So I just read a thread on Facebook where someone says that while being tipped at Amazon they lock you in a room! LOCK YOU IN?!
I’m finding it hard to believe.
Is this actually true?
In some sites. Very few though…
Most the waiting rooms are better than supermarket RDCs’. About 50% have access to open air for fresh air or smoking… or both…
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DaveyCrocket:
So I just read a thread on Facebook where someone says that while being tipped at Amazon they lock you in a room! LOCK YOU IN?!
I’m finding it hard to believe.
Is this actually true?
Been to Weybridge, Dunstable, Marston Gate (near Bedford) and Bardon Hill (near Coalville) and I’ve never seen them lock people in rooms. What they do is not allow you to sit in your cab if it’s coupled and they’re loading. At Weybridge they expect you to sit in a waiting room or outside; at Bardon Hill they expect you to decouple (you can sit in the cab or in the waiting room which has a window to the office) and they won’t tell you which bay your trailer is being loaded on in case you go and try coupling up.
DaveyCrocket:
So I just read a thread on Facebook where someone says that while being tipped at Amazon they lock you in a room! LOCK YOU IN?!
I’m finding it hard to believe.
Is this actually true?
BTW, it’s illegal to lock people in rooms.
Must be true if it’s on Facebook 
Altrincham, tilbury and Warrington you’ll be escorted to drivers area by yard Marshall. As I said earlier not many but some. Most of the time I’m just sitting in my cab waiting for a loaded trailer.
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IndigoJo:
DaveyCrocket:
So I just read a thread on Facebook where someone says that while being tipped at Amazon they lock you in a room! LOCK YOU IN?!
I’m finding it hard to believe.
Is this actually true?BTW, it’s illegal to lock people in rooms.
Under what law? Police lock people in rooms… are they breaking the law?
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beardofginger:
Under what law? Police lock people in rooms… are they breaking the law?
The police obviously work by different rules to the rest of us. Amazon are a private company. They cannot imprison anyone. It’s called false imprisonment and if you demand to be let off the site, for example, they would have to let you go.
beardofginger:
IndigoJo:
DaveyCrocket:
So I just read a thread on Facebook where someone says that while being tipped at Amazon they lock you in a room! LOCK YOU IN?!
I’m finding it hard to believe.
Is this actually true?BTW, it’s illegal to lock people in rooms.
Under what law? Police lock people in rooms… are they breaking the law?
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Holding a person against their will aka kidnapping ,
The Fuzz have to arrest you first and read you your rights then they’re legally allowed to hold you for up to a set time without charge then they must charge you or release you
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IndigoJo:
beardofginger:
Under what law? Police lock people in rooms… are they breaking the law?The police obviously work by different rules to the rest of us. Amazon are a private company. They cannot imprison anyone. It’s called false imprisonment and if you demand to be let off the site, for example, they would have to let you go.
Yeah sure they’d let you go. With no load.
By entering their property you agree to their policies… the areas they “Lock you in” are large, mostly comfortable with toilets and provision to drink. Free tea and coffee… I don’t really feel that they need to be hauled in front of The Hague for human rights abuse…
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beardofginger:
IndigoJo:
beardofginger:
Under what law? Police lock people in rooms… are they breaking the law?The police obviously work by different rules to the rest of us. Amazon are a private company. They cannot imprison anyone. It’s called false imprisonment and if you demand to be let off the site, for example, they would have to let you go.
Yeah sure they’d let you go. With no load.
By entering their property you agree to their policies… the areas they “Lock you in” are large, mostly comfortable with toilets and provision to drink. Free tea and coffee… I don’t really feel that they need to be hauled in front of The Hague for human rights abuse…Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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beardofginger:
IndigoJo:
beardofginger:
Under what law? Police lock people in rooms… are they breaking the law?The police obviously work by different rules to the rest of us. Amazon are a private company. They cannot imprison anyone. It’s called false imprisonment and if you demand to be let off the site, for example, they would have to let you go.
Yeah sure they’d let you go. With no load.
By entering their property you agree to their policies… the areas they “Lock you in” are large, mostly comfortable with toilets and provision to drink. Free tea and coffee… I don’t really feel that they need to be hauled in front of The Hague for human rights abuse…Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Their policies can’t break the law, as they have found out a number of times
zaax:
beardofginger:
IndigoJo:
beardofginger:
Under what law? Police lock people in rooms… are they breaking the law?The police obviously work by different rules to the rest of us. Amazon are a private company. They cannot imprison anyone. It’s called false imprisonment and if you demand to be let off the site, for example, they would have to let you go.
Yeah sure they’d let you go. With no load.
