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        Turnover is already high due to shitty work conditions and low pay, but most franchises will also look for reasons to fire so they can keep wages low.

        A few minutes later than the customer wants but still within reasonable time? Oooh sorry they called to complain so we have to give you a strike.

        Customer doesn’t want to pay? Tough shit, you shouldn’t have given them the pizza without getting paid and that’s two strikes.

        You were 30 seconds late according to the managers watch which is 3 minutes fast as proven by everyone’s cellphones and the wall clock? Too bad, fired.

        And I’m not exaggerating. I’m just giving a real-world example.

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            Especially that one. Seriously.

            Ultimately I was just done and had already been looking for another job, so I just went ahead and dropped the shit on the floor and spent the rest of the day chilling at the park. I even had witnesses to the insane bullshit.

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        It’s not so much about how pizza delivery drivers get easily fired. It’s more about how cops get away with literal murder. If a pizza dude killed somebody who called for them, they wouldn’t have a union and PR team fighting for them and showing that the murder victim was maybe kinda asking for it because they ordered pineapple on their pizza. That’s a metaphor for a light criminal record, yes.

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          I propose that pineapple on pizza is the equivalent of personal quantities of pot possession in the legal world. Sure, a lot of people who claim to have never done it sure spend a lot of time talking about how terrible it is on a personal and societal level, but the ones who are actually using it just shrug their shoulders and say “more for me.”

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        Know a guy whose friend murdered.a guy and didn’t get paid leave or nothing. Straight up fired.

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      A pizza can feed a family of four. A cop could feed his family of four if his wife and kids hadn’t left him for the domestic abuse reported amongst 40%* of all American cops.

      • 40% is the self-reported figure. Unreported instances presumably would make the actual number much higher.
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        Eat a pizza and you’re fed for a day. Be shot by a cop and you will never be hungry again

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    Pizza delivery people have to get out of their car in any weather. Cops only have to get out of their car if they feel like it. Also, cops don’t have to buy their own gas.

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    And soon to be you will find them employed by the Mafia betting their own whole life upon the success of a 30 minute delivery.

    And don’t touch the Snow Crash.

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    Driving a car is why both are dangerous.

    Edit: look up the most dangerous jobs BLS stats, and most common cause of death for almost all jobs is transportation related.

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        Indeed. Iirc I contributed heavily to that thread with sources and it’s simply not true almost any way you slice it.

        The closest proximity is using accidental vehicle deaths but it completely discounts the fact delivery drivers mostly deliver in town where speeds are low.

        Unfortunately there’s no good data tracking for gig work yet which would be the nearest parable.

        E: I was not lazy and found my old comment for sauce.

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          I don’t appreciate your common sense/rationalisation or water pouring/fun dampening on the internet. Please leave.

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            And I’ll take my crusts with me!

            FWIW I was not lazy and found my old comment if anyone wants sauce. It’s absolutely 100% grade-A BS from a scummy lawyer group cherry-picking data that doesn’t include ‘Pizza delivery’ or any conventional ‘delivery driver’ that aren’t big rigs or siilar.

            https://kbin.social/m/memes@lemmy.ml/t/366256/Italians-are-literally-braver-than-cops#entry-comment-1815988