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Anecdotally, I've noticed this here on the central coast of California. We don't use Instacart or Uber Eats a lot, but when we do, its usually delivered by wome
by callmeed 7y ago
Anecdotally, I've noticed this here on the central coast of California. We don't use Instacart or Uber Eats a lot, but when we do, its usually delivered by women/moms in their 40s or 50s (as this article points out).
I will point out one thing I haven't seen mentioned yet: despite the gig economy's downsides, doing this is probably better than getting sucked into the pyramid schemes and MLMs which tend to prey on the same demographic.
- yostrovs 7y agoI spoke to one such mom, asking her why she doesn't do Uber or Lyft instead, and she said because kids make a mess in the car and she can't clean it every time before taking passengers.
- callmeed 7y agoI suppose that's a fair point but I've personally looked at that problem as an opportunity. We rented out our house on AirBnB specifically so we could force ourselves to get organized and our kids clean their rooms.