2026-09-15 08:01 UTC
Amazon's warehouse and delivery workers are "reverse centaurs," monitored by a constellation of apps and cameras, and they are severely punished for falling behind in the cadence set by Amazon's software, and that robot timekeeper does not make allowances for pee breaks:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/
This isn't a secret, and Amazon's come in for a lot of flack over it. But Amazon's "solution" is to add *more* penalties for peeing.
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@pluralistic@mamot.fr 2026-09-15 08:01
Drivers who return to the depot with urine-filled bottles in their vans are punished as severely as they would be if they stopped to find a toilet. Thing is, the mere fact that your boss's robot says you're not allowed to pee does not matter to your bladder or kidneys, and when you gotta go, you gotta go. That's why the roads leading to Amazon's warehouses are lined with pee bottles that drivers have hucked out of their windows before arriving at the loading dock. 6/