{"id":521005,"date":"2022-12-03T23:38:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T20:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazon-worker-punches-nyc-resident\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T23:38:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T20:38:19","slug":"amazon-worker-punches-nyc-resident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-worker-punches-nyc-resident\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon worker punches NYC resident"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e63194f386\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e63194f386\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-worker-punches-nyc-resident\/#%E2%80%9CAmazon_worker_punches_NYC_resident%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Amazon worker punches NYC resident&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAmazon_worker_punches_NYC_resident%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Amazon worker punches NYC resident&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>He didn\u2019t order this punch from Amazon!<\/p>\n<p>Tensions between Upper West Siders and Amazon delivery workers boiled over last week when an unhinged female employee clocked an unsuspecting resident in the face outside his West End Avenue building, according to the victim and police. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe probably has some sort of anger management problems and working for Amazon doesn\u2019t sound like a picnic,\u201d said James Hanks, 41, who suffered a shiner after the worker delivered a roundhouse to his left eye in a confrontation partially caught on video. <\/p>\n<p>Hanks received the hard-hitting delivery at 2:20 p.m. on Nov. 20, as he was heading out of his 16-story, pre-war apartment building near 100th Street on an otherwise sleepy Sunday, according to a police report. When he got to the lobby, he heard the Amazonian \u201cmaking a scene with the doorman, yelling at him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hanks gave the worker a look, \u201clike why are you blocking the door and yelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon worker then turned to Hanks, screaming about what his problem was. When he told her he wanted to leave the building, she let him go, but continued raging at the doorman, Hanks said.<\/p>\n<p>When he got outside, Hanks, an IT worker, said he whipped out his iPhone camera and sn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed a photo of the worker. \u201cShe got mad at me and started yelling at me a bunch and \u2026 I decided to start recording her, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when the worker \u2014 about 6 inches shorter than the 6-foot Hanks \u2014 allegedly socked him in the eye.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=330\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Amazon worker.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=660 660w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=495 495w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=330 330w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=165 165w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-5-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    James Hanks heard the Amazon delivery driver &#8220;making a scene with the doorman.&#8221;                             <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">@nkephalos\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-7-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=342\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Amazon worker.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-7-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=684 684w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-7-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=513 513w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-7-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=342 342w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-7-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=171 171w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-7-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Hanks took out his phone and took a picture of the worker.                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">@nkephalos\/Twitter<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=325\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Amazon worker.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=650 650w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=487 487w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=325 325w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=162 162w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-4-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    The worker then allegedly socked him in the eye.                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">@nkephalos\/Twitter<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The doorman called police and cops canvassed the area with Hanks, but nobody \u2014 not even Amazon workers in the area \u2014 claimed to have seen the suspect or recognized her from the snap.<\/p>\n<p>An exasperated Hanks complained to Amazon about the attack, but he received an automated response from the corporate giant saying they were very sorry about his \u201cdelivery experience.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Fumed Hanks: \u201cI said I was assaulted!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The company has now \u201cescalated\u201d their probe into the incident, he said. <\/p>\n<p>The punch is the latest salvo in the war between Amazon and the UWS.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and business owners over the summer said they had had enough of the contract delivery drivers causing traffic chaos by double-parking their mammoth trucks and hogging huge stretches of Big Apple streets. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"amazon truck\" class=\"wp-image-24886784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/amazon-punch-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The incident took place outside the resident\u2019s West End Avenue building.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey rub people the wrong way because they take up too much space. \u2026 I don\u2019t think any other delivery business would get away with it,\u201d Hanks groused, adding, \u201cIt has been over a week since I first started communicating with Amazon about this incident and they have yet to acknowledge that an assault took place \u2026 there\u2019s no accountability.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hanks is preparing now to fight a corporate behemoth. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to wait and see if Amazon is going to take action. If Amazon doesn\u2019t want to acknowledge responsibility, then I may have to do something legally to get their attention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Said the former customer: \u201cI\u2019m doing business with Walmart now to stick it to the man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon did not return messages.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\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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