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Most people not making upper 5 or 6 figure salaries don't have the luxury of taking a day off work just to stick it to the man.

pixl97 8y ago
The man knows this, and this is why the man gets away with screwing you over.
Teever 8y ago
I anticipated a response like this but I don't think it applies in this situation. According to the article around 60,000 people have found the time to make this happen. What we are seeing is a fundamental aspect of human nature and that is that spite is a great motivator. You're right, most people can't afford to do this, but many can. Enough that it is hitting Uber where it hurts -- the bottom line. And as someone who favours stronger protections for workers that is most pleasing.
- ThrustVectoring 8y ago
  >spite is a great motivator. This is exactly why spite is a great motivator - it encourages people to do better game theory (in the context of the ancestral evolutionary environment, at least). If you never go after the $25 someone owes you just out of spite, people will repeatedly take advantage of you in ways that aren't worth remedying.
  - Balgair 8y ago
    I wouldn't say that spite is the only thing at work here. Humans are incredibly tied to fairness, of which I think spite is a partial sub-set. Some people will spend more cash to remedy the unfairness of the situation https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/are-humans-hardwired-for-fairness.html https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/are-human...
- ryandrake 8y ago
  In a more just world, there would be a way for common people to avail the benefits of our legal system without sacrificing a day of work, mailing snail-mail letters and faxing forms in triplicate. If a company owes me $25, why can't I just take them to small claims court with a simple E-mail to my county court?

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Most people not making upper 5 or 6 figure salaries don't have the luxury of taking a day off work just to stick it to the man.

by dralley 8y ago

pixl97 8y ago
The man knows this, and this is why the man gets away with screwing you over.
Teever 8y ago
I anticipated a response like this but I don't think it applies in this situation. According to the article around 60,000 people have found the time to make this happen. What we are seeing is a fundamental aspect of human nature and that is that spite is a great motivator. You're right, most people can't afford to do this, but many can. Enough that it is hitting Uber where it hurts -- the bottom line. And as someone who favours stronger protections for workers that is most pleasing.
- ThrustVectoring 8y ago
  >spite is a great motivator. This is exactly why spite is a great motivator - it encourages people to do better game theory (in the context of the ancestral evolutionary environment, at least). If you never go after the $25 someone owes you just out of spite, people will repeatedly take advantage of you in ways that aren't worth remedying.
  - Balgair 8y ago
    I wouldn't say that spite is the only thing at work here. Humans are incredibly tied to fairness, of which I think spite is a partial sub-set. Some people will spend more cash to remedy the unfairness of the situation https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/are-humans-hardwired-for-fairness.html https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/are-human...
- ryandrake 8y ago
  In a more just world, there would be a way for common people to avail the benefits of our legal system without sacrificing a day of work, mailing snail-mail letters and faxing forms in triplicate. If a company owes me $25, why can't I just take them to small claims court with a simple E-mail to my county court?