- A video of an Amazon driver delivering a package deal throughout a police standoff went viral on TikTok.
- The video reveals the driving force calmly strolling previous a number of police automobiles and handing the package deal to an officer.
- Amazon drivers have notoriously excessive supply quotas, and the corporate has confronted scrutiny for working circumstances.
A video of an Amazon driver delivering a package deal throughout an energetic police standoff has gone viral on TikTok, with viewers commending the driving force’s dedication to his job.
A TikTok video with over six million views and 1.2 million likes, reveals an Amazon driver nonchalantly strolling in direction of a home in Cary, California, the place a number of police automobiles are stationed, while officers look on in bewilderment.
As he approaches the home, an officer stops him to take the package deal. The driving force can then be seen taking an image of the home as proof that the parcel has been delivered, per Amazon’s insurance policies.
The individual filming the video may be heard laughing and saying “Amazon arduous at work in the course of a standoff,” and captioned the video: “If you’re about your corporation… nothing will get in your method.”
Viewers have been each awed and horrified by the driving force’s dedication to getting the package deal delivered with one person commenting: “Extra terrified of Jeff Bezos than getting taken out.”
One other joked that Amazon’s slogan is “rain, sleet, snow or standoff.”
One commenter added perception saying: “I used to work as an Amazon supply driver. In the event you did not ship all of your packages you’d get in bother.”
The supply befell as SWAT officers engaged in a 24-hour standoff with an armed suspect, the New York Submit reported.
The armed man had barricaded himself inside an house along with his 11-year-old son, in an obvious hostage state of affairs, in accordance with ABC 11.
The state of affairs ended with the suspect dying by suicide. The boy sustained a gunshot wound however survived, and had some “minor” accidents on the arm and neck. Each of their identities haven’t been launched.
“I wished to specific my condolences to the household of the person who was in disaster as we speak,” Cary police chief Terry Sult stated. “Sadly, he took his personal life.”
He added: “It is easy to deal with the loss as we speak, however we should always deal with the 11-year-old, and simply be grateful that he’s nonetheless with us and might return to his household.”
Working circumstances for Amazon supply drivers have come below intense scrutiny in recent times over claims they’re given unrealistically excessive quotas for deliveries.
9 drivers for Amazon beforehand informed Insider in 2018 that they incessantly pace, ignore cease indicators and skip meals to finish deliveries inside the set nine-hour timeframe.
The drivers additionally informed Insider that staff typically did not even have time to go to the toilet, and resorted to peeing in bottles, luggage, and even outdoors to save lots of time on the street.
“We all the time prioritize the security of the drivers delivering our packages and we usually talk with them that if they do not really feel secure, they should not ship the package deal and as a substitute attain out for fast help,” an Amazon spokesperson informed Insider.
“We have spoken with the driving force concerned to remind him his security comes first and concerning the help accessible in conditions like this.”
