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  • Teddy Day 2025 Funny Memes and Jokes: As Couples Share Plush Gifts, Singles Settle for Hilarious Meme Templates, Sarcasm and Valentine’s Day Humour

    Teddy Day 2025 Funny Memes and Jokes: As Couples Share Plush Gifts, Singles Settle for Hilarious Meme Templates, Sarcasm and Valentine’s Day Humour

    Welcome to Teddy Day, the fourth day of Valentine’s Week, where love is expressed through oversized stuffed animals that will probably be sitting on your couch for the next year, gathering dust and mocking you with their perpetual optimism. On this day, couples everywhere give each other teddy bears — because apparently, nothing says “I love you” like a giant, unblinking plush bear that’ll take up half your bed and be a constant reminder of your love… or whatever. And while some couples are busy wrapping these giant, fluffy creatures in hearts and ribbons, the rest of us are either laughing at their over-the-top gestures or wondering why we didn’t get a teddy bear as well. As couples share plush gifts, singles settle for hilarious meme templates, sarcasm and Valentine’s Day humour. To make this day fun, here are the best Teddy Day 2025 funny memes and jokes that are totally relatable. Valentine Week 2025 Calendar With Full Dates: Here’s the Date Sheet To Celebrate the Week of Love. 

    The Teddy Day funny memes and jokes are an absolute treasure, and let’s be honest, they’re probably the only reason we’re still keeping track of the days during this romantic week. Truly, nothing screams deep, meaningful love like a bear that has no idea what’s going on in your relationship. You give it a name, maybe it gets a special seat at the dinner table, but in the end, it’s just a hunk of polyester pretending to be emotionally supportive. But hey, at least it won’t ghost you. And you know what? Honestly, this is the level of commitment we’re looking for in any relationship: No judgment, no unsolicited advice — just a bear that’s soft, doesn’t talk, and lets us watch Netflix without making us feel like we need to have deep conversations about our future. We don’t need flowers, we don’t need chocolates, and we definitely don’t need a public proposal — we just need a fuzzy companion to sit next to us while we scroll through memes and roll our eyes at everyone else’s relationship milestones. What Are the 7 Days of Anti-Romance? Slap Day, Flirt Day, Break Up Day and More, Date Sheet of Self-Growth and Healing. 

    But back to the couples, who seem to think that gifting a teddy bear is the ultimate symbol of their undying affection. You know the ones. They’ll post a picture of themselves, all smiling and giggling, holding the biggest, fluffiest bear they could find at the store, captioned with something like, “I don’t need anything else as long as I have you and my new teddy bear.” And we’re all just sitting here, like, “Okay, but what does the bear do when you’re mad at each other? Does it mediate your arguments about what show to binge-watch? Does it help with taxes? Just wondering.” Well, while we scorn with jealousy, check out some of the best Teddy Day memes and jokes.

    Only Teddy I Wanna Give the Couples

    LMAO

    Can’t Even

    Happy Teddy Day!

    ROFL

    True

    LOL

    In conclusion, Teddy Day is definitely a day for people to show off their relationship in the most… fluff-filled way possible. Whether you’re a couple sharing a stuffed bear the size of a small child or you’re a single person who’s now questioning their life choices because everyone else has a teddy bear, just remember: It’s all part of the romantic fun.

    (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Feb 10, 2025 03:28 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).

  • Amazon to settle lawsuit alleging it stole drivers’ tips to save labor costs

    Amazon to settle lawsuit alleging it stole drivers’ tips to save labor costs

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    Amazon has agreed to pay $3.95 million to settle a lawsuit in which it was accused of subsidizing its labor costs by stealing the tips its drivers received to cover part of the employees’ base wages, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb announced Friday. 

    According to Schwalb, Amazon misled consumers in Washington, D.C., between 2016 and 2019 by assuring them that all the tips they provided would go to Amazon’s Flex drivers, employees who deliver packages with their own cars. 

    Schwalb’s office alleged that by diverting millions of dollars in tips, Amazon was able to save on its own operating costs and therefore increase profits.

    “When companies mislead customers to boost their profits by stealing tips intended for their workers, they are cheating their consumers, their employees, and their competitors who play by the rules,” Schwalb said. 

    AMAZON SUED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING MORE THAN $1M IN TIPS FROM DELIVERY WORKERS

    An Amazon Flex driver loads their personal vehicle with packages. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)

    Amazon said in a statement to Fox News Digital that the company disagrees with the allegations, noting that Amazon Flex has evolved since then. 

    “For nearly a decade, Amazon Flex has empowered delivery partners to earn extra money on their own schedules,” Amazon spokesperson Steve Kelly said. “Like any successful program, Amazon Flex has evolved over time, and this lawsuit relates to a practice we changed more than five years ago. While we continue to disagree with these allegations, we’re happy to have the matter behind us so we can continue to focus on supporting delivery partners and customers.“

    140,000 AMAZON DRIVERS WILL GET BACK $60M IN ALLEGEDLY WITHHELD TIPS

    Flex workers load vehicles with orders at an Amazon delivery station

    Flex workers load vehicles with orders at an Amazon delivery station. (Kathy Tran/Bloomberg / Getty Images)

    When Amazon Flex launched in 2015, consumers were able to tip their delivery drivers at checkout, which stated that 100% of the tips would go to the drivers. 

    The lawsuit claimed that Amazon changed its driver payment model the following year, and that instead of allowing the tips to increase the driver’s total compensation, the company used it to cover the employees’ base wages Amazon had already promised to pay the drivers.

    According to the Federal Trade Commission, the payment model change was not disclosed to the drivers or the consumers, allowing the model to continue taking tips until 2019, when Amazon became “aware of the FTC’s investigation in 2019.”

    The company was accused of stealing more than $1 million in tips to cover its labor expenses. 

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    Amazon packages sit in delivery bags. (Lakeville Police Department)

    As part of a settlement with the FTC in 2021, all the customer tips at issue were eventually paid to the drivers, according to an Amazon spokesperson at that time.

    Aside from the restitution-only settlement with the FTC, the attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit for injunctive relief and civil penalties, noting that additional penalties were warranted to disincentivize unlawful behavior. 

    “It’s not sufficient, after being caught, to simply give back the ill-gotten gains,” Schwalb said. “Rather, there must be meaningful consequences to deter misconduct from happening in the first place. Especially when living expenses are harder and harder to afford, my office will continue to ensure that hardworking District residents receive every penny of their earnings and consumers have confidence that they are not being misled.”

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    According to the settlement, Amazon has denied all the allegations and claims.

    “Amazon maintains that it made truthful, complete, unambiguous, and accurate representations to customers regarding tips for drivers,” the settlement stated.

    According to the settlement terms, Amazon will pay $3.95 million, including $2.45 million in penalties and $1.5 million in costs.

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    The company has also agreed to maintain transparent tipping practices. 

    “If Amazon uses tips for any purpose other than increasing driver compensation, the company must make clear disclosures about how tips are used on both its website and its app,” the settlement stated.

    Fox News’ Daniella Genovese contributed to this report.