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[meme] Trains -- not driverless cars -- are the future of transportation

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Not everyone works in an office. Construction, trades, and utility works still need vehicles to work on and create infrastructure out and indoors.

You'll also have tons of people in rural area like farmers and ranchers that still need vehicles.

That being said most of those vehicles will be electric soon. My company will be moving to electric starting in 3 years.

PS: I'm a utility worker, and we take our work vehicles home foe weather emergencies, so the transportation line is a little blurred for me

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I send supervisor emails about stuff I'm not gonna do to my spam folder as well.....

"Did you get the email?"

"Nope, sorry, it looked a little suspicious so I didn't open and sent it to spam.."

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McDonald's pushes back: "business model can't sustain $20/hr"

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That might be true, but people have to stop working there as employee demand dictates pay rates. Everyone saw this during the pandemic. Short supply of workers lead to an immediate raise in pay.

You also have to remember McDonald's is a franchise business and the owner might not be taking in millions, as McDonald's has been known to mistreat franchisees from lower income neighborhoods.

https://news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-defeats-black-franchisees-1-134243905.html

https://www.eatthis.com/news-subway-mcdonalds-and-more-are-expected-to-be-investigated-by-the-ftc/

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A hidden consequence of the gig economy is that workers keep asking customers for sex or dates

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Lol, do you even need it? The headline speaks volumes.🤣

Almost 1 in 3 Brits between 18 and 34 years old have received unwanted contact from delivery drivers or other workers asking them out on dates or for sex, the UK's data watchdog has warned.

The survey of over 2,000 British adults carried out for the Information Commissioner's Office found that, in total, 17% of people have had their personal information used for a romantic or sexual proposition after handing it over to a business.

That figure rises to 33% in London, where such incidents are most common.

"People have the right to order a pizza, or give their email for a receipt, or have shopping delivered, without then being asked for sex or a date a little while later," said Emily Keaney, a deputy commissioner at the ICO.

"Our research today shows a disturbingly high number of people, particularly young people, are falling prey to these text pests," she added.

In June, a female Etihad Airways passenger told The Guardian how she felt unsafe after a worker contracted by the airline found her phone number in the company system then sent her unsolicited text messages.

"There may be, amongst some, an outdated notion that to use someone's personal details given to you in a business context to ask them out is romantic or charming," Keaney said. "Put quite simply, it is not – it is against the law."

A growing number of firms, particularly in delivery, transport, or logistics, rely on gig economy or contract workers. These workers are not entitled to the same employment rights as full-time workers, the jobs can be precarious and badly paid, and turnover is often high. One consequence is that sensitive customer information, such as phone numbers and addresses, is accessible to casual workers.

The ICO did not explicitly name any companies, but pointed to "major businesses" operating in food and parcel delivery.

Its survey found that two-thirds of the UK public believe it isn't morally right to use personal details given for business purposes for romantic or sexual propositions.

The regulator said it's cracking down on such occurrences, asking victims to come forward, and reaching out to companies to remind them of their data protection responsibilities.

If a company is found not to be following data-protection laws, it can be fined up to £17.5 million ($22.1 million) or 4% of its global turnover

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