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Winners and Losers In The Last-Second Economy

2 pointsby blurpinover 12 years ago

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antidohover 12 years ago
"I finished my second meeting of the day in Jackson Square and needed to get over to the Financial District. So I pressed the button on my phone and the app informed me it would be six minutes. Just then, I got a text from my wife asking where we were meeting for our date night. Argggh! This critical fact had escaped my mind, and I needed to immediately book a restaurant reservation. I pulled up my Open Table app, booked a table for 6:45 pm at a great spot in the Mission called Range. I matter-of-factly returned her text with our plans for the night. Just then my ride pulled up.<p>We are increasingly living in a last-second economy."<p>Well, he is. Having to keep track of that kind of dynamic activity would drive me nuts. Which is why I'm in my current circumstances and not his. Still, it's not necessarily "we."