{"id":218463,"date":"2021-04-03T18:18:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazon-finally-acknowledges-delivery-driver-bathroom-problem\/"},"modified":"2021-04-03T18:18:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T15:18:03","slug":"amazon-finally-acknowledges-delivery-driver-bathroom-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-finally-acknowledges-delivery-driver-bathroom-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon finally acknowledges delivery driver bathroom problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Amazon finally acknowledges delivery driver bathroom problem<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Amazon acknowledged Friday that it has a loo-ming problem.<\/p>\n<p>The web giant fessed up that its delivery drivers have limited access to bathrooms, meaning that accusations of them urinating in bottles or elsewhere in public are likely to be true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms because of traffic or sometimes rural routes,\u201d the online retail giant <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/policy-news-views\/our-recent-response-to-representative-pocan\">posted on its AboutAmazon portal<\/a>. \u201cAnd this has been especially the case during Covid when many public restrooms have been closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The admission comes following <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repmarkpocan\/status\/1374890264658120709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1374911222361956359%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aboutamazon.com%2Fnews%2Fpolicy-news-views%2Four-recent-response-to-representative-pocan\">a Twitter spat<\/a> with Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) last month in which the congressman accused Amazon of being a union-busting operation that will \u201cmake workers urinate in water bottles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon originally denied the claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?\u201d the company responded on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>. \u201cIf that were true, nobody would work for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s mea culpa admits that the original response was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt did not contemplate our large driver population and instead wrongly focused only on our fulfillment centers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"A driver wears a protective mask while traveling in an Amazon.com Inc. delivery truck in New Rochelle, New York on March 12, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-17741891 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amazon-drivers-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amazon-drivers-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amazon-drivers-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amazon-drivers-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/amazon-drivers-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A driver wears a protective mask while <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing in an Amazon delivery truck in New Rochelle, New York, on March 12, 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But, the company added: \u201cThis is a long-standing, industry-wide issue and is not specific to Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No word yet on how Amazon will solve the problem, other than to report \u201c[we] will look for solutions.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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