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I use Instacart/Prime Now for grocery delivery and always tip highly while hoping that a more humane near-future of drones and UBI can eliminate the uncomfortab
by shrimp_emoji 6y ago
I use Instacart/Prime Now for grocery delivery and always tip highly while hoping that a more humane near-future of drones and UBI can eliminate the uncomfortable reality that me getting groceries conveniently requires a miserable underclass who would otherwise not be doing that job.
- smeej 6y agoWhat job do you think they would be doing instead? And why do you think they aren't doing that job now? I ask this sincerely. I've worked gig-economy jobs when and only when they were what I judged to be my best option at the time. When I've found other opportunities that had a mix of compensation/flexibility/benefits I preferred, I've switched to do that instead. My experience strongly suggests to me that the same is true of most gig workers--they're choosing the best of the options available to them. I don't see how removing their current best option somehow makes a better one appear that wasn't there before.
- headsupernova 6y agoEveryone is always choosing the best option available to them... The point is that there's no reason the world should be set up in such a way that it's their only or best option.
- burnthrow 6y agoHave you considered just going to the grocery store, that seems to be a simpler solution than drones + UBI