Mel Stride MP wants LT and the over 50's to deliver takeaways

[arista]

https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GettyImages-1150450930.jpg


[Over-50s looking for work should
consider delivering takeaways and other
flexible jobs typically occupied by
younger people, the work and
pensions secretary has said.

Mel Stride made the comments during
a visit to the London headquarters
of the food delivery firm Deliveroo,
which has recorded a 62% increase
in riders aged over 50 since 2021.

In an interview with the Times during
the visit, Stride said these flexible jobs
offered “great opportunities” and that
it was “good for people to consider options
they might not have otherwise thought of”.]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/03/over-50s-could-deliver-takeaways-says-work-and-pensions-secretary-mel-stride

Life In The Fast Lane

[Cherie]

Lt rocking up on his Honda 50 with my Maccy D's

[arista]

Lt rocking up on his Honda 50 with my Maccy D's


how nice

[Crimson Dynamo]

Big Mac Meal is on its way..

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/35/48/d8/3548d8f85f12788e721822f7aeac48a2.jpg

[joeysteele]

Nothing wrong in that IF they want to.

[bots]

When i was a lad, retired people didn't have the capability to work past retiral age. I think its good that they can, but they shouldn't be in a position that they have to, to make ends meet

[MTVN]

I don't see why this has been made out to be such an outrageous suggestion. Lots of older people work part time in shops or pubs which are so why not as delivery drivers?

[arista]

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-76378876-e7ea-4317-8d06-dce9706798f6.png

[Beso]

They sound like over 50s cant get work, or cant do the work of a younger person. How bloody patronising.

I'm 53, and since moving back from london I've done 2 very physical jobs and have just yesterday got my 3rd job in a year. One where I actually get to chill out and relax.

Places round here cant get youngsters to work.

[arista]

They sound like over 50s can't get work, or cant do the work of a younger person. How bloody patronising.

I'm 53, and since moving back from London I've done 2 very physical jobs and have just yesterday got my 3rd job in a year. One where I actually get to chill out and relax.

Places round here can't get youngsters to work.


Good on you, mate

[Beso]

Good on you, mate

Thanks pal.

It's good to have your accomplishments noticed.

Not every 50plus is a wheezing old wet sick sock:smug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Thanks pal.

It's good to have your accomplishments noticed.

Not every 50plus is a wheezing old wet sick sock:smug:

Should have seen me lifting 8 x 20kg boxes 100 yards today

🦾🦾

[Crimson Dynamo]

8 trips , not in one go! :hee:

[Beso]

Should have seen me lifting 8 x 20kg boxes 100 yards today

🦾🦾

I did, when I imagined your ice skating performance.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I did, when I imagined your ice skating performance.

:nono:

I can skate like an Angel

Used to go skating every Sat night, chasing the laydees

3 miles into town, 3 miles out with banana fritters on the way home

[Beso]

LT taking up the ice after a successful summer.

5HOlS63X3qQ

[arista]

[‘I’m 57, I’m just shattered’:
The reality of being a Deliveroo rider over 50

Chris says the long hours, lack of a pension or
holiday pay and occasional violence from
the public impacts his mental health]


[The work and pensions secretary Mel Stride
caused controversy on Thursday by suggesting
over-50s should take up food delivery work,
after Deliveroo recorded a 62% increase
in couriers over 50 since 2021.

Stride, on a visit to the firm’s
London headquarters, said flexible jobs offered
“great opportunities” and that it was
“good for people to consider options they might not
have otherwise thought of”
in an interview with the Times.

After the controversy – which saw the TUC
accuse Stride of “glorifying the gig economy” – the
Guardian spoke to Chris, a 57-year-old courier
based in London.

“I started riding for Deliveroo in 2019 after
a contract ended. I’m just constantly tired.
Mel Stride made it sound like you can just
log on and find an order, but there’s so much
waiting around that you don’t get paid for.
Often I’m waiting on my bike an hour for an order.
I’ll be sitting there next to 17 other riders.
It’s like a waiter or waitress only being paid when
they deliver food to the table,” he said.]


[“My mum’s 82 and doesn’t live in London.
I don’t get to visit her enough because even
missing one day of work hits my income.
Yesterday I made £15.75 in three hours
at lunchtime. I don’t earn enough for the
hours I work. I live in social housing and
my rent is £150 a week.
Currently I’m behind on that and my council tax.
I know that Marks & Spencer puts reduced stickers on
food at 5.30pm and Co-op at
6.30pm so I try to go then.
It’s just a constant struggle.]


Maybe at 57
it is too much to do.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/05/im-57-im-just-shattered-the-reality-of-being-a-deliveroo-rider-over-50

[Glenn.]

They sound like over 50s cant get work, or cant do the work of a younger person. How bloody patronising.

I'm 53, and since moving back from london I've done 2 very physical jobs and have just yesterday got my 3rd job in a year. One where I actually get to chill out and relax.

Places round here cant get youngsters to work.

I bet that looks wonderful on your CV at your age

[Jordan.]

A hobby would be great for some of them.

[Dogeatdog]

I think the bigger problem is that over 50s shouldn’t have to be looking for work still, they should be either coming to or enjoying their retirement.

[Crimson Dynamo]

I think the bigger problem is that over 50s shouldn’t have to be looking for work still, they should be either coming to or enjoying their retirement.

no one retires in their fifties ffs:joker:

[Swan]

A hobby would be great for some of them.

Delivering takeaway's is considered a hobby?

[Dogeatdog]

no one retires in their fifties ffs:joker:

And soon enough no one will be retiring in their 60s either. A bit worrying I think personally.

[Crimson Dynamo]

And soon enough no one will be retiring in their 60s either. A bit worrying I think personally.

why?

[bots]

no one retires in their fifties ffs:joker:

thats simply not true. Going back 30+ years the standard retirement age for a civil servant was 55

[Crimson Dynamo]

thats simply not true. Going back 30+ years the standard retirement age for a civil servant was 55

since when has a civil servant represented anyone the UK?

488,400 people

[bots]

since when has a civil servant represented anyone the UK?

488,400 people

millions retire in their 50's, i don't know what planet you are on

[Crimson Dynamo]

millions retire in their 50's, i don't know what planet you are on

and the huge vast majority dont

fact

[bots]

not fact at all, you are jut trying to win an argument you already lost

[Dogeatdog]

why?

Would you be happy to carry on working well into your 60s to make ends meet I certainly wouldn’t.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Would you be happy to carry on working well into your 60s to make ends meet I certainly wouldn’t.
yes

when you stop working you start the slow decline to death. Humans need purpose and work