One of the "Special Happinesses" of being poor.

[Half-Century Man]

8. In a nutshell

My wife is bound by contract to do a daily delivery route. For which she receives a set amount per piece. She may receive tips at the whim of customers.
Currently, we spend about 2 hrs a day on the routes and sometimes 1 hr a day waiting for product.
We supply the vehicle, fuel, and pay for her insurance which is in effect only while on the route.
We do not do the advertising which recruits customers. We gain or lose customers frequently.
The length of the route maybe changed by the parent company at whim (as far as I can tell by reading the contract).
If, for any reason, we need a substitute we can be charged per piece delivered by another contractor (to be fair; this delivery fee is waived about 50% of the time by the parent company).
We are contractors, we are classified as owning a small business. We file a schedule C small business profit/loss form each year.
I am disabled, but help her on her route by doing the driving and maintaining the car.

I am not going to name the business or industry. I will not expose my wife to potential problems with her contract holder because I might have summarized our situation in a way which might offend the more favorable side of her contract.


I like Bernie.
I am proud to say I volunteered and worked his Madison Wi rally.
My contributions to his campaign have been what I could afford.
I downloaded his 12 points to my phone and spread the work.
The only bumper sticker I have ever put on a car I owned is an official Bernie 2016.