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Video Shows White Woman Blocking Black Postmates Driver From Delivering Order To Her Building, Postmates Responds

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Another day&comma; another &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Karen” going viral&period; This time&comma; it was a white woman in Los Angeles who was caught on video confronting and harassing a Black Postmates driver who was just doing his job&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In the clip&comma; which went viral Thursday&comma; Jordan Gipson can be seen attempting to make his delivery in the affluent neighborhood of Westwood&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;complex&period;com&sol;life&sol;2020&sol;07&sol;karen-refuses-to-let-black-postmates-delivery-driver-drop-off-order-los-angeles">Complex&period;<&sol;a> The woman&comma; who isn’t wearing a mask&comma; refuses to let him in the apartment building to drop off his delivery&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The woman began to ridicule him for wearing a mask during the pandemic and accused him of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hiding something&period;” The lady even asked&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Is this a hold up or something&quest;” The driver remained calm and continued to state that he was there to make a delivery and that she was preventing him from completing his order&comma; to which she replied&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Don’t deliver anything here&period; We don’t want you delivering&period; I don’t want you here&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CDAWlKShm&lowbar;y&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CDAWlKShm&lowbar;y&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Like others seeing this video&comma; we’re completely appalled by this event that took place&comma;” Postmates said from its Twitter account&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Postmates denounces racism&comma; and is committed to the safety of everyone using our platform&period; Please know we are looking into this incident and in the process of reaching out to the courier&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Eventually&comma; Gipson dialed the customer on the intercom and he informed the woman that he was expecting a Postmates delivery&period; The woman then started to bombard her own neighbor with questions&comma; asking the customer where they lived in the building&comma; as if it wasn&&num;8217&semi;t clear they live there from replying on the intercom&comma; and offered to take it to the person&&num;8217&semi;s apartment&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m not letting this man in&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she told the customer in the video&period; When the customer asked her to identify herself&comma; the woman snapped at the customer too&period; &&num;8220&semi;I live here a&ast;&ast;hole and I pay rent here&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&comma; before she said to &&num;8220&semi;get out of my building because you don&&num;8217&semi;t live here&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t want people buzzing him into my building&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she added&period; Eventually the video ends when the customer comes to collect his food&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">No word on what happened to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Karen&comma;” but as Postmates looks into the incident&comma; social media has had its way of handling her &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;type&period;” We’ll keep you posted on any updates&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">click here to join&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"62790" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;video-shows-white-woman-blocking-black-postmates-driver-from-delivering-order-to-her-building-postmates-responds&sol;" data-secure&equals;"24b5936f94"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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