CityLab Daily: Who Drives the Uber Drivers?Posted by kelvin23 on July 20th, 2019 What We’re FollowingDesignated drivers: When Uber throws a party, who drives the drivers? The ride-hailing company discovered this question the hard way on Monday when it invited its gig workers to a drivers’ appreciation dinner at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The invitation promised each driver could bring three guests and that the party would include free parking. Turns out they all drove themselves, resulting in an “unplanned mess,” one would-be attendee told the Chicago Tribune. If you want to get more info you can get from my site
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