re: One of the most depressing thing about current America is the high amount of gig workers

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I see Uber workers getting food or Uber drivers on the road. Wearing down their own vehicles and paying for their own gas to make a few dollars per job.

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They can at least claim mileage for these jobs whereas wage workers cannot.

Can't happen soon enough...

Old, crappy cars and chatty drivers won't be missed at all.

I have a friend who is a true gig worker. He’s a programmer and picks up contract work for 6 months a year. The other 6 months he spends traveling the world. When he runs out of money, he picks up another contractor gig. Granted, he’s not building anything for his future, but he’s in his early thirties and I’m damn envious of the way he has it all set up.

Lol, people don't want to work. And especially work hard for good money.

Lots of good paying jobs out there, lots of lazy fricks out there also

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Lol, people don't want to work. And especially work hard for good money

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This is exactly true.

Take a good look at most "gig workers".
They like little to no supervision, low responsibility, and the ability to not work when they don't want to.

Good, there's a place for you, just not in any real company that would invest in you.

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half of them are immigrants who don't speak any english. they walk to the counter or hostess and stick their phone in the employee's face and they're typically some combination of dirty, sweaty, speaking into their knock off airpods, wearing sandals with no socks, and blocking traffic.

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I guess I live in an insulated world but I am amazed when I go to a restaurant for lunch during the week and see these slimeballs waiting at the pickup counter. Is it a requirement that you have to wear pajama pants and sandals to be a Doordash driver?

I'll never use DD or UberEats.

Gross.

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Uh, no. Why are they "forced" to do it?

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I do it on the side because I have a full-time job in a high cost of living area and I feel stuck in this area and feel if I want to live comfortably I have to find multiple other revenue streams.

It sucks, but I know it's not forever.

I also find it weird how there's a small number of people who look down on Uber/Lyft/Door Dash drivers. Would y'all rather we complain and be lazy, sitting on the couch all day? I actually have a ton of respect for people who do this full time. It's mind-numbing work, but they're working their butts off to survive.

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That shite costs money -a lot of money - to learn these days.

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So many govt programs for this.

Apprenticeships will pay you to learn.