Uncle DT's Random Image Thread

[Blaze]

When I hear about Roku not letting their employees take pee breaks, treating a dead heart attack guy like it's a cleanup on isle 4, or tell them they can't go home just because a tornado is coming (see the links) then I'll think about not using their product. I haven't bought anything from Amazon in at least a year. I can't bring myself to use them as a service for anything anymore. When it's a gamble as to whether or not you're going to get a genuine product or a counterfeit then it's not worth it. Also, their prices are on average more than list - especially when I can buy most items direct from the manufacturer for less. Their shipping is atrocious. I did the Prime thing a long time ago and 2-day shipping was a joke. It'd take a week to get something because they'd sit on the order for 3-4 days (sometimes even longer) before shipping it. Without Prime, it could be a week and a half to two weeks before getting anything. And then their packing department has a lot to be desired. Nothing like some genius to take a 5lb spool of 18 gauge wire and pack it with a 4" LCD screen with NOT A FUCKING PIECE OF FOAM/CUSHION/AIR PACK to just slide around loose inside the box. Guess which product won that battle? And when I hear people that acknowledge the dystopian nightmare that is Amazon but continue to use them regardless because "well, it's convenient", it makes me want to just bitch-slap them into next week...

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/...om-breaks/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgn73/i...eir-shifts
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58719675
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56628745
https://nypost.com/2023/01/10/amazon-emp...warehouse/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2...ker-deaths
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/11/business/...index.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59641784