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Woman finds her Amazon package tossed in the trash. Driver marked it as “secure”

9:00 AM CDT on August 2, 2025

An Amazon customer posted a photo of her package, delivered not to her door, but into a trash bin. The Reddit user, u/jitterqueen, shared the now-viral image to r/mildlyinfuriating on July 31, 2025, showing her order sitting atop a pile of garbage. Despite the accompanying note claiming it was left "in a secure location," the photo told a different story.

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People reacting to the image found the driver’s choice of secure delivery location outrageous and roasted Amazon for their delivery fails. But drivers on the r/AmazonDSPdrivers subreddit say they’re only reviewed by unsatisfied customers—so of course they get a bad rap. 

u/jitterqueen told a commenter who shamed her for patronizing the shipping giant that she’s likely to let her Amazon subscription lapse. @pierrepaul wrote, “Why don't you visit a local business instead of handing money to one of the world's biggest and most destructive corporations?” u/jitterqueen replied, “My subscription is ending today and I think this time I'm not renewing it anymore.”

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u/pierrepaul via Reddit, u/jitterqueen via Reddit 

"Secure location" apparently means "on top of trash"

u/jitterqueen told the thread the package could be removed along with the trash. She wrote, “Thursdays are trash collection days where I live. They usually come around 2 pm which is in 2 hours. I don't think it'll be there when I get home.”

Amazon delivery put my package in the trash and took a photo of the "secure location".
byu/jitterqueen inmildlyinfuriating
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Reddit users on the thread called the Amazon employee a “bad delivery driver,” and a “smoothbrain.”

u/viperniss via Reddit
u/Cylzn via Reddit

Another commenter joked that the driver was simply saving u/jitterqueen’s time. 

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“Just saving you time,” wrote u/FreezingwindDOTcom. “It was sure to end up in a landfill anyway,” replied u/node-toad.

u/FreezingwindDOTcom via Reddit, u/node-toad via Reddit 

What about all the packages successfully delivered without incident? 

Amazon driver u/StraightPool6074 wrote, “People who really go on amazon and give negative customer delivery feedback are the most miserable people on earth,” in a post on the r/AmazonDSPdrivers subreddit from May.

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“Unless I was disrespectful, it's no reason you should give bad feedback, especially if you got your package,” they added.

People who really go on amazon and give a negative customer delivery feedback are the most miserable people on earth
byu/StraightPool6074 inAmazonDSPDrivers

Drivers responding to u/StraightPool6074‘s frustration explained their plight and chimed in to commiserate. 

“We are being reviewed by about 5% of customers we deliver to. Then its all weighted on that 5%. So if you have 1 or 2 bad you get a bad score. 95% of customers who say nothing needed to be weighted in. And if your shit aint broke and you have it shut up.”

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u/piatz123 via Reddit

“Lazy is always the first thing outta them pathetic losers' mouths, and yet there they are sitting on their ass instead of going to the store.”

u/FeistmasterFlex via Reddit

u/Key_Ad_8333 had the grace to pipe up and acknowledge that delivery people are out there doing the best they can.

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“I am not a delivery driver or an employee for Amazon. But goddamn am I thankful for y’all. The shit y’all put up with in an effort to add convenience to our lives is crazy.”

u/Key_Ad_8333 via Reddit

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