Comment by 6nf

6 years ago

A bunch of delivery 'drivers' here in sunny Sydney just use a bicycle - and they're often just students or backpackers etc making a couple of bucks in the afternoon while getting fit. They're happy to make $10 an hour which would normally be illegal under Australian employment laws.

It's hard for a local pizza shop to compete with this kind of thing and the sheer scale of Uber Eats.

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foxrob92  6 years ago

>It's hard for a local pizza shop to compete with this kind of thing and the sheer scale of Uber Eats.

I mean, Uber Eats is losing cash at a phenomenal rate. So, more accurately:

>It's hard for a local pizza shop to compete with obscene amounts of venture capital subsidised delivery

kevmo314  6 years ago

> they're often just students or backpackers etc making a couple of bucks in the afternoon while getting fit

I did this in lieu of going to the gym daily a while back ago. Adds a bit of gamification and social interaction, although takes a bit longer for the same intensity. I can't imagine having to live off that wage though.

imgabe  6 years ago

Unfortunately in the US you get people screaming that those drivers are criminally underpaid and are being exploited by heartless capitalists. Because of course random Internet commenters are better able to judge the drivers' priorities and desires than the drivers themselves.

  • ViViDboarder  6 years ago

    Are you seriously arguing that the drivers would rather be underpaid than get paid a fair wage?

    The argument is not that these people shouldn’t be able to find work, but that they should get paid fairly for the work they do.

    • imgabe  6 years ago

      I am arguing that they would rather be paid some wage rather than have no job available.

      A backpacker who just wants to make enough money to get to their next destination probably doesn't want to deal with the overhead of taking on a full-time job and is happy to have the flexibility in exchange for less money.

      Fair is determined by the two people who are party to the transaction. If they both agree to it, then they consider it to be fair. If it is unfair, they are free to decline. The opinions of unrelated third-parties about whether a transaction is "fair" are irrelevant.

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