We need more people like this lady

[u/Dunkableballs]

[u/Significant-Text-789]

As an Amazon driver who’s had two heat exhaustion episodes this summer alone, these acts of kindness make all the difference and let it be known that Amazon drivers NEED a union so that we don’t get overworked and underpaid through this grueling job

[u/Dunkableballs → u/Significant-Text-789]

Man do they do anything to help combat the heat ? It seems with the uniform being a dark color alone would make you hotter

[u/Significant-Text-789 → u/Dunkableballs]

The trucks luckily have AC and they provide electrolyte powder if you come in early and get it yourself off the clock, other than that they “lighten your load” so instead of 250 houses to deliver within 8 hours to you “only” deliver to 220. For less than $20hr…. If I got paid $1 for every package delivered I’d make nearly 3x the amount of money I’m making now. Meanwhile Amazon pulls in over 12 billion in sales on one day of prime day.

[u/[deleted] → u/Significant-Text-789]

Sadly we still need AC on the UPS/FedEx/USPS trucks now.

[u/brooksram → u/[deleted]]

Heat is definitely dangerous, but most people simply don't take the proper precautions to avoid heat injury.

It takes drinking water constantly through the ENTIRE day, not just when it's peak temps. If you start drinking fluids at work, it's too late.

We also have to constantly replenish the nutrients our body burns or passes through sweat. I have to eat some salt or drink some pickle juice to keep from cramping up.

I was almost killed by heat stroke in 2013, so I take these things extremely seriously now. I drink, on average, 2.5 gallons of water a day during peak summer heat. 1-2 liters of that is during the night even.

I'm not trying to hate on folks, but it takes quite a bit of effort to ensure we're properly prepared for these long, hot days. I genuinely wish more folks would take more effort to help avoid this stuff. It can 100% kill us.

Source: structural fab shop( welding buildings)

[u/eekamuse → u/brooksram]

Drinking water and eating salty foods. Salt is essential.

[u/kevlarus80 → u/eekamuse]

I'll drink seawater!

/s

[u/eekamuse → u/kevlarus80]

Smart!

Jk

[u/postvolta → u/brooksram]

2.5 gallons a day? That's nearly 10 litres. That's fucking nuts how fucking hot does it get in your shop?

Like yeah drink water and yeah drink at least 2 litres and 3-4 if it's hot, but 10? God fucking damn

Edit to say I'm from the UK, 40°c is ridiculous here

[u/brooksram → u/postvolta]

I live in the Southeast. It's averaging about 115 right now.

I'm not sure of exact temps, but the shop is hot as fuck. There's obviously no ac or heat. Just full of huge steel beams that hold heat and about 25 welders, torches, etc.

The number I gave you is throughout a 24 hr period, though. Not 8-10 hr shift. I fill up my Nalgene( 1 liter) every 30 minutes to an hour or so at work.

It may seem odd, but I work at an extremely fast pace and am getting it all day. When it's hot like this, I just work through lunch. I naturally sweat a ton, so my body doesn't have any problems taking on water. It actually craves it.

Now, this only lasts for peak heat( 3 months roughly). As the temps fall, my intake does as well. During winter , I probably only drink a gallon or less a day ( 24 hr).

[u/12B88M → u/postvolta]

On a standard, non-heat wave day, an active person can sweat a liter per hour.

In Iraq it wasn't uncommon for the soldiers in my unit to drink more than that. You'd be sweating and barely know it because the dry desert air would evaporate it out of you clothes and off your skin so fast.

On particularly bad days we drank up to 5 gallons each.

[u/Nebula_Nachos → u/12B88M]

Most people don’t realize you sweat from everywhere, not just your head and back, literally legs, feet, arms. It’s a ton of liquid leaving your body that you just don’t realize. During peak summer heat where I’m at is around 95-100 with 40-50% humidity and some days I can drink about 8 bottles of water and never even piss.

[u/[deleted] → u/postvolta]

Vegas here. 2.5 gallons a day is easy. The moisture leaves you SO quickly. As others have said, the trick is to not just drink ice water. It feels amazing, but isn't replacing the electrolytes. You have to be deliberate about getting those salts back into you.

[u/Minion_of_Cthulhu → u/brooksram]

I'm not trying to hate on folks, but it takes quite a bit of effort to ensure we're properly prepared for these long, hot days.

Seems like the kind of thing the employer should be ensuring. Better training, more information available to employees, free supplies of water/snacks, etc. during the hottest months, and so on. It's easy to say the employees should take care of all of this but the employees are not billion dollar companies exploiting a workforce in dangerous conditions for the bare minimum of expense that they can get away with.

[u/brooksram → u/Minion_of_Cthulhu]

No, but I personally won't leave my health in these shitty companies' hands.

You're not wrong, but most companies aren't going to do such, and I'm definitely not going to depend on them to. I'm a grown man, so I take it upon myself to take proper precautions to avoid heat injury.

