Abaposta emva kwabo batsala oogxa babo ukuba bathumele abasebenzi bayo baseNew York. (USpencer Platt / imifanekiso kaFetty) [Kithi,] oku kufana nomsebenzi oqhelekileyo wasehlotyeni. Kufana nokucheba ingca kodwa kubantwana abangenangca, uBrian James *, 18, uxelele Umjongi , ngelixa ethatha ikhefu emsebenzini wakhe osisigxina njengomthunywa weposi.
Ukuqala ngokusekwe eSan Francisco, abalingane basePosini banikezela ngonikezelo nakweyiphi na ivenkile okanye indawo yobuncinci beedola zokuhambisa eziyi-5. Insiza inikezela ukhetho lwezinto zokugcina kunye nokukhetha ukwenza uluhlu lokuthenga ngokwesiko. Nje ukuba kwenziwe ukhetho, inkonzo iya kuthelekisa umthengi kunye nePostmate ekufutshane, esele isendleleni yokuthatha izicelo.
Kubonakala ngathi ngabantu abancinci abakwiminyaka yam abathanda ukukhwela iibhayisikile zabo kwaye bathanda nemali, utshilo uMarcus Lyle * oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala, oyinzalelwane yaseNew Yorker.
Aba bathumeli banxibe abantwana beekholeji ezinxitywe nguStussy, ezivela kwiindawo ezinje ngeWesleyan nePenn, abathi, endaweni yokufaka isicelo sokufundela ithokheni kweli hlobo bahamba ngenqanawe esixekweni bezisa iindawo ezimnandi zeNew York ezixakekileyo nezona ziqaqambileyo. Ukuhanjiswa kususela kulowo udlakudla ngomsindo — Mnu. UJames wakha wahambisa i- $ 355 yenkuku eqhotsiweyo eblue Ribbon-kulowo ungavakaliyo. Ukhe wathatha ipakethe yenyusa imigangatho emibini kwisakhiwo sokuhlala.
Kuqhelwaniso, bathi siyakothuka yindlela abantu abangamavila ngayo eNew York. Mna iipesenti ezili-1000, utshilo uMnu. Lyle. Ndineodolo yomthengi ukusikwa kobisi kwindawo ethile eBloomingdales. Wahlala iibhloko ezimbini kude. Umrhumo wokuhanjiswa wawufana nokuphindwe kabini oko ubisi lwe-milkshake lwalukhona, kunye nengcebiso, kwaye mna ndandihamba nje inyikima encinci, encinci ndisiya endlwini yakhe.
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Abaposta nabo abayenzi yonke imali yabo ngeeburger kunye nobisi nangona kunjalo. Ayisiyiyo kuphela into yokuba abahlali besixeko abasebenza ihlobo basebenzele le nkonzo, ikwangabaxhasi nabo.
Isivumelwano seYure eyonwabileyo-iipakethe ezimbini ezintandathu ze- $ 15.00 ukuba uya-odola kwi-app phakathi kwentsimbi yesi-4. kunye nentsimbi yesi-7. Ukuqaqambisa enye yeziphene zenkonzo, okanye ezona zinto zibalulekileyo kubasebenzisi abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-21. Kuphela ngabathumeli abaneminyaka engama-21 kuphela abanokuthatha utywala kodwa bengenalo uqeqesho okanye amava okujonga ii-ID, abo babanjiweyo baba yinkonzo yenkulumbuso yabantwana abanethemba lokufumana amanqaku kotywala .
Kuba engaphantsi kweminyaka, uMnu.James uthenga utywala bakhe koogxa bakhe. Yena kunye nabahlobo bakhe bayalela iHour Hour ekhethekileyo ngaphandle kwemicimbi. Sifumana iiPostmates njengamaxesha onke kwaye asikaze sinikwe amakhadi. Luhlobo olulula, utshilo.
UMnumzana Lyle wavuma, evuma ukuba naye uya-odola utywala kwinkonzo. Ifana nje nendoda. Kupholile, utshilo, kamva ekhankanya ukuba ngelixa babethetha ngalo mbandela ngexesha lokuqhelaniswa kwabo basePostmate, kubonakala ngathi kuthathelwa ingqalelo kwisigwebo sekhuriya nokuba ayenzi khadi okanye hayi.
Ngokwesithethi sePostmates uLaura Bargainer, luxanduva lomntu ngamnye wasePostmate ukujonga ii-ID ngaphambi kokuba ziyekwe. 
Inkqubo yePostmates (umfanekiso weskrini)
Ukuba i-ID ayiboniswanga, uPostmate uyalelwa ukuba asazise, kwaye ayeke utywala kwiofisi yasePostmate yalapho.
Ngokwenyani, nangona kunjalo, kubonakala ngathi iiPostmate zithathe umthetho okhululekileyo. Xa ubuzwa ngelixa uhambisa ibhotile yewayini ku Umjongi Intatheli, ikhuriya yasePostmate ivumile ukuba ayinalo ikhadi xa iyeka utywala.
