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Back in 2018, social media flipped its lid when it found out that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was renovating his Washington, D.C. mansion.
Why? Because his renovation plans included 25 freaking bathrooms.
That’s right. Jeff Bezos felt that he needed 25 bathrooms in his home.
The plans for Jeff Bezos’s DC renovation include:
• 11 bedrooms
• 25 bathrooms
• 5 living rooms
• 2 elevators
• An extremely fabulous solarium.https://t.co/RF81zZzVYM— Washingtonian (@washingtonian) April 23, 2018
architect, winning a bet with his colleagues: now, obviously you need twice as many bathrooms as bedrooms
the richest man in the world: obviously— Crowsa Luxemburg (@quendergeer) April 24, 2018
Perhaps now we know the reason why Jeff Bezos requires so many bathrooms in his home. (And no, it’s not because once you use a toilet, it will radiate Nega-Energy for the rest of its life.)
It could be so he doesn’t ever, and we mean ever, have to use the same toilet as the help.
According to a new lawsuit filed against Jeff Bezos by a former housekeeper, Mercedes Wedaa, she and other help “were forced to climb out of the laundry room window to the outside. Then run along the path to the mechanical room, through the mechanical room and downstairs to a bathroom.”
Dang. It sounds like you had to be John McCLane in order to use the hopper at Jeff Bezos’ home if you were a housekeeper.
The lawsuit filed by Jeff Bezos’ former lead housekeeper makes numerous troubling claims
Wedaa, who also worked for late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, was employed by Jeff Bezos from 2019 to 2021. At one point he even promoted her to lead housekeeper at the Medina, Washington home.
“When the Bezos family was home, the housekeepers were not permitted to access the home, unless to perform a cleaning assignment,” the lawsuit reads.
She also claims that she and other housekeepers were discriminated against because they are Hispanic and often had to work 10 to 14 hour days without legally required rest or meal breaks, according to the New York Post.
“We have investigated the claims, and they lack merit,” Harry Korrell, an attorney for Bezos, wrote in an email to Post. “Ms. Wedaa made over six figures annually and was the lead housekeeper. She was responsible for her own break and meal times, and there were several bathrooms and breakrooms available to her and other staff. The evidence will show that Ms. Wedaa was terminated for performance reasons. She initially demanded over $9M, and when the company refused, she decided to file this suit.”
Back in 2019, a former Amazon employee, Nicholas Stover, sued the company for $3 million in damages after he was allegedly fired for “excessive bathroom breaks.”
Stover was suffering from Crohn’s disease – a type of inflammatory bowel disease which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition.
He lost his case, but it appears that he is still trying to appeal the verdict.