Amazon driver ruins Midwest couple's grass by driving over lawn
An Amazon delivery driver was caught on camera turning a Midwest couple's immaculate front lawn into her own private driveway - steering a blue Toyota straight over the grass before carrying a package just yards to the front porch.
Jaw-dropping surveillance footage shows the driver bypassing the Magills' actual driveway and paved walkway at their Indiana farm property, instead cutting across the bright green lawn at around 7.30am on June 21.
The car can be seen leaving a dark, looping trail across the freshly mowed grass as it made its way toward the front of the home.
At one point, the driver appears to make a three-point turn carving a even more tire tracks into the grass, leaving a broad arc through the soft turf and a crisscross pattern of tire marks behind.
The vehicle then comes to a stop directly in front of the house despite the concrete path to the porch being clearly visible just a few feet away.
The driver, who appears to be wearing an Amazon delivery vest, gets out and retrieves a cardboard package from the car.
Surveillance footage shows a blue Toyota leaving the road and cutting across Brian and Elisha Magill’s freshly mowed front lawn in Indiana
She is then seen walking across the lawn with the box before carefully placing it on the Magills' front porch.
But instead of treating the property with the same care shown to the parcel, the driver left the grass with multiple tire tracks, with even more created by a three-point turn.
Brian Magill, 49, and Elisha Magill, 47, own the Indiana farm property and run a YouTube channel together.
The couple's footage shows their large, neatly maintained front yard, bordered by a driveway and a clearly defined footpath leading to the entrance.
The driver could have parked by the road or used the driveway before making the short walk to the door.
Instead, the footage shows her taking her vehicle across the lawn and stopping beside the front steps.
Brian Magill, 49, and Elisha Magill, 47, own the Indiana farm property and run a YouTube channel together
In a statement to the Daily Mail, Amazon public relations manager Jesus Garcia said the company considered the driver's actions unacceptable.
'We hold delivery partners to high standards, and the actions shown in the video are clearly unacceptable,' Garcia said.
'We'll address this matter with the driver and/or driver's employer.'
Garcia said that delivery drivers are not necessarily employed directly by Amazon.
Delivery drivers are not Amazon employees,’ he said. ‘Amazon contracts with third party businesses and flex drivers to deliver packages.’
It was not immediately clear whether the driver was working for a contracted delivery company or as an Amazon Flex driver, or whether the Magills would be compensated for the damage to their lawn.
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
