Comment on Contributing to the local economy
Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 7 months agoI mean, the delivery people need to get paid, right?
That’s kind of the cruelty of capitalism. You can coerce people do unsafe or unpleasant things, but it gets framed as a favour because hey they’re getting paid.
Whereas if the person you were paying was truly comfortable and didn’t need money for survival, there is a chance that they would forego working on that kind of night.
I’ll say no if I need to, there are always other jobs. They’re renting your time not your life, you can tell them no.
A delivery driver is already towards the bottom of the job ladder
Not many can say “I can be without work for a week or two while I look for a better/safer job”
Can they say no? Yes, can they really say no? Probably not
Well they’d be in just as bad a situation if no one ordered at all for a week. Theyre without income either way. I honestly think its better for doordash and ubereats drivers if people still order in poor weather. Pizza places on the other hand where the driver may at least be making some sort of flat rate, they may just prefer to sit there all shift with no orders.
That’s a nice thought but it’s sadly how how reality works for many people who are living paycheck to paycheck.
There are other jobs, but the market isn’t homogeneous or liquid. The jobs available to a specific person may not pay enough, be stable enough, may not be close enough, or may not like the person for bullshit reasons or expect some specific qualifications.
I can just get another job, because I know all these things are similar for me at other businesses in my industry.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Those dollars won’t mean much when they’re being buried. I lost an employee many years ago when the company insisted we go into the office during an ice storm. It was an entirely senseless and avoidable death.