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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The Wee Slothrops play soccer, and getting them to practice can be a challenge when both parents work. There is a company called HopSkipDrive that will let me schedule rides for them, like Uber for kids except that you have to schedule in advance. There is no question that I and Ms Slothrop are better off from being able to use their service. There also is no question that the HopSkipDrive drivers are better off than they would be if the service did not exist. The company is not savaging anything. No doubt it's not creating full-time jobs.
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Wait staff.
These aren’t careers, or even jobs. They’re ways to stay afloat.
But yes, I am better off when I’m served a g&t by a waiter at a casual party, rather than having to make it myself. I’d overpour for myself, and make the Uber driver wait while I said endless drunken goodbyes. She’d get home late and miss her first hour working as a home health aide the next morning.