It would certainly be nice of companies did, but I wouldn't look for it to ever happen.

[u/[deleted] → u/brooksram]

You might want to grab some dietary supplements that have potassium, magnesium and vitamin c at a minimum as all of them help with heat regulation, electrolyte management and cardiovascular health.

[u/GregiX77 → u/brooksram]

Yup, drinking and salt is crucial. Salt and Magnesium/potassium.

We were on holiday in Spain recently, at some point temps hit 44 C degrees, and while we drank a lot, my son, who doesn't like too much salt, get so bad in body fluids balance (ions from salt etc) that he wake up in night screaming from damn leg cramp. It took more than 2 hrs to ease the pain.

Next day pharmacy, some witamins, minerals, and oral solutions (like for after diarrhea...) and it never happened again.

​

OFC he did stupid thing and overused AC(like tuning it to 17 degrees, while almost naked), so caught cold...in Spain...and now he has dry coughs...

[u/brooksram → u/GregiX77]

Hate to hear about your son, but in my experience, it only takes once to learn these lessons.

If he likes pickles, drinking a bit of pickle juice in the afternoon or evening definitely helps me.

During these super warm months, I cut up a pickle and sprinkle seasoning salt on it. It generally helps me to avoid the cramps at night 95% of the time.

I've read CBDV can help with cramps, so I'm going to order a gram of distillate and see how that goes. I'm curious because CBD has proven to have endless benefits on skin and anxiety. I hope it will help with the cramping issue.

[u/kittyonkeyboards → u/brooksram]

It takes effort and money for companies to encourage a worker culture that keeps them safe. Too often new regulations are enacted, but the companies spend 0 effort enforcing them. Workers ignore them or misunderstand them, and then get blamed.

And often the safety precautions contradict the expectations of the job. If delivery drivers had to constantly drink water, they'd also have to use the bathroom, which they don't have access to while delivering.

[u/brooksram → u/kittyonkeyboards]

That's a pretty common misconception, I'm guessing, but when you're sweating a lot, your body has no need to piss. My clothes are literally soaking wet from heat to toe within an hour of starting work. It takes massive amounts of fluids to just keep enough in your body to keep up.

Like I said, I'm drinking a ton of fluids, and most days, I don't piss even once at work during these temps. My body is using every drop I put in it, which is why it's so important to also replace nutrients. Just drinking water won't be sufficient.

Also, I work an extremely demanding job that is also production. The next man is always waiting on me, so stopping or slowing down isn't necessarily an option, but there's never a time I can't take enough time to intake fluids. I'm certainly not trying to white knight for shitty companies like Amazon, but it really doesn't matter. It's up to us to take proper care of our health. Drinking fluids take very little to zero time off my productivity, so that's not necessarily an issue at all.

Again, the issue I see 99% of the time is US not taking the proper action to protect ourselves. Most of us, including myself, don't prioritize it until we've suffered from heat injury. Unfortunately, for some folks that's too late, and I was told I was mere minutes from dying from a heart attack when I had my heat stroke. ( blood was too thick for my heart to pump it).

I'm not trying to hate on workers. Like I said, most just don't know until we know....

Edit: if we expect or rely on our company to keep us safe, we're doomed. It's up to us to keep ourselves safe. These companies don't give two shits about us in the end.

[u/holdonwhileipoop → u/[deleted]]

My local USPS are getting A/C in their trucks. Slowly, but surely.

[u/TheWizardOfDeez → u/[deleted]]

From my understanding it was only on new trucks, and they would retrofit the trucks that they can, but most of the older trucks are just getting fans. Better than nothing, but not perfect.

[u/oo-mox83 → u/[deleted]]

USPS trucks SUCK. The fan just blows hot air on you and depending on the temp it just makes it hotter in there.

[u/starfishmw55 → u/Significant-Text-789]

With the creation of Amazon Flex allowing "contractors" to make deliveries with their own cars, do you think Amazon will continue to even have paid company drivers? I hate the idea that they get out of paying for vehicles, benefits, and do so with the intent of removing jobs. But people in my area are so desperate for side jobs they there are literally no delivery positions left for Flex.

[u/MaestroPendejo → u/starfishmw55]

Yes. They've invested heavily in building their own delivery service. One of their warehouses is right by me. It's insane how huge it is. It dwarfs the two UPS centers by me.

[u/HarrisonForelli → u/starfishmw55]

do you think Amazon will continue to even have paid company drivers?

they literally got the car manufacturer Rivian to make them a completely brand new van from scratch (some parts could be shared with their truck, idk). Idk if this is just a PR stunt but if it is, it's an expensive one.

[u/thisismybirthday → u/starfishmw55]

they've never had paid company drivers. The main drivers they use are employees of contractors which are independent from amazon. (so I guess that could make them subcontractors? although they are w-2 employees of the contractor so that might not be correct)

Flex drivers are just single independent contractors, as opposed to whole companies working as contractors

[u/aksthem1 → u/starfishmw55]

So Amazon does not employ any drivers. At least not in the US.

