gave me 100 cash as a tip says kunte who does doortodoor and buildingtobuilding food delivery for 13 hours every daytalking to the gig economy workforce is a lesson in privilege says karthik rao a 31yearold esports professional from bengaluruit gives you the opportunity to learn about their struggles and get inspired by their story he addslalitha bhagavathy from chennai has still not thrown away an amazon delivery carton she received three weeks ago simply because it tells an inspiring story the story of a lady seller rani ravindran who started her journey of selling art and craft products from a small town in tamil nadu called periyakulami showed it to my kids so that they know how all this works that there are people who work behind the scene for all the stuff that comes to us says the 38yearold digital marketing professional amazon is in the process of bringing more such seller stories outthere are six circulating on delivery cartons at presentsince the rollout of the first set of storyboxes around diwali 2019 the six sellers with transformative tales have seen popularity and sales gallopvijaya rajan 46 who sells premium food products under the brand name sirimiri through the marketplace has seen her monthly sales double post the festive seasonthanks to the storybox the customers know that i created these products for my sons nutritional requirements first concerned parents call me every day asking for advice now she saysbe that as it may the humanisation of the gig economy is a business move a way for companies to make you feel theyre more csrminded says anthropologist sapruhowever the few people who get noticed in the process cherish it she addstake kolkatas very own swiggy boy for instancewhen customers get the delivery partners details they call him to check if he is indeed the same milan sinha from tiktok on confirming they add another dish to their order when i deliver both they say the second one is for me he sayseven an ace content creator like sinha knows you cant make this stuff up by shephali bhatt et bureau published on jan 5 2020 at 0624 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app delivery agent uber cup facebook lyft zomato swiggy homenewshumans of gig economy the cultural transformation of the delivery agent