Yes, I worked retail for 3 years and several of my friends have driven for lyft.
And given that some of those lyft driver friends are software engineers, I'd say their basic math skills are pretty solid.
Even in retail, my coworkers could balance their accounts. They may not be calculating out Roth IRA rollovers but it's extremely insulting to assume someone can't do math because they work in an industry you don't care for.
Nor amongst my friend group, some of who still work in retail, have I ever heard of someone being fired for not being weirdly chipper. "Don't be a dick to customers" is about the most anyone of us have been told.
Have you worked in retail? How many lyft drivers do you know outside of your rides?
I worked in retail for years, and have also worked in call centers, gas stations, things like that. I will say the quality of employees varies widely, there's a lot of really smart folks in these jobs (sounds like yourself included).
I think it's easy for smart people to get trapped in these bad jobs due to individual circumstances or mental issues (speaking for myself).
I'm sure there's a big variety of ways people get treated, but in general, no you don't get fired for not being chipper that's an exxaggeration (except at some places I'm sure, maybe Disney or Hooters?) I don't take lyft but I do know one driver, they ended up having car issues, having to quit driving, and it was basically a big waste of money for them.
And given that some of those lyft driver friends are software engineers, I'd say their basic math skills are pretty solid.
Even in retail, my coworkers could balance their accounts. They may not be calculating out Roth IRA rollovers but it's extremely insulting to assume someone can't do math because they work in an industry you don't care for.
Nor amongst my friend group, some of who still work in retail, have I ever heard of someone being fired for not being weirdly chipper. "Don't be a dick to customers" is about the most anyone of us have been told.
Have you worked in retail? How many lyft drivers do you know outside of your rides?