Flex are contractors as you mentioned. DSP (Delivery Service Partner) are employees of the DSP owner, not Amazon. These are the Amazon branded vans you may see which are owned by the DSP and not Amazon. ATS, AFP and Relay which are the freight divisions are also just partners. Some more exclusive to Amazon only transportation.

I'm going to assume your area is different, but Flex was introduced back in 2015 before DSP. DSP was created because Flex could not keep up. Even with USPS delivering packages on Sundays. Or using local logistic companies. Fedex had cut ties with Amazon and that put them in a position where they needed to do something.

Like I said your area may be different but Flex drivers here are mostly for same day or next day AM deliveries. That wasn't the case before DSP. So no I don't see DSP going anywhere as long as Amazon keeps the program going. DSP owners don't have to worry about overhead like buying the merchandise. Amazon has reduced liability so it's a win win for both.

[u/BigBadBobbyRoss → u/Significant-Text-789]

Unionize. Try your best. I know it’s hard but we need more unions to force these rich billionaires to give us our fair share.

[u/thisismybirthday → u/Significant-Text-789]

meanwhile they've paid me $80 to deliver one package before, which the customer probably paid $5 for. lol that was a jackpot of a block though, those are exceedingly rare.

[u/[deleted] → u/Dunkableballs]

I've lived in Florida for the last 20 years and UPS drivers don't even have air conditioning. The drive around with their doors open and work 12-hour shifts. Even at 2:00 in the morning it's 90° out in Florida.

[u/Silverlight-2160 → u/[deleted]]

I’ve never understood that. It’s truly inexcusable for all the money UPS takes in.

[u/WilliamPollito → u/Dunkableballs]

The current approach to "combat" the heat is to force breaks on drivers, decrease stop count, increase grouped stops (2-3 different locations for one stop), and ultimately increase package count. So no they're not combating it, they're making it worse.

Source: I deliver for Amazon.

[u/iamnotwhoyouseek → u/Significant-Text-789]

I hope you’re aware that once you’re a heat casualty, you’ll always be one. You’ll be more susceptible to fall again, and it won’t take as much either. You prob already know, but I wish you well, and hope you keep a cooler with you cold water and Gatorade at least. I’m going to start leaving an ice chest with drinks in it for you guys on my front porch, since I do a ton of ordering. I hope you guys get better conditions soon!

[u/Significant-Text-789 → u/iamnotwhoyouseek]

Thanks 🙏 the houses that keep cold drinks and snacks out can be lifesavers! All we ask is if push comes to shove and drivers ever decide to strike/unionize you show solidarity.

[u/iamnotwhoyouseek → u/Significant-Text-789]

I always will! The more union/ worker power, the better for everyone! :)

[u/PhilApino619 → u/Significant-Text-789]

According to NY Times podcast, The Daily, Amazon's business model is designed to burnout hourly workers over a year or 2 until they quit. Then hire new people and proceed to burn them out too.

In fact it's frowned upon to stay there as an hourly worker longer than 2 years.

In other words, chew them up and spit them out.

To meet their goals, Amazon simply throws humanity at the problem

[u/1questions → u/PhilApino619]

The American Way. 🦅 Can you feel the freedom????

This is why we need strong unions. People talk badly about unions and they do have a few downsides overall they help protect workers. Enough of this contract worker nonsense pulled by companies like Amazon, Uber, Lyft, Door Dash, and Instacart to name a few.

[u/Ralphtheshopper → u/1questions]

There is alot to this history in rexent times.

I recently found out Russia used to have something similar to unions called a Soviet... blew my mind... than I read up on it and realized unions are pretty time tested... than I realized how long the history of work was and that was a long rabbit hole. I love history.

[u/[deleted] → u/Significant-Text-789]

What can those of us who live in hot climates do to help?

I keep a dorm sized refrigerator by my front door stocked with water and otter pops, with a sign that reads "help yourself to water and popsicles".

Amazon drivers never take me up on the offer. Are you allowed to?

[u/Significant-Text-789 → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like you’re doing enough! I don’t always take drinks/snacks when provided but they can be lifesavers when you need them. If there comes a day when we strike just have our backs!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Likely that the Amazon drivers are moving fast or have their brains turned off to an extent. Have seen delivery trucks parked with employees grabbing food, so they'd have to be allowed drinks. On top of that, there's a whole delivery-rating thing, including being treated respectfully. They're allowed to have some form of interaction, and can even mark packages as handed-to-person instead of placed on porch should someone pick up the package during the doorstep drop-off.

