The reality is that gigs only work for children or the elderly. The quintessential teenage babysitter can only afford to do so because they have parents paying

The reality is that gigs only work for children or the elderly. The quintessential teenage babysitter can only afford to do so because they have parents paying for everything else. The quintessential "retiree" worker can only afford to uber/doordash if they have saved enough up to offset the rest of their spending. The reality is that for most people, these "gigs" are actually jobs. Qualifying them as "gigs" and saying that people shouldn't depend on them just allows you to feel better about not paying the true cost for the goods/services you are consuming. If the only dashers/uberers were people who were truly only doing it for "gig work", the platforms would go under. Either that or enjoy your 50 dollar sandwich or 100 dollar uber.