By entering their property you agree to their policies… the areas they “Lock you in” are large, mostly comfortable with toilets and provision to drink. Free tea and coffee… I don’t really feel that they need to be hauled in front of The Hague for human rights abuse…Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Their policies can’t break the law, as they have found out a number of times
It’ll be done under the guise of health and safety.
Tbh I’ve been in a few a whilst you’re “locked in” all doors have emergency locks of the kind that let go when there’s a fire alarm etc and ultimately whilst I don’t like any waiting room type setup they are better than the likes of the supermarkets who provide the most basic of things sometimes.
toonsy:
zaax:
beardofginger:
IndigoJo:
beardofginger:
Under what law? Police lock people in rooms… are they breaking the law?The police obviously work by different rules to the rest of us. Amazon are a private company. They cannot imprison anyone. It’s called false imprisonment and if you demand to be let off the site, for example, they would have to let you go.
Yeah sure they’d let you go. With no load.
By entering their property you agree to their policies… the areas they “Lock you in” are large, mostly comfortable with toilets and provision to drink. Free tea and coffee… I don’t really feel that they need to be hauled in front of The Hague for human rights abuse…Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Their policies can’t break the law, as they have found out a number of times
It’ll be done under the guise of health and safety.
Tbh I’ve been in a few a whilst you’re “locked in” all doors have emergency locks of the kind that let go when there’s a fire alarm etc and ultimately whilst I don’t like any waiting room type setup they are better than the likes of the supermarkets who provide the most basic of things sometimes.
I agree, I’d much rather be in there than the sweaty sh*tholes supermarket RDCs
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So it’s actually true! Thanks for the replies, guys but I’ll tell you something - no matter how big or comfortable that room is if you tolerate being locked in you’re insane.
I asked about this because I’m starting a new job soon and it’s possible I may have to go to Amazon sites. The instant anyone tries to lock me in anywhere I’ll totally refuse and if they won’t load/tip I really don’t care.
DaveyCrocket:
So it’s actually true!
Mate you really need to get out of facebook mode, it’s not across the board, in fact not one single Amazon site I’ve been to have they locked you in, you sit in a crappy cage in Avonmouth but the door is unlocked to the outside of which you are free to exit and go to the canteen or top up the carcinogens in your system (at some suitable tar sucking station I assume), the door is also open at Swansea and you can go sit/sleep/■■■■■■■■■■ in your truck until 15mins before your allotted pull time, Milton Keynes = sat in cab, Swindon, whilst ridiculous in its H&S (airline lock, wheel chocks, keys handed in and escorted by and then sat within line of sight of a security bod in the canteen) still not locked in a room, it’s fair to say that many different Amazon sites employ many different practices but it’s certainly not carte blanche “locked in a room”.
Reef:
DaveyCrocket:
So it’s actually true!Mate you really need to get out of facebook mode, it’s not across the board, in fact not one single Amazon site I’ve been to have they locked you in, you sit in a crappy cage in Avonmouth but the door is unlocked to the outside of which you are free to exit and go to the canteen or top up the carcinogens in your system (at some suitable tar sucking station I assume), the door is also open at Swansea and you can go sit/sleep/■■■■■■■■■■ in your truck until 15mins before your allotted pull time, Milton Keynes = sat in cab, Swindon, whilst ridiculous in its H&S (airline lock, wheel chocks, keys handed in and escorted by and then sat within line of sight of a security bod in the canteen) still not locked in a room, it’s fair to say that many different Amazon sites employ many different practices but it’s certainly not carte blanche “locked in a room”.
agreed,I only deliver to amazon sites. You can count the strict ones on one hand. And it’s really not bad… most of the time I’m in my cab.
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The only site where you’re locked in is Manchester airport. You get escorted through a gate in a fenced off/smoking area, and then into the waiting room. The room itself isn’t locked, but the gate at the fence is. So technically you’re locked out of the yard area. It’s all a bit dodgy to my mind, especially if fire breaks out in the drivers’ room.
Tilbury is similar, but you’re not really locked in, just locked out, as you’re free to walk out in the event of a fire. Not that it concerns me, as I got banned from there lol 
This is off the top of me head, I don´t know the applicable law. BUT…
If anyone tried to lock me in a room while I tipped? Straight on the mobile and call the police. And/or break the ■■■■■■ door down. No questions.
steviespain:
If anyone tried to lock me in a room while I tipped? Straight on the mobile and call the police. And/or break the [zb] door down. No questions.
lol, no you wouldn’t, you’d do what the other 15 flip flops in the room would do: you’d sit down and start playing with your phone until your bay number got called. I’d put money on it.