The new gig economy is all anyone is talking nowadays. But what is it like on the other side? We talked to some prolific Uber drivers and they told us about the quirks and their pets peeves about their gig.
Number One
Customers can be a little short with me. I don’t expect a long conversation but treating me like a person would be great.
Stephan, from San Diego
Number Two
The crippling poverty.
Erica, from Colorado
Number Three
I live off food stamps and drive rich alcoholics around.
Steve, from NYC
Number Four
This one time, a drunk passenger puked all over my back seat. I spent all morning trying to clean it up but the smell was still there when I had to pick up my daughter. She told my ex and he used that to have my custody taken away. I miss my daughter.
Rebecca, from Los Angeles
Number Five
They expect me to act like a good employee but I’m not actually an employee. I’m an independent contractor so they can cheat local governments out of taxes.
Sarah, from Austin
Number Six
No one else will hire me. I’m trapped here.
S, from San Francisco
Number Seven
I have pancreatic cancer and I don’t have health insurance. So now I’m going to die.
Becca, from Portland
Number Eight
My son thinks I’m a loser and he doesn’t want to live with me anymore. He wants to live with the neighbor’s dad. He works at a Save Mart.
Steven, from Fresno
Number Nine
One time I picked up Dan Harmon, the showrunner of Community, and he’s always been a hero of mine. But he seemed like kind of a jerk.
Tina, from New Jersey
Number Ten
The darkness, it calls to me. It whispering those sweat nothings into my ear about what peace awaits should I slip into that abyss. But I must persist. I can see the faint mirage of something worth living for. So I continue forth, trapped in this prison of phone and 2014 Honda Accord.
Stev, from Chicago
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