"People have the right to order a pizza ... without then being asked for sex or a date."

A hidden consequence of the gig economy is that workers keep asking customers for sex or dates::“People have the right to order a pizza … without then being asked for sex or a date.”

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      321·
      1 year ago

      Gig economy means a bunch of randos get your contact information instead of long term employees who receive proper training and management.

      • joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        1 year ago

        Are you saying that traditional food delivery drivers get trained specifically not to hit on people when they deliver food? I don’t have any data but I feel like that’s not really a thing. Maybe my concept of the training a food delivery driver gets is way off the mark?

        I’m also pretty sure that it’s easier to give a bad review that others will see via one of these food delivery apps than it is if you go directly to the business.

        I think we all agree that this is inappropriate and should not be happening, I just don’t see how it doesn’t apply at least equally to traditional delivery drivers.

        • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I think the issue may have been less prevelant with traditional delivery drivers because there was less delivery going on before delivery apps took off. You’re also making the assumption that anything is done about gig workers someone complains about or gives a low rating too, it seems unlikely that these apps are doing background checks and other things traditional delivery drivers may have been subjected too.

          • Buddahriffic@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            There were no background checks at any of the pizza places I delivered for. Two of them didn’t even have interviews.

            For one of them my buddy’s starter died while we were picking up pizza and the driver helped out by giving us a ride home and mentioned he was looking for someone to cover for him while he was on vacation and I offered, then just had to show up the first day of his vacation.

            For the other one, I had asked if they were looking for a driver, they had said no but then later that week one of the drivers shows up at my door to ask if I still wanted the job (I was a regular so he knew where I lived). Once again, I just showed up the first day and started delivering.