Sasinombuzo ofanayo kuthi kodwa andicingi ukuba ndinalo naliphi na igunya lokujonga ii-ID zabantu, utshilo uMnu James xa ejika i-21 kwaye angakwazi ukuhambisa utywala.
Ngaphandle kwendlela yokulawula inkqubo yokuhanjiswa kotywala ngaphakathi, umsebenzi ubonakala ngathi uwela kwi-NYPD, engaphendulanga kwizicelo eziphindaphindiweyo zokufaka izimvo malunga namanyathelo athathiweyo okuthintela abantwana ekufumaneni utywala kwinkonzo.
Ithini indawo yokubilisa yabalingane basePosini, eyaphehlelela inkonzo yayo eNew York phakathi ku-2013? Ngaphandle koqeqesho olwenziweyo lokuqinisekisa ukuba ukuhanjiswa kwenziwa kubantu abadala baseNew York, kubonakala ngathi akukho mda kwinto enakho kwaye engenakho ukuziswa. Umnumzana James uthe zange azise izinto ezingekho mthethweni ngaphambili kodwa wongeza ngokukhawuleza, kulwazi lwam.
Inkonzo ngoku yindawo yesithathu ngobukhulu kwezothutho, emva ko-Uber kunye neLyft. Amandla ayo okuhambisa kwindlu ngendlu aqhubeka nokukhula. Ukubhalisela ukuba yikhuriya yinkqubo elula kwaye ifuna kuphela ukuba abathumeli bangaphezulu kwe-18, babe nemoto okanye ibhayisekile kwaye bapase ukujonga okungasemva. Umnumzana James ufumene lo msebenzi kwiintsuku ezintathu kuphela emva kokubhalisa kwi-Intanethi.
Inkonzo yokuhanjiswa, njengo-Uber, ivumela abathengi kunye nekhuriya ukuba banike amanqaku kumava abo. Umnumzana James uhlala eyamkela kwaye onwabele wonke umsebenzi, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha, izinto azihambi njengoko bekucwangcisiwe. Khange ndijonge ncam kuluhlu lokuthenga, ndiye ndamkela, utshilo. Ndifikile kwi-CVS kwaye… into yokuqala endiyibonayo yibhokisi yeTampax, njengebhokisi enamaqhekeza angama-52 yeTampax. Into elandelayo yayiziingxowa ezimbini ze-M & Nks. Enye into yayizizitya ezibini ezinkulu zeVaselina.
Umfo weCVS undinika eyona nto indimangalisayo endakha ndayibona. Ndiye ndaya [kumthengi] kwigumbi lokulala, andihleki kodwa lo mfo wayenyanzela i-400 yeepawundi kwaye uphuma e-whiteys eqinileyo kunye nenkosikazi eyabetha umfazi, watsho, eqaphela ukuba ukuhanjiswa kwakuvela kwivenkile esezantsi komthengi indlu yokuhlala.
Ukuhanjiswa kotywala koogxa bakhe, kunye nemidiza emininzi, i-Shake Shack kunye ne-16 Handles kubonakala ngathi akunasiphelo, okanye ummiselo, emehlweni. Mnu.James noMnu Lyle, imisebenzi yabo iya kuqhubeka emva kwehlobo. Zombini ziceba ukuphinda zidibane nabaposta nabo ngexesha labo lekhefu lasebusika nakwimpela veki ezithile esixekweni. Ukusuka kwi-screwdrivers ukuya kwi-gyros, abathumeli abaselula bazimisele kwaye bakulungele ukuhambisa iingxaki kunye nokuphela kwabantu baseNew York, ukugcina abahlali besixeko bondlekile kwaye bekhululekile ngaphandle kokubenza bashiye iisofa zabo.
[Ngaphandle kwabathunywa,] Kuya kufuneka ndiphose ibhulukhwe nezihlangu, kodwa cinga ukuba ingayinto entle kangakanani, utshilo uBrian Trunzo.
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Abasebenzisi banokugcina kunye nePostmate yabo kwaye banakho ukubhalela okanye batsalele ikhuriya. (Umfanekiso weskrini)
Umnumzana Lyle, osebenza eofisini kwiKholeji yesiXeko emini, ufumana imali eyongezelelweyo ngeePostmate ebusuku. Nje ukuba akhwele ibhayisekile, uvula iapp, acofe Umsebenzi, angene kwimisebenzi. Emva kokujonga uluhlu lokuthenga lomthengi ukuze aqiniseke ukuba alugqithisi kakhulu (okanye lunzima), uyalwamkela okanye aluvume njengoko luyimfuneko. Uthatha izinto ezo, ahlawulise abo asebenza nabo kwikhadi letyala letyala, aze abashiye apho aya khona, emisa kuphela ukuvumela umthengi ukuba ongeze incam kwaye agunyaze iintlawulo kwifowuni yakhe.
