those consequences. You say "active" and the whole point is that it isn't.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by IncRnd on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:57AM
(#27712338)
> There's a difference between destroying someone's stuff because you hate your job and just not caring about someone's stuff because you want your job.
What is the difference, when you said you destroyed the packages in each case?
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by nooneknows on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:11AM
(#27712533)
The difference is the intention.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by IncRnd on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:09PM
(#27713337)
But, the results are the same in either case. People's property gets destroyed. If the results are the same, what is the actual, real-world difference?
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by alexanderdmitri on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:47PM
(#27713882)
It depends on your angle. If your looking to solve the problem, the root cause very much informs the solution. If your looking to prosecute, intention and context often inform the severity of the charge(s) and determination of guilt (ie man-slaughter v. first-degree murder).
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by GavinMcG on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:43PM
(#27713833)
Well, no, you can bet if I hate my employer and therefore destroy people's stuff, that stuff is getting destroyed.
Tossing a cardboard box just doesn't do much the majority of the time.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by zouhair on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:47PM
(#27723401)
That's not the workers problem.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by IncRnd on Saturday July 03, 2021 @04:17PM
(#27724552)
People aren't responsible for their own actions?
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by sammorrowdrums on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:33AM
(#27712024)
I presume they mean due to only having such a short time to deliver, they aren't paid to expend time on being careful, rather than malice.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by toast0 on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:37PM
(#27714416)
If amazon would learn how to pack things, maybe stuff wouldn't get destroyed when boxes are tossed.
I've seen so many packages where the box is two sizes too big, and then a smattering of air pillows is added, leaving most of the space empty.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by zouhair on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:44PM
(#27723380)
I assume packing has to take only seconds.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by forgetfulness on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:42AM
(#27712127)
Buying from a retailer that doesn't work with such perverse incentives and inhumane practices could benefit the consumer it turns out.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by zouhair on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:46PM
(#27723397)
If an action takes you 5 minutes to do correctly and your boss force you to do it in 1 minute, how the hell can you do it right and not lose your job?
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by fuzzer37 on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:37AM
(#27712074)
They're not getting paid to care, why should they?
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by viro on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:55AM
(#27712326)
Because it's a crime to intently destroy other peoples property?
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by barbecue_sauce on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:29AM
(#27712771)
There's a difference between intentionally destroying someone else's property, and simply not being paid enough to care what happens to it.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by rightbyte on Saturday July 03, 2021 @06:25AM
(#27720611)
I guess the ones that cared got fired for not meeting KPIs. Amazon is selecting for neglect and recklessness.
Re:Two Portland delivery companies revolt against Amazon, sh...
by Ensorceled on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:30AM
(#27712786)
How did you get that the destruction was intentional?