VintageBetter
Senior Member
This applies to food and grocery delivery accounts also. Surely some of those are created by and for people who do not legally qualify for work in the U.S.
http://tiny.cc/5os4zz (Wired.com story).
ANOTHER really important thing - when I was driving for Uber and Lyft, sometimes I would get calls to take kids under age 18 to school or pick them up after school. THIS IS AGAINST POLICY FOR BOTH UBER AND LYFT. Riders must be age 18+.
I would tell the kids this so they can tell their parents (who usually ordered the ride). I told the kids both Uber and Lyft DO NOT DO a fingerprint background check which is required in my state for all peope who work with children. That detailed background check is how they can find criminal records from all 50 states.
I’m pretty sure I even messaged their parents on this issue too, at least a few times. If they were going to school, I would still take them so they would not be late. If I cancelled some other driver without any priciples would have picked them up anyway.
I was a single mom for many years - I know how hard it can be to help your kids get to where they are going while you also have to hold down a job. I know things can go wrong with the morning routine. For all I know, maybe these kids got up late for school and mom called Uber as a last-minute save. For all I know, maybe one more tardy would equal afterschool detention? Some schools do that.
But usually when I was picking a kid up after school I would flat ask them, “Are you 18?” Some of the high schoolers were or appeared to be 18. They might have lied. But if they looked younger than 18, I’d just tell them, “It's against company policies and I cannot give you a ride. Riders must be 18+ or be accompanied by an adult.” Then I’d cancel. They would just call another driver.
But every time these Silicon Valley companies plant a story saying how WONDERFUL the Gig Economy is for all involved, I just want to yell, “LIARS! Liars, liars, liars, pants on fire!"
Anyway, of all the reasons why I stopped doing rideshare driving, this was one of them. I don’t want to work for a company that puts kids in potential danger. They do not have thorough enough background checks, and WHO is going to make them change, right?
Need to create a new agency to oversee them, IMO, and a whole new set of Federal laws.
http://tiny.cc/5os4zz (Wired.com story).
ANOTHER really important thing - when I was driving for Uber and Lyft, sometimes I would get calls to take kids under age 18 to school or pick them up after school. THIS IS AGAINST POLICY FOR BOTH UBER AND LYFT. Riders must be age 18+.
I would tell the kids this so they can tell their parents (who usually ordered the ride). I told the kids both Uber and Lyft DO NOT DO a fingerprint background check which is required in my state for all peope who work with children. That detailed background check is how they can find criminal records from all 50 states.
I’m pretty sure I even messaged their parents on this issue too, at least a few times. If they were going to school, I would still take them so they would not be late. If I cancelled some other driver without any priciples would have picked them up anyway.
I was a single mom for many years - I know how hard it can be to help your kids get to where they are going while you also have to hold down a job. I know things can go wrong with the morning routine. For all I know, maybe these kids got up late for school and mom called Uber as a last-minute save. For all I know, maybe one more tardy would equal afterschool detention? Some schools do that.
But usually when I was picking a kid up after school I would flat ask them, “Are you 18?” Some of the high schoolers were or appeared to be 18. They might have lied. But if they looked younger than 18, I’d just tell them, “It's against company policies and I cannot give you a ride. Riders must be 18+ or be accompanied by an adult.” Then I’d cancel. They would just call another driver.
But every time these Silicon Valley companies plant a story saying how WONDERFUL the Gig Economy is for all involved, I just want to yell, “LIARS! Liars, liars, liars, pants on fire!"
Anyway, of all the reasons why I stopped doing rideshare driving, this was one of them. I don’t want to work for a company that puts kids in potential danger. They do not have thorough enough background checks, and WHO is going to make them change, right?
Need to create a new agency to oversee them, IMO, and a whole new set of Federal laws.
