An Amazon driver taking a cheeky toilet break outside her van was caught on CCTV by the homeowners she was delivering to.
Les Weston, 54, and Emma Marsden, 44, had been eagerly awaiting the delivery of their new hair trimmer and tracking the delivery, they were keeping an eye on the CCTV camera positioned outside their front door on February 28.
When the delivery driver arrived that evening, they thought that she’d fallen over and were concerned that she was injured, but when they studied the footage again after the delivery, they uncovered the truth, that she’d been urinating at the bottom of their driveway.
The CCTV footage sees the Amazon Prime van pull up outside the house before the woman hops out of the cab, and there squatting over behind the open van door, she quickly tugs down her trousers and urinates, before standing up again a few seconds later.
She checks about to see if anyone has noticed before grabbing the parcel for Mr Watson and Ms Marsden and then delivers it to their home.
The couple, who were watching the camera at home, thought she might have been hurt as she squats down after hopping out of the van.
Amazon has previously encountered criticism from drivers for not allowing enough time for bathroom breaks on delivery routes, and members of the GMB union based at a Coventry warehouse walked out in a disagreement over pay after voting in favour of taking industrial action.
The union, which isn’t recognised by the retail colossus, is asking for a base pay of £15.
Warehouse operatives for Amazon are presently being recruited for wages of £10.75 an hour, which equates to almost £21,000 per annum for those working 37 and a half hours a week. Operatives also have the opportunity of working overtime.
An Amazon representative said that they have very high standards for the delivery service providers they work with and how they serve customers, and that they would contact the customer to apologise for the experience and would make this right.
The spokesperson said they were committed to treating drivers with respect and set realistic performance expectations.
They continued that they use sophisticated technology to plan delivery routes to ensure that drivers weren’t receiving and driving with too many packages and that drivers delivered at their own pace and took breaks at their discretion and this was clearly communicated during training.
It must have been extremely embarrassing that the woman was put on footage and then online. These drivers are under such pressure and obviously don’t have the time to go and find a proper place for a wee.
Of course, it’s much easier for a male driver because they can have a pail in the back or a few bottles to wee into, but for women, it’s very much different.
The woman likely hasn’t got the time to stop for a toilet break or to eat, come to that with Amazon’s unrealistic delivery deadlines – it’s nothing but slave labour! And it probably happens every day with most delivery drivers because there are not many toilets available, and they’re under pressure on their delivery routes.
This poor woman needed a pee for pity’s sake, and when you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go, and now this woman could lose her job over this.
This is just natural human body function, and people need to stop twitching their curtains to see what’s going on, and I feel for the drivers who are on horrible targets and low pay!
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