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Re:I Delivered Packages for Amazon and It Was a Nightmare by imnicnic on Saturday August 25, 2018 @02:37PM (#17841931)
Gigs are highly addictive
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Re:I Delivered Packages for Amazon and It Was a Nightmare by ghaff on Saturday August 25, 2018 @02:46PM (#17841966)
People do at least own their own schedule which is a big difference from much of retail. That said, as this article notes, your cost to do these gigs is often higher than people think it will be (or even realize it is).
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Re:I Delivered Packages for Amazon and It Was a Nightmare by orangecat on Saturday August 25, 2018 @04:37PM (#17842462)
People do at least own their own schedule which is a big difference from much of retail.

Right, and this can easily be underappreciated by those of us working in environments where it's hardly ever a problem if you need to take a few hours to deal with personal issues.

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Re:I Delivered Packages for Amazon and It Was a Nightmare by paulie_a on Saturday August 25, 2018 @05:37PM (#17842702)
So what? That has nothing to do with real income.
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