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I think the business model is solid. I think the implementation of said model is to be blamed. However I am having difficulty in logically pinpointing why my kn
by aejnsn 6y ago
I think the business model is solid. I think the implementation of said model is to be blamed. However I am having difficulty in logically pinpointing why my kneejerk reaction is to the implementation.
Contrast gig economy (I cannot believe I am using that term) workers of today with milk delivery workers of the past. What's different? A schedule? A subscription?
- acheron9383 6y agoProbably the efficiency of a milk route, you can do more of a traveling salesman walk. Rather than a one order to one driver, which is probably substantially less efficient. Amazon/Wholefoods doing more of a scheduled delivery might be a money maker in the long run, it is less gig like though than Uber Eats, Grubhub, etc.
- nerdponx 6y agoForget the gig economy stuff. You're blaming the implementation because fundamentally the service makes sense. Let's say I am a restaurant owner. I want to take orders online. I don't know anything about payment processing, making a website, etc. Grubhub makes a ton of sense to me because they handle all of that stuff, as long as the price is right. Maybe it's impossible to offer such a service profitably. But that seems weird to me.