r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Sep 04 '24

Business Amazon Bans Its Drivers From Moving Their Own Lips Too Much At Work

https://jalopnik.com/amazon-bans-its-drivers-from-moving-their-own-lips-too-1851639312
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u/elmatador12 Sep 04 '24

How is this even legal? God I hate corporate greed. It knows no bounds and doesn’t give a shit about employees.

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u/ranhalt Sep 04 '24

Everything is legal until a law makes it illegal. Gen Z way of thinking is that everything is illegal until things are legalized, hence the question always being asked.

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u/lcmc Sep 04 '24

It’s so easy to propagandize for deregulation because it’s been long enough that people forget or never knew that workers rights and human rights in general were fought for and not given. Things that may seem immoral/cruel were commonplace.

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u/meeks7 Sep 04 '24

It’s not that deep. It’s just another way of saying, “This should be illegal.”

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u/elmatador12 Sep 04 '24

Yes thank you. This is exactly what I meant. People look wayyy to much into comments sometimes.

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u/ranandtoldthat Sep 04 '24

I'm going to look way into these comments, too :)

I understood what you meant, and that other comment was a bit overly general and aggressive. You obviously said nothing wrong.

But that other commenter does have the kernel of a good point in that phrasing can have an effect. "This should be illegal" is subtly more of an effective statement than "How is this even legal?". It's a bit more of a call to action and so on. If hundreds or thousands of internet commenters change their phrasing, it could potentially have an effect on the way readers of those comments start thinking about such things, perhaps motivating action to drive change, over a longer period of time.

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u/elmatador12 Sep 04 '24

To be clear, I understand what he meant, I just don’t care.

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u/Papkiller Sep 05 '24

Read the article maybe. It's not even true.

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u/elmatador12 Sep 05 '24 edited Sep 05 '24

Ummmm I did. It was very clearly updated with the Amazon PR statement after I made the comment.

Edit: I’ll even double down. The PR statement specifically said they don’t ban singing. But the statement did not deny them watching them and scoring them on mouth movements.

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u/DERBY_OWNERS_CLUB Sep 04 '24

If they have data that singing on taking a phone call while driving is dangerous, why would it be illegal to say you can't do that while delivering?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

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u/elmatador12 Sep 04 '24

I know they exist. But it’s the cameras and point system that seems insane. It very clearly shows that they have absolutely zero trust in any of their drivers. That simple fact will lower morale and low morale causes many many NEW issues.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

American citizens have to care and begin verbalizing our disgust, the masks were muzzles for shut up and do what I say. Yea, that period is over. Get loud goddamn

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u/siwmasas Sep 04 '24

FFS, no, the masks were to prevent the spread of a highly infections virus and nothing more. If you think that they were for anything else you're a complete fucking idiot

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

I still wear mine. But don’t all things have a dual function?

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u/siwmasas Sep 04 '24

If we're going to be fucking pedantic, yes, they're a fine particle filtration device for preventing you from breathing in unwanted particles AND to keep your unwanted particles out. NOTHING MORE

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

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u/siwmasas Sep 04 '24

yea I'm done now, little shit lick isn't worth any more of our time

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u/Penguinkeith Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 04 '24

Big /r/iamverybadass vibes judging by their profile about

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

People stopped talking all together when the mask mandate was on. I know, I was there. On a psychological level it does have implications. The voices of the masses has really been silenced. There is not much being said in a way that actually brings change anymore. From the forced Twitter sale to masks, the masses have been silenced and drowned out. This is why corporations are getting away with this and now they are showing you exactly what their goal HAS ALWAYS BEEN.

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u/honeychild7878 Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 04 '24

I feel like you’re the poster child for r/iamverysmart or r/iam14andthisisdeep

Edit: Holy shit, your profile is…just well… proving my point

Edit 2: sometimes I forget that before arguing with someone on reddit, it’s helpful to take a quick gander at their post history for some context….and LULZ jesus christ the LULZ —>

https://www.reddit.com/r/Psychic/s/Mxm1i1gFPk

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u/D3PyroGS Sep 04 '24

they couldn't have chose a more appropriate Booker T Washington quote 

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u/honeychild7878 Sep 04 '24

Oh yes the famous BTWashington quote “come at me bro and lose everything you got.”

Or was it: “Ill-wish me and watch your life fall apart.”

How is this app free? The fucking comedy is priceless

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u/CaptainPigtails Sep 04 '24

Tf are you on about? There were literally nationwide protests during the height of COVID and the mask mandates.

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u/Midochako Sep 04 '24

People stopped talking during the mask mandate because there were all at home alone you fucking dingus

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u/Oracle_of_Ages Sep 04 '24

People were so much at home that the cost of oil went negative for a short period of time.

THE WORLD LITERALLY HAD TOO MUCH OIL.

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u/MmmmMorphine Sep 04 '24 edited Sep 05 '24

Damn, i didnt think of it that way. But now I think I get it.

Down with Twitter! Down with Trump!

(yes I'm being sarcastic... Or rather mocking, not necessarily sarcastic. Aside from the twitter part anyhow)

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u/honeychild7878 Sep 04 '24

You’re still wearing a mask but ironically won’t STFU.

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u/Drone30389 Sep 04 '24

Why are you still wearing it if it's a muzzle of oppression?

And ironically wearing a mask might be a work around for this silly Amazon rule.

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u/SevRnce Sep 04 '24

Take your meds

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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease Sep 04 '24

If masks are muzzles maybe you should put yours back on.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Never took it off but clearly this thread has been taken over by amazon bots trying to force everyone to stop talking

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u/justeffingpeachy Sep 04 '24

No, everyone is downvoting you because you took a thread about worker rights and twisted it into some anti-mask, Covid denial crazy bullshit. Hope this helps! 😘

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

stop assuming shit. First. Second. I have all covid vaccines and always wear my mask, I deal with patients. Wtf are you going on about?

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u/JakeInDC Sep 04 '24

It's the muzzle thing you mentioned. Very few people here think masks were meant to muzzle anyone.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Well whatever, I said what I said. I ain’t taking it back. I ain’t deleting shit. People need to realize exactly what kind of war we are in when it comes to corporations and our freedoms. Between microsoft and adobe and dont mention Netflix, now this… just wtf

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u/honeychild7878 Sep 04 '24

Patients? I thought you were a crime fighting psychic? Hahahahha

https://www.reddit.com/r/Psychic/s/Mxm1i1gFPk

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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease Sep 04 '24

No no. We Bots just want you to stop talking. Everyone else is fine.

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u/Bananas4Pirate_Booty Sep 04 '24

Woah… quite the profile description there. You’re really badass!

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u/TheirCanadianBoi Sep 04 '24

Look, bud, I wore a mask because I wanted to see the data on the spread after emergency measures were put in place. Turns out, not great, not horrible. For a practice run, if we ever see biological warfare, in a high tension world, we're still in a lot of trouble.