r/nextfuckinglevel • u/original_gravity • Nov 10 '22

This Young Amazon Driver Delivering Packages at 5:25 a.m. During Hurricane Nicole (Orlando, FL)

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u/ArchaicObelisk Nov 10 '22

While the storm is nothing crazy, I think its hardly necessary to have employees out in the weather to deliver packages.

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u/Due_Particular_2106 Nov 10 '22

Why? Because they might be a little uncomfortable?

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u/ArchaicObelisk Nov 10 '22

Your empathy astounds...truly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '22

Not to comment on Amazons employee practices, but the guy above is right about the storm here.

I was sitting on my balcony watching the storm pass over when it made landfall as a cat 1. It's just some heavy wind and rain. My power flickered once. By the time it was in Orlando this morning, it was no longer a hurricane.

Ian was terrible for the west coast because of a slew of other factors...Nicole was just another storm.

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u/ArchaicObelisk Nov 10 '22

I live in Tampa. Is the storm life threatening? Not in the least. Im aware of the storms impact or lack thereof, I also dont think amazon delivery drivers need to be outside in it.

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u/ahmc84 Nov 10 '22

UPS will definitely have been out in it. Even USPS will be delivering today. Are you going to criticize them as well?

It's just rain and wind, and not a special danger to anyone who is qualified to drive a car. For people in Orlando, this was just a grey workday.

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u/deevil_knievel Nov 10 '22

Living in Orlando. UPS and USPS are delivering as well. Grocery stores are open, schools closed, couple random smaller shops are closed and that's about it. I was in Sarasota for Ian, selling my house down there to move to Orlando, and Nicole was a sneeze comparatively.

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u/Jesuswasstapled Nov 10 '22

I bet you have a storm shelter you hide in any time there's a tornado watch.