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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by jstarfish on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:10PM (#37665190)
> The never ending screw turning cost optimization is the problem, but using that example lands really flat.

I worked in logistics (elsewhere) for a decade, and quit when conditions shifted to incentivize smoking meth and pissing in jugs. It's abusive and just fucking gross.

I assume you aren't pissing in jugs to save time for longer lunch breaks. Why not?

Nobody pisses in jugs unless they're forced to. The example only falls flat because Bezos escaped the gravity well in his dick-rocket and it's really fucking hard to hurl bottles of piss into space with a sling.

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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by mindslight on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @05:51PM (#37666261)
See my comment below. I'm talking about delivery drivers. You might be talking about fulfillment centers.

I disagree that nobody would voluntarily choose to pee in a bottle in the context of driving a delivery vehicle. But I do agree that the behavior in the context of being in a building that has a bathroom is a sign that something is horribly wrong.

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