“I quit amazon f–k that driving s–t i left the van on 12 mile and Southfield y’all can have that bitch and it’s full of gas wit the keys in the IGNITION,”
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A Michigan Amazon delivery driver quit his in the middle of the job and abandoned the truck full of packages behind. “I quit amazon f–k that driving s–t i left the van on 12 mile and Southfield y’all can have that bitch and it’s full of gas wit the keys in the IGNITION,” Derick Lancaster, 22, wrote in a stunning tweet Monday that had racked up more than 26,500 retweets by Thursday afternoon.
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Lancaster says the reason behind quitting this way was because of the grueling long work hours and that too for minimum work wage. Though he regrets how he handled his rather unconventional resignation, local ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV reported.
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“It was immature and irresponsible on my end. At the same time enough is enough,” Lancaster told the station after abandoning his delivery van in a Detroit suburb.
Amazon drivers have long complained about the long working ours for very little wages. The e-commerce giant also drew complaints from factory workers nationwide this year over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Lancaster says he would deliver more than 100 packages on a shift of 12 hours for about $15.50 an hour. Also, he was under constant pressure to deliver packages faster.
“It was days I had to deliver 158, 212, and it just kept going up and up,” he said.
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The final straw to make his decision final for quitting was missing his sister's birthday party. “She was real upset with me,” he told the station. “There is no set schedule.”
Lancaster's post went viral and gained both positive and negative reviews from the public.
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“I can’t imagine how selfish someone has to be to abandon a van full of other people’s property,” one person on Twitter wrote. “This is not OK.”
But another added, “That’s some funny s–t though. Way to stick it to Jeff Bezos.”
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Lancaster had no idea his post will go viral and he will be in the spotlight for this reason. “Why is white people so mad at me?” Lancaster tweeted as he invoked the response to the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd and the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting in 2015.
“[Y]’all wasn’t mad when that officer was stepping on bro neck, i don’t think y’all was mad when that white n—- shot up the church killing them black people but y’all mad that a n—- quit his job?”
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Amazon has announced that they will take necessary action against Lancaster have not offered any further elaboration. “This does not reflect the high standards we have for delivery partners,” Amazon said in a statement.
“We are taking this matter seriously, and have investigated the matter and are taking appropriate action.”