Comment by KittenInABox

Comment by KittenInABox 9 days ago

The issue is that the score is tied to someone's wellbeing and ability to earn an income in an unglamorous, insecure gig. Nothing besides actively putting me in harm's way would convince me to threaten the tenuous economic status of someone else.

e.g. Often times if a man is on an extended call, it's his wife or child, and he apologizes to me. As if calling your family is ever something to apologize for. I'm constantly appalled at how asocial social norms have become.

prewett 9 days ago

Great, so in addition to being guilted into tipping for ordinary, expected service so not to threaten the possible "tenuous" economic circumstances of servers, now I get guilted if I have an expectation of a professional environment when I contract a personal-taxi from a large personal-taxi dispatcher. I'm not a social service dispensary, I'm a customer. I'm paying for a service, and I'm allowed to have certain expectations for the service.

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consteval 5 days ago

I don't think anyone is saying you can't not tip or you can't have expectations.
My problem with it is when people do these things but then maintain they're not directly, and tangibly, economically harming a lower wage person. You are, there's no way around it. It's perfectly fine to be okay with that outcome. IMO, it's not fine to pretend that outcome doesn't exist.

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FridgeSeal 8 days ago

I think you’re ignoring an extremely real economic reality here. If this is what you want, maybe just get a chauffeur instead.

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denkmoon 9 days ago

A reasonable social safety net would end insane systems like this.

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