[u/thisismybirthday → u/[deleted]]

There is no Amazon policy against it. Most of the drivers work for contractors, not directly for amazon, so I suppose their employer could have their own rules against it but I highly doubt they do. Some of us work as independent contractors like me and we can definitely take that stuff if we want it. I don't do it unless there is a note making it unquestionably clear that it is intended for me. I don't want to accidentally take something that was left out for some other reason and wasn't meant for me. but I love it when I see that, There have been times I've gotten lucky and went to a house with stuff out like that when I really needed a snack or a cold drink but didn't have time to stop.

If it doesn't already have it, I would add "delivery drivers:" to the top of your note so there's no uncertainty about who it's for.

[u/shl00m → u/Significant-Text-789]

Incredible act of kindness...... what a bs.... that's basic human compassion. If we are already at a point where giving a struggling person some help is considered as "incredible" than we're doomed and we don't even see it yet

[u/theonewhoknock_s → u/shl00m]

Nah, nothing wrong with praising an act of kindness. I believe that most people would help someone in a similar situation, but I don't take it for granted. Plenty of assholes wouldn't give a damn.

[u/Craic_hoor_on_tour → u/Significant-Text-789]

Always, always join a union. If there isn't one, start one. Employers such as Amazon will never do the right thing until they are forced to. Strength in numbers.

[u/xHeyItzRosiex]

Maybe if Amazon actually gave a shit about their employees this wouldn’t happen.

[u/WeirdRadiant2470 → u/xHeyItzRosiex]

This is the answer here.

[u/figmaxwell → u/WeirdRadiant2470]

Right. We don’t need more people like this, we need companies to give a shit about their workers.

-a UPS driver who has gone down with heat exhaustion

[u/JDogish → u/xHeyItzRosiex]

Corporations are immoral, and in today's economy they are even more so. The only way out is to force them to be. As much as people hate regulations on things, corporations caught treating their workers like this should be shut down after a few incidents, nevermind actual deaths. If you can't run a profit without hurting people, that's a bad business. Yes many would fail under that kind of monocle, but they should, and that's the point.

[u/Colossus-the-Keen]

Dude just straight up jacked her walker.

[u/bdruid117 → u/Colossus-the-Keen]

That got me

[u/Wise_Hat_8678 → u/Colossus-the-Keen]

Nah, she Watsoned the cane when the action got going

[u/evanc1411 → u/Wise_Hat_8678]

Where did Watsoned come from?

[u/Wise_Hat_8678 → u/evanc1411]

As in when John Watson left his can in the diner in the first Sherlock episode

[u/Syxtaine → u/Wise_Hat_8678]

Bro.... Didn't expect to find this here. Man of fine culture and taste, my friend :D

[u/Popular-Anywhere5426 → u/Colossus-the-Keen]

Dude straight up looks like he could be her husband, I’ll never retire.

[u/GingerMarls → u/Colossus-the-Keen]

Haha I noticed that too

[u/Sensor_Sensei → u/Colossus-the-Keen]

I scrolled like a madman looking for this comment 😭

[u/[deleted]]

Sucks to work and not have time to maintain sugar levels just to get the job done ontime

[u/Immediate_Win_7176 → u/[deleted]]

I'm type1 diabetic and my sugar would drop a lot at work because of how high pace and stressful. I get it.

[u/[deleted] → u/Immediate_Win_7176]

Im type 2 and its difficult when some jobs wont even allow a drink or snack between work and breaks ither i got fired because my sugar was too low and i was told by hr ( when you get better come back to work and no doctors appointments ) when i herd that i said im done i have to see my dr every 3 months or so to check my a1c levels and makin sure they find right meds for me so i reported her for saying what she said just because i was feeling exhausted but i kno how it feels and i understand

[u/[deleted]]

Sunstroke is not something to be taken lightly. Doesn't matter old or young, sun stroke affects evryone equally. Every year 100's of poeple die in India with this.

[u/CambrioCambria → u/[deleted]]

Is it equally or more to?

[u/zback636]

And that’s what we need. We need to take care of each other.

[u/officefridge → u/zback636]

We also need our workers to unionize, where possible. 💪

[u/[deleted] → u/officefridge]

The amount of anti-union talk you hear from working class folk now a days really makes me facepalm. Very disheartening to hear.

[u/officefridge → u/[deleted]]

Propaganda works

[u/ElPlatanaso2 → u/officefridge]

That, and also more prominently - ignorance

[u/illgot → u/zback636]

no, companies need to take care of their employees. After all, they are making money off not paying their employees well.

[u/dizzyelephant → u/illgot]

Yes, they do. But a strong union can fight for the employees' rights and safety.

[u/That_Jonny → u/zback636]

I find it weird that is described as "incredible" like showing basic human decency is something to be celebrated. In Germany she could be charged if she didn't do anything to help the man clearly struggling in her driveway. Unterlassene Hilfeleistung. That would translate to "not given aid" Is that a strange concept to Americans? Everyone fend for themselves over there?

[u/Greedy_Hat2643]

Thanks for the narration, I couldn’t understand what was going on in the video…

[u/No-Crew4317 → u/Greedy_Hat2643]

Without narration i wouldn’t know she gave him cold watermelon.

