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Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour (www.thestar.com)
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[โ€“] captainlezbian 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The problem is that restaurants usually have similar load patterns. The orders for the Mexican place aren't coming in while the pizza restaurant are slow, they're all getting a decent surge at lunch time and a bigger surge at dinner timr

[โ€“] Serinus 1 points 4 days ago

Pizza places have dealt with that forever. It's normal.