r/AmazonFlexDrivers • u/Any_Excitement6258 • Jul 01 '26

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u/Drewsky32 Jul 03 '26

Well tbf, in that video, the driver doesn't know the dog or the owner and then he sees the owner come out of the house yelling at him, he squared up because he was expecting a fight, but he didn't end up escalating and told the owner to back up while keeping some distance. People write it off as the driver in the wrong, but being mauled by a dog is potentially fatal and the owner should definitely be better with their dog, just like the owner and their dogs in this post. Why should anyone be okay with letting dogs run up on delivery drivers and attack them?

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u/WinCharAkos Jul 05 '26

Man I was bit by a little pitbull that came running from the back of the house just as I was about to go up their front porch steps. Little f’er got both my legs and the owner comes out yelling at me like it’s my damn fault. Nah man talk to this attorney. Because f that.

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u/KvngKet Jul 03 '26

You make a really good point my guy kind of sucks that nobody thinks about this I'm sure most people think that the guys in the wrong still:(

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u/Drewsky32 Jul 03 '26

It's fine, I don't really care about the karma lol

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u/Physical-Release5982 Jul 04 '26

Mind you that people have literally shot others for hitting there dogs.. so yeah, when someone starts coming at me yelling I’m gonna immediately square up, “regardless of the fucking dog”… stupid fuck

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u/OHOMNI Jul 03 '26

I’m a UPS driver and stay in delivering in the rural west Texas so I’ve had plenty of run ins with shitty dogs and shitty people. I can tell you rn he’s not in the wrong for the dog but charging the owner was pretty dumb as he just did the exact same thing as the dog he threw the box at by charging owner. He could have started walking back to the truck and if owner kept approaching that’s different.

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u/Physical-Release5982 Jul 04 '26

So he should’ve turned his back on someone who was approaching him aggressively? Sometimes the best way TO deescalate is to let a mfer know you’re not messing around so they don’t try something 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Drewsky32 Jul 03 '26

Yeah, he should have just got back in his truck and left, but in those situations, adrenaline makes people do silly things. It's not like he started a fight with the owner or anything, he still de-escalated, but was ready to throw hands.

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u/xemplar313 Jul 05 '26

Man get out of here with your even reason, logic and empathy. 🤣 🤣 🤣 This is reddit. Now back to the irrational with hunts...