<story><title>Uber Rush</title><url>http://blog.uber.com/RUSH</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>johnvschmitt</author><text>Mixed feelings on this.  It tends to expand the recent meme of &amp;quot;Everyone&amp;#x27;s a contractor, nobody&amp;#x27;s an employee&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s no minimum wage or other worker protections if you sign contracts for services.&lt;p&gt;The social contract is never signed, &amp;amp; it&amp;#x27;s getting abandoned more &amp;amp; more.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber Rush</title><url>http://blog.uber.com/RUSH</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>inthewoods</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m wondering how big this market is - when I was growing up in NYC bike messengers were everywhere.  And if you were an architect (like my stepfather), then there was a constant need to ship around drawings et al.  But the messenger business seems to have largely disappeared - still there, but much, much smaller than when my brother was on the bike.  Hasn&amp;#x27;t the digital age really ended the need for a lot of this?  I&amp;#x27;m guessing that there is a market need here or else Uber wouldn&amp;#x27;t be pursuing - but I do have to wonder.  I agree with others, though, that they should get their business billing situation settled.</text></comment>