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Summerlin Woman Angry After Amazon Driver Apparently Urinates In Her Yard
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By: Jaewon Jung
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Summerlin homeowner said her security footage caught the moments before and after an Amazon delivery driv- er urinated in her front yard.
For weeks, Val Williams said a stench was coming from her front yard and that’s why she repositioned one of her surveillance cam- eras.
On Monday night, the footage she caught shocked her.
“I expect dogs to pee outside,” said Williams. “I don’t expect human beings to pee outside.”
The footage appears to show a man in an
Amazon uniform heading toward Williams’ property. Williams said she doesn’t order pack- ages from the compa- ny and the driver was actually delivering to a neighbor.
About a minute later, you can see the man walking back towards the Amazon delivery van while pulling up his pants.
Soon after, Williams stepped outside and took a picture of an apparent urine stain in her front yard.
“He had peed all over the house and the water hose,” said Williams. “I felt violat- ed. I was disappoint- ed and felt angry.”
Right away, Williams
contacted Amazon and the company’s local delivery service partner IBR Logistics.
The owner of IBR Logistics told Williams over text:
“We are contacting companies right now to come disinfect the area. I do apologize for this happening.”
When Channel 13 tried calling the owner of IBR Logistics, she hung up.
IBR Logistics told Williams the company had fired that driver and there have been similar complaints about the same driv- er.
Amazon spokesper- son Alisa Carroll also confirmed the driver
is no longer delivering for Amazon.
But Williams said her intention was never to get the driver fired.
“I didn’t want this guy to lose his job,” said Williams. “I just want- ed to let someone know so that they could let him know this is not behavior becoming of a human being.”
Carroll gave us this statement on behalf of Amazon:
“This is an unfortu- nate incident, and the driver is no longer delivering for Amazon. Our Delivery Service Partners encourage their driv- ers to take the time they need for breaks in between stops, providing a list within the Amazon Delivery app of nearby rest- room facilities and gas stations, and building in time on routes to use the rest- room or take longer breaks.”
But some Amazon drivers claim “inhu- mane conditions” pre- vent them from stop- ping at a bathroom to take a break, accord-
ing to a class action lawsuit filed in Colorado earlier this year.
The lawsuit alleges “Amazon’s work quo- tas and extensive workplace surveil- lance cause devastat- ing human costs to delivery drivers who are forced to suffer degrading experi- ences like urinating in bottles, defecating in the back of delivery vehicles, or holding their urine to the point of risking harm to their health, including urinary tract infec- tions.”
It goes on to say Amazon’s delivery vans “frequently smell of urine” because bot- tles of urine often spill on the floor of the vans.
Williams has a mes- sage for Amazon.
“Do better,” Williams said. “You’re one of the top companies in the world. What that means is providing your workers with decency and the abili- tytodowhatisour human biological functions using the bathroom. These peo- ple work hard.”
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