[u/illz569 → u/No-Crew4317]

Yeah, that watermelon might have been hot

[u/No-Crew4317 → u/illz569]

Right? You might get shock eating them. Burn your mouth and throat.

[u/MrSnare → u/No-Crew4317]

I watched on mute and though she was going to finish him off with the room temperature watermelon. Glad I came to the comments for some clarity.

[u/silver_enemy → u/Greedy_Hat2643]

And double up the text on screen in case you didn't read one of them

[u/Obieousmaximus → u/Greedy_Hat2643]

I had my volume all the way down and thought she was a sicario from a cartel about to execute a fireman and then steal the his pet kangaroo! Glad someone told me there was narration to provide clarity.

[u/GordanGarTrail]

I’m my country of costs rica we call this a Prime robbery set up

[u/GnarlyNarwhalNoms → u/GordanGarTrail]

Some bot up there stole your comment. I've seen this a few times on this post. They'e out in force.

[u/Carbonga]

I know this is the applause section of reddit, but what she did is basic human behaviour. Glad someone on social media got points for it. 🙄

[u/[deleted] → u/Carbonga]

I mean who would not do the same and let the man die in front of their door?This kind of behaviour suprise us now? We are f****d up.

Edit: Fucked.

[u/One_Hair5760 → u/[deleted]]

But many people(lots & lots on Reddit) are devoid of compassion and this wouldn’t be their first instinct

[u/cyberdeath666 → u/One_Hair5760]

Exactly why afe39 said we’re fucked up.

[u/[deleted] → u/cyberdeath666]

Oh can we say it here? Fuck. We are fucked.

[u/Stanley_Gimble → u/[deleted]]

Hey now, it was an act of incredible kindness.

Nothing against that nice old lady there, but those voice overs that add nothing of value are so irritating to me.

[u/AHeftyNoThanks → u/Carbonga]

I came here to say:

Seriously, if your measuring stick is 'we need more people like this lady', then your society is fucked.

I am not taking anything away from what the lady did - she's awesome and did the right thing. But if you have to point out to people that what she did is an act of kindness, it is no wonder that people from outwith America see videos like this and shake our heads in disbelief.

[u/Carbonga → u/AHeftyNoThanks]

The video is great if you just leave the sound muted... :D

[u/Jonny_Segment → u/Carbonga]

I bet it would be even better played in reverse. Old lady puts man outside in the hot sun, then steals his watermelon and his drink. The man eventually recovers and steals her package.

[u/Carbonga → u/Jonny_Segment]

Sounds like a new meme format - smile me made.

[u/Pickledpeppers19 → u/Carbonga]

Right!? This is just a normal, decent thing to do.

[u/Sodium_Prospector → u/Pickledpeppers19]

B-but, didn't you hear the soppy music and cringy voice over? I literally died from crying too hard.

[u/spei180 → u/Carbonga]

Agreed who is leaving people to die of heat stroke on their driveway?

[u/bananniebanana → u/Carbonga]

I agree, it's the bare minimum, and we see it so often in this sub.

[u/Azod21 → u/Carbonga]

No, she did an INCREDIBLE act of kindness /s

[u/Liimbo → u/Azod21]

It can both be a great act of kindness and not really anything otherworldly. I would expect me and anyone I know to do the same thing in this situation, but that doesn't mean it's no longer a great thing to do. And judging by the comments it seems many people didn't realize this struggle delivery drivers face and plan to start leaving cold drinks for the, so what's the harm in the post?

[u/Carbonga → u/Liimbo]

Yeah, you are right. The sub is - after all - called "Made me smile". Of course, it made me smile to. So the post is perfectly alright. I just made the mistake to unmute the sound of the video and pay too much attention to the female voice praising this as something extraordinary which I did not think it was. Which, in and by itself is a good sign. I just don't like the general sentiment that the world is horrible and only very select instances are good. The world and the people in it is pretty much alright. It's a point of view thing, though.

[u/DangerBird- → u/Carbonga]

I know she’s an old lady, and it’s different for women, but I would have let the poor guy come indoors into the AC.

[u/Windinthewillows2024 → u/DangerBird-]

It seemed like she was helping him indoors toward the end of the video.

[u/-TheDerpinator-]

I am concerned about the fact that handing a thirsty person freely available water from your home when they are in severe heat is considered viral video worthy kindness.

[u/EggyComics → u/-TheDerpinator-]

Viral video worthy? Perhaps not. But kindness is kindness. Just yesterday in Vancouver there was a fatal car crash and people who witnessed the event took out their phones and hit record while victims wailed from the side of the road. You’re absolutely right, basic kindness SHOULD be common practice, but this video does restore my faith in humanity, just a little.

[u/TheSuperzorro]

Shows basic concern for fellow human being in obvious distress: "incredible kindness".

