'You still order s**t': Amazon employee's viral rant as he makes 172 deliveries a day during Hurrican Ian
WEST COAST, FLORIDA: In a video going popular on social media, an Amazon employee said that during Hurricane Ian, he had to deliver to 172 customers in a single day.
The Amazon employee, who goes by the username @abnormalpoet, documented his experience delivering products to multiple homes during the terrible storm on TikTok. The video has 300,000 views and more than 52,000 likes. "I hate all of y'all right now," the delivery driver exclaimed, "Y'all knew this hurricane was coming and you still order s**t. I gotta go to 172 of y'all today. I hate y'all. Everything is wet."
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According to Newsweek, Amazon claimed to have over 8,000 employees in the Tampa region, and added their safety is a top focus. The corporation has shut down more than 80 sites in the storm's path and will pay workers for their regular shifts during the shutdown while also helping those who were harmed by Hurricane Ian.
The video's comment area was swamped with both humorous and encouraging remarks.
"No dude - that's on Amazon - you should be getting paid to stay home," one user exclaimed. Another said, "That's why I have a cart full and not ordering until it passes. Yall deserve to be safe too!" "Wait they still got ya out there in this storm," one questioned. The original poster replied, "Because it's technically not near my area we still had to go even though I mess dodging debris."
"I'm sorry man! I purposely didn't order anything b/c I didn't want to out anyone in danger," a Tiktok user commented. "I'm sorry! I thought they would just wait and let y'all off today," one admitted. Another said, "Thank you for your service and humor!" "Not all heroes wear capes, well in this case raincoats. Stay strong my man," one user wrote. "Please keep my wife's package dry jk stay dry and safe brother," one joked. "I'm sorry bro. I need my extra batteries," another said.