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0 pointsmanigandham7y ago0 comments

Good for you, but arbitrary moral judgements against everyone else never goes well. Walking miles to gather food and water is the reality for billions of people.

Using Instacart is a luxury in the first place, but having everyone close their account only hurts the very people you seem to be for. In case you missed it in the article, there is a workaround so that your tips are correctly considered, or you can always pay cash: http://www.workingwa.org/22cents

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glangdale7y ago

If Instacart closes down because of this kind of shitty behavior, people may learn a thing or two, and the next company in this space might decide that wage theft is not going to be part of their competitive advantage.

manigandhamOP7y ago

Sure, and meanwhile these workers don't get paid anything. There are ways to fix things without shutting it all down.

kamaal7y ago

>>There are ways to fix things without shutting it all down.

Same arguments were used to suppose slavery. If we make slavery illegal, where will slaves work apart from cotton farms?

There are other jobs to do, it doesn't mean we have to allow blatant injustice to go on, in exchange for profits. All the while using a moral arguments to justify it.

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foobiekr7y ago

There appear to be plenty of other unethical companies to work for so this is unlikely to be a problem.

pessimizer7y ago

> arbitrary moral judgements

This is redundant. You are making a general argument here against making decisions based on your own morality.

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