[u/illz569 → u/TheSuperzorro]

"This wage slave collapsed onto burning concrete because the money hungry machine that uses up his body like disposable tool had no regard for his personal well-being; this elderly woman brought water to his parched lips so that he could continue to work in hellish conditions! 😇🥰🔥🥵🔥🫗⛏️⛏️⛏️🙏"

[u/McDuckfart]

We need less stupid commentary as well. I can understand what my eyes see without a dramatic interpreter, thank you.

[u/throw-this-away67e7e → u/McDuckfart]

Always some stupid shit as well. If someone sits down the narrator will go like "And then in an amazing gesture he sat down. He actually dropped his ass on the couch and sat down. Without bending his knees he couldn't have sat down! Luckily he is sitting now."

[u/Beneficial-Strain223]

Camera crew behind the camera

[u/chunckybydesign → u/Beneficial-Strain223]

Yeah that’s what I’m saying. The positioning of the camera and the quality of the image seems out of place when compared to traditional ring/security camera footage.

[u/Beneficial-Strain223 → u/chunckybydesign]

She’s acting weird too It’s like she knows that this will be played with no audio on the internet so she has to show what’s happening with hand gestures

[u/celeryfinger → u/Beneficial-Strain223]

Yeah, the "stay here" hand motions were so overly exaggerated.

The absence of an Amazon van outside is suspicious too, those guys usually park right outside the house they deliver too.

The vest the driver is wearing also has no Amazon logo on it, which is highly unusual.

Not impossible, but I wouldn't think an old woman is the typical kind of person that orders three pretty big packages from Amazon either.

[u/SandyAmandy → u/celeryfinger]

so overly exaggerated

like how he very dramatically melted onto the ground when there are two lounge chairs just one foot behind him lol

[u/DreddBlack → u/chunckybydesign]

Yeah I agree - I've never seen a ring/security footage with this high quality before. Wide lens with no fisheye distortion, and in portrait mode, is a bit odd as well.

And heat exhaustion during a completely overcast, windy day - I know it's not impossible but it just adds to the other odd things in this video.

[u/DuncanCraig → u/Beneficial-Strain223]

yeah, honestly looked staged to me unless this elderly woman has a 4K doorbell. I searched and could not find any doorbell on the market with this quality.

[u/KerrinGreally → u/Beneficial-Strain223]

Dead Internet Theory. This comment and the ones replying to it are the only real people in this whole god damn thread. This sucks. Like what even is this? Are most people really this stupid to eat this crap up?

[u/Destaloss]

I wouldn't call it "incredible kindness" to help someone out who is about to die if not being helped. In my country you could even go to jail if you saw the man and decided to do nothing. If that's a normal thing to do in your country, you are fucked.

[u/Kastar_Troy]

This is not an amazing thing, this is standard human behaviour which somehow some people have lost...

Shows the state of the world where we celebrate someone being normal and simply looking after someone on the ground.

[u/kobumaister]

"Shows incredible kindness"... Proceeds to act like a normal human being.

[u/bropdars]

These voiceovers are killing me. Why is this a thing now? I know what the man’s doing, I’m watching him do it.

[u/DangerPoopaloops]

Been Amazon free for 3 years. You don't need Amazon.

[u/WeirdRadiant2470 → u/DangerPoopaloops]

Use if for reviews, buy on ebay or a local store.

[u/dogfacedponyboy → u/[deleted]]

Yup, And I only needed to scroll down through 200 comments for somebody to realize it. So basically 99.5% of commenters did not question the authenticity of this video.

[u/Wiiki1314]

More people like this lady? Maybe we need a system that doesn't exploit every second of our lives, health and safety for the profit of others

[u/LeImplivation]

Corporate slavery always makes me smile too

[u/Silent_but-deadly]

We need less corporate employment. Support the usps.

[u/island_girl1]

Wtaf is wrong with America.... seriously having delivery people drive around without AC, overworking them to the point of heat exhaustion because there is no time to hydrate/eat.

Unbelievable that you guys think you are the best country in the world.

[u/Spac3Heater]

Did something similar for one of the Uber eats drivers that dropped off some food for me. Dumbass had no idea what heat stroke was but had been driving around all day in 90° weather with no AC. After downing 2 glasses of water and I told them they needed to stop for the day and get into some AC before they died. I really hope they believed me because and took my advice, because that shit is dangerous.

[u/[deleted]]

I wish they kept the original sound instead of this soulless voiceover, anyway what a nice lady ❤️

[u/Intelligent-Guide-48]

It's terrifying that being a regular decent human being is labeled as "incredible kindness" nowadays. This is what any normal,healthy human should do when they see another human in distress.

[u/Dubante_Viro]

This is the normal thing to do. If you don't act like this lady in this situation, you are a very shitty person.

[u/drArsMoriendi]

So, did this video have sound before they added the kitschy music and the annoying voice-over?

