Especially if they’d help carry your bags and whatnot; that could be very helpful for someone who has mobility issues or just has a lot of things they need to bring. Well worth $7.50
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JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Honestly this is a great joke but also could legitimately be a good service for someone who didn’t feel safe walking alone, or needs help navigating
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 2 months ago
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
how can it be this cheap though? sure it doesn’t require gas but it takes longer so the guy would need more pay for the service right?
wunami@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The business model is to make it cheap initially by subsidizing it with investor capital. So, the gig worker may be paid more than the user is being charged. Then, eventually raise the price once the user base is large enough and dependent enough on it (or the prior alternative is sufficiently put out of business).
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
If they actually matched up with the routes other people might take, I would do it. I’m always walking around downtown anyways, but I’m a relatively large poor-looking man so I never get hassled.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Speaking as a person who does not fit the demographic for this service, the big problem I see with it is how you trust that the walking buddy is actually going to be safer than nothing. Uber drivers are somewhat regularly in the news for assaulting women and I know several women that don’t like riding them alone
biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 2 months ago
You’re right, this is a great services for predators to register.
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It’s a great idea. This is the shit side of it.
Cyclist@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A lot of university campuses have this. It’s a good idea.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
They probably don’t charge money for that service though, and that’s a better idea.
morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
They do, it’s part of the tuition
LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Not really the same. Charging for this would discourage people from using it. They have to make a choice on feeling safe vs. spending money.
This gives everyone the option and subsidizes it to the entire community.
This is exactly why socializing things like this is beneficial.
Every service has a cost. That cost is the value of the labor being provided. But we decide as a society that providing services like this benefits everyone living in society. Regardless of if they use it directly or not.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Maybe subsidized by it, but a lot of services from my local state institution are accessible by all.
BussyCat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s also run by people vetted by the school who are also employees so they generally have other responsibilities and then the service doesn’t generate a profit. Which is a long way of saying it’s not even remotely close to being the same
exasperation@lemm.ee 2 months ago
John Mulaney has a joke about how his parents knew Bill Clinton that way, from all going to undergrad together at Georgetown. Apparently all the women loved being escorted by Bill Clinton, and the men were all jealous.
conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Tbh, it makes sense. You don’t end up being president by being a no-rizz fool. You may be considering bringing up Trump as a counter-argument, but just look at all the people that are letting him pound them in the ass right now.
parody@lemmings.world 2 months ago
PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 2 months ago
Wait: My memory of the story was that Clinton loved to escort women around and constantly signed up for the duty, and everyone else on all sides of the equation had no particular strong feelings about it. Except for John Mulaney’s mom.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Well yeah, he was the president.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I found out in my senior year, that my campus had been plagued by a serial rapist for several years, going back to before i was a freshman, and the school had covered it up. I only found out about it when i learned that my roommate’s girlfriend had a sorority sister on a full-ride scholarship to keep her quiet about being raped in her freshman year.
Suddenly, the pressure to use their chaperone service became clear.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My school had a number you could call and they’d dispatch a golf cart with 2 student workers to take you anywhere on campus for free, 24/7 (minus holidays and breaks when University offices were cosed).