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After lying about the fact that some of its workers are under so much pressure that they are forced to relieve themselves in bottles in order to meet their quotas, Amazon has quietly said it’s sorry in its own very weird way and acknowledged that drivers do in fact do this. It then promptly pointed the finger at other companies like UPS and Uber and said drivers at those companies do it, too.
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In a news article posted late on the Friday before Easter, Amazon apologized to Democratic Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan, who it fought with in a bonkers Twitter blowup last week over the peeing in bottles issue. Pocan was commenting on another random, aggressive response from Amazon retail chief Dave Clark, who was fighting with Sen. Bernie Sanders for not being progressive enough.
Amazon says it was wrong in insisting its workers did not urinate in bottles.
Last week, in an unusually combative tweet-response to a US congressman, Amazon insisted that its workers did not urinate in bottles. If that were true, nobody would work for us, wrote the e-commerce giant that employs more than a million people worldwide. Disbelief, derision and fact-checking ensued as journalists weighed in with reported memos and contractor policies suggesting otherwise: Documents show Amazon is aware drivers pee in bottles and even defecate en route, the Intercept reported, citing workers who described intense pressure to hit their quotas.