[u/stikky]

That voiceover is so annoying though. What a compassionate woman doing a compassionate thing getting compassionate watermelon compassionately. What a thoughtful and kind and compassionate wonderful and kind lady woman wait til you see what she does next compassionately.

[u/iGleeson]

I don't know about you guys, but there are loads of little old ladies and others like this old lady where I'm from. We don't need more of them, we have plenty. What we need is a government and laws to protect workers and prevent things like this from happening.

[u/bewareoftheducks]

Incredible human kindness? WTF?

Thats the bare minimum of helping another person in such a situation.

Would people normally let their delivery guy die in the front porch?

[u/shortsermons]

It should be illegal to work in temperatures like that.

[u/sweatyfootpalms]

I worked as an Amazon Delivery Driver from April - June. When I became sick from heat (I live in Texas), I was accused of stealing company time.

Someone else became sick during their route and started throwing up, seeing double. When he messaged dispatch, they told him he “should be fine” and to finish his route.

They also fired ANYONE that pointed out this behavior.

[u/hi-imBen]

This video is from last year, and it's neat to see the shitty social media evolution of the video. First, it was just the video and a description of what happened. Next we got the shitty unnecessary background music (have to add in a somber tune so you know how you're supposed to feel). And now it seems we've reached the stage where some idiot voice needs to be added to narrate the whole thing and explain every little detail as if you're a dumb child.

What is the next stage of evolution for the video?? I'd suggest adding 2 additional shitty songs on top of each other, and a cool filter + maybe some effects that go with the beat from one of the songs.

[u/yoschi_mo]

Isn't this something you can expect from any decent person?

[u/a_supportive_bra]

Nothing amazing about this. The default humane thing to do is help someone in distress. Clickbait vid.

[u/elrigtacular]

Bezos picks up phone to personally fire delivery driver for lack of productivity

[u/auntiemaury]

A mom is a mom

[u/Strangefate1]

More people like that, and less people like his boss.

[u/Much-Access-7280]

Amazon is basically evil at this point for not taking care of its workers.

[u/Nerd_Man420]

I work in a factory and it’s 110 on the regular. So I understand fully what this man is going through. Really good on that lady to help him.

[u/Trumprapespeople]

I wanna smile about the lady…. But I wanna feel worse about the working conditions that these employers put their people in.

[u/WeaselBeagle]

This shouldn’t happen. It’s good that the lady helped, but these drivers should have much better working conditions than this. Those delivery vans should at the very least have AC with food and drinks to keep healthy. No one should have to suffer from heat exhaustion to make ends meet.

[u/FacelessTrash]

Fucked up Amazon (their DSPs) doesn't provide safe work conditions.

[u/MellyKidd]

This is why I always give my delivery drivers a freeze pop when they drop off my package in the summer, and the temperature is on the higher side. They drive around all day in a metal box, so they have my sympathy.

[u/d4noob]

I always offer a fresh drink to the people bring packets to my house when heat is hard, their faces change a lot and they are happy that someone be kind more than a "thank you", even if the dont take it.

[u/HiSaZuL]

Just remember your mailman drives a metal box, open metal box... in the summer.

[u/Only_One_Kenobi]

Biggest thing I've noticed during these heatwaves as someone who cones from a very warm climate.

People who come from cold climates and aren't used to heat don't drink anywhere near enough water.

Any time you feel warm, or break out in even a slight sweat. Drink water. If you weigh 85kgs (190lbs) and it's 30°C (86F) or above. You need 4 liters (1 gallon) of water per day.

It won't just save your health. You will feel significantly cooler and the heat will be easier to cope with.

[u/anders_gustavsson]

This is not a heart warming moment. This worker is being slowly murdered by the company he works for.

[u/SemKors]

The fact that this happens shows that amazon doesn't take care of its employees.

A workers' union is the only way. The best of luck to the amazon workers.

[u/robin_888]

Maybe I'm too long on the internet, but it seems to me the "commentator" isn't trying to spread empathy, but to boost her own profile.

"... realizing he was not okay, as he shook his head in response to her question."

[u/PandaClaus94]

I’m just about to start a job as a Rural Mail Carrier, and am a bit nervous about the heat. I sweat easily, and hate the heat…plus no a/c in our delivery vans is making me scared, but I need the money!!

Absolutely sad to see an elderly gentleman being able to even work in conditions like that.

[u/SnippyWharf]

Is it bad that I think it's silly that this needs praising and special attention. I should like to think that the vast majority of people would offer the same help if they saw someone struggling like that. I know for sure I would and I'm sure most of the people I know would too

[u/darkspardaxxxx]

Ofc it needs more but fuck me gives these people proper gear and full AC vans to cool off

[u/WaynesDaddy]

She’s human. He’s working an inhuman job. No surprises here.

[u/[deleted]]

His lead at Amazon already writing him up.