Ukwenza imali eninzi, uMnumzana uLyle uhlala ethatha ixesha elide, malunga neekhilomitha ezine, ukufumana umrhumo omkhulu wokuhambisa, ophakathi kwe- $ 5 ukuya kwi- $ 25 kuxhomekeke kumgama osuka kwivenkile ukuya kumthengi. Ngamanye amaxesha akukho nje ukuba abantu abaninzi bayalela, kodwa kwiintsuku ezimbalwa bekugalela imvula, ndingenza i $ 100, utshilo.
Umnumzana Trunzo usebenzisa inkonzo uku-odola ezo zinto zikhethekileyo zingenakuhanjiswa ngeenkonzo zesiko. Ehleli kwigumbi lakhe eWilliamsburg ngobusuku obunye, enqwenela uMomofoku, ongazisiyo, umseki ongumlingani weCarson Street Clothiers waziswa kwinkonzo xa umhlobo wakhe wacebisa ukuba ayalele kwiNoodle Bar ngePostmates. Emva kweyure, wayesitya isidlo sakhe sangokuhlwa.
Ndayisela i Uncedo lweKool , utshilo uMnu. Trunzo, osebenzisa inkonzo ubuncinci kabini ngeveki. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku bendikusebenzisela ukutya kuphela, ndingacinga ukuba ukuba ndiyahlekisa ngomdlalo wevidiyo, baya kuya kwi-Best Buy bayokuthatha. Ngoku ndiyithetha ngokuvakalayo ndinokuyenza loo nto.
Bemi njengabameli babanqwenelayo uShakase Shack (Umnumzana James uthi uyamisa ngakwityotyombe kathathu ngemini), Abafana abahlanu kunye nePinkberry, abathumeli bachitha isiqingatha sexesha labo bemi emigceni kwaye abanye bephepha ukugcwala kwabantu. Uqikelela ukuba ubhabha ngeCentral Park ngeemayile ezingama-30 ngeyure, ejikeleza iiteksi, ii-pedicabs, kunye nabahamba ngeenyawo, kunye nezinto zakhe zokuhambisa zibotshelelwe emqolo.
Ukuba sonke sineGoPros kwenye indawo emzimbeni wethu kwaye kukho ukutya okuphilayo ukuze umntu kwelinye icala asibone siphepha iikhabhathi kunye ne-shit, singafumana iingcebiso ezininzi, utshilo uMnu.James, wongeza ukuba umhlobo waphula ingalo ngelixa usitha indlela kaPostmate.
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Umnumzana James kunye nabahlobo bakhe abathandathu batsibela iibhayisikile zabo xa umhlobo eposwe malunga nethuba kwiqela le-Facebook. Kufana nokuba ndiyonwaba imini yonke, ndikhwele ibhayisekile yam, kwaye ngekhe ndikwazi ukuyenza loo nto ngoqeqesho okanye umsebenzi oqhelekileyo, utshilo uMnu. Yena nabahlobo bakhe bayinxalenye yabasebenzi baseNew York abangama-300.
Inkonzo ngoku ihambisa ngaphezulu kwe-15,000 ukuhanjiswa kwizixeko ezisixhenxe, kubandakanya iBoston, eLos Angeles, naseChicago. Abaposta nabo bavumela abathumeli ukuba bazikhethele iiyure zabo kwaye bakhethe ukuba zeziphi izinto abangathanda ukuzigqiba, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe yimisebenzi efanelekileyo kubantu abaselula abasebenza nabo. Kuhle kuba andikho kwishedyuli ebekiweyo uMnu.
Ngokwewebhusayithi yenkampani, abakhweli bePostmate banokwenza ukuya kuthi ga kwiidola ezingama-20 ngeyure ngeentsuku zeveki kunye ne- $ 25 ngeyure ngeempelaveki, ngaphezulu kakhulu komvuzo ophantsi ozii- $ 8. Ukusuka kwi-Upper West Side ukuya kwiSithili sezeziMali ukuya eBrooklyn, usetyenziso lubonisa eyona nto ishushu kwimisebenzi njengoko abathumeli beleqa esixekweni besenza ukuhambisa okukhulu nokuncinci.
UMnu. Lyle uphawula ukuba ujonga uluhlu lwabathengi ngaphambi kokuba amkele umsebenzi. Ngombulelo andifumananga naziphi na izinto ezingaqhelekanga, ezi-odola, ezinje, ii-handcuffs kunye nentambo, utshilo.
Abantu baseNew York abanakho uku-odola kwabo basePostmate ukuba bazifihle kwihlazo lezicelo zabo ezingacacanga, kodwa ukuthembela kwesixeko kuhlelo lokusebenza lokuhambisa ukuze kuthabathe ipakethi yeesigarethi ezantsi kwebodega ezantsi inokuba ichaze ngakumbi. Ngokutyhala iqhosha, iNew York akufuneki ishiye isofa.
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