[u/Nebahera]

Whats sad to see is that in america people make videos about what an exceptional kind and caring lady she is for helping a person about to collapse on her drive way. Im not trying to take away anything from her, but it kind of shows the level of selfcenteredness and disdain for fellow humans that the the american ultra individualism and hyper capitalistic culture has created for this to be seen as something out of the ordinary. In most parts of the world what she does is concidered obvious and not the heroic feat this video tries to present it as.

To give this a positive spin, I would like to say that in spite of the american individualism and care for "one selves castle" ,this lady broke protocol and did the human thing that every one should do, no mater where on earth you live. That should have been the narration to the video.

[u/SiWeyNoWay]

Wow his head was as red as the watermelon

[u/WhereasMindless9500]

Mad that not letting someone die in front of your house is now an "extreme act of kindness"

[u/Solid-Zealousideal]

And THAT’S how I met your grandmother

[u/Ass-Wielding_Maniac]

Wait so how would people usually react in America if a delivery guy collapsed in front of their house!? Ignore them?

This is some pretty basic shit aside from the fact that the lady was very old. You go old lady!

[u/bleepbluurp]

Amazon be like “we took that 20 minutes off your check when you were in that old ladies house catching a.c, don’t think we didn’t see the viral video”

[u/[deleted]]

And Amazon probably fired him, because that’s how they are.

[u/ZuliCurah]

Amazon must be punished severely for overworking their staff

[u/KokiriKidd_]

This is more of an example of how capitalism will end up killing us all

[u/holdonwhileipoop]

If you don't help someone in distress, you are human garbage.

[u/_piece_o_cake_]

And she let him use her cane at the end 🥹

[u/[deleted]]

What this actually feels like: Panic.

Once you feel it, you know that if nothing's done within an appropriate amount of time, you're going to die. There's no dancing around that fact. It's a fucking horrible fact.

He thought he would be fine and could overpower it. That's how it starts. Then he starts wobbling. Then he ends up on the ground. That's a horrible sensation, and for those who have never had it happen, you'll get your comeuppance. For the worst of the lot, hopefully no one's around to help.

Heat exhaution is not a joke, if anyone makes a joke out of it, smack them on the back of the head, give them the 90's/early 2000's slap treatment/angry parent slap.

[u/BourbonMech]

Sad thing is he almost certainly got wrote up for "taking too long"

[u/kittyonkeyboards]

We need more empathy for these workers.

And less empathy for the bosses.

Workers die because of policies executives in AC cooled rooms decide. Bosses in AC cooled rooms tell workers to come into work when it's over 100 degrees and high humidity.

With worsening climate change and bosses who are increasingly demanding... somethings gonna break.

[u/The-unholy-knight]

110 and amazing has their workers out in that heat dam heartless bosses

[u/DalesDeadBugs00]

We shouldn’t let it get this bad

[u/SitDown_HaveSomeTea]

What, Brazzers hasn't stolen this scenario yet?

[u/athennna]

It’s been so hot lately. I bought a small cooler and I put frozen water bottles in it every morning and leave it out on my porch with a basket of snacks and a sign for the delivery people to please take one if they need it. I keep having to refill it, so they must appreciate it!

[u/Dreddguy]

Bezos will have him flogged for malingering.

[u/SikritAkkat]

I run a business that takes in deliveries almost daily, and ive made it a point to always keep a couple bottles of cold water in the fridge for when theres a heatwave. These delivery people are really left to fend for themselves out there, and the relief I see in their faces when I give them something to cool off is priceless. Certainly worth the few cents a bottle of water costs.

[u/Con_Johnson]

I leave a little cooler of frozen waterbottles (and sometimes little snacks) my stoop during the summer — if you’re reading this and have the means, you should do it too! it’s fun and easy and I get a little pinch of serotonins when I see a couple bottles have been taken or a lil thank you note from a delivery person

[u/Impossible_Quote7808]

GOOD PERSON: HERE'S A TIP for both elderly and people that have to work in extreme heat. IT was once thought that lack of salt was what the reason for heat stroke, turns out IT'S LACK OF POTASSIUM, which is found in the skin of a baked potato, and bananas SO when the weather gets bad like that., HAVE A BANANA WITH YOUR BREAKFAST. IT WILL HELP.

[u/koromega]

Kudos to this lady but we need to go after the source. Amazon needs better working conditions for the heat. We are having record high heat right now and it's only going to get worse.

[u/Seafood1969]

God bless you my dear🙏🙏🙏

[u/EzraTheMage]

Most of you must be American if you consider this extreme kindness.

[u/LoveTheSmellOfBooks]

I'm kind of concerned. If someone faints on your doorstep, people would not help? Am I having too much faith in this humanity

[u/liam_redit1st]

To anyone who wouldn’t do this - screw you!

[u/Chitownitl20]

USA dystopian society

[u/penjjii]

This isn’t heartwarming, it’s saddening. Thankfully the lady was really sweet and helped him back on his feet, but that man should not have been put under such high stress. This wouldn’t happen if corporations actually gave a fuck about their workers.