I saw something sad the other night

[Hortensis]

16. Umhm. More flexible than temp work. We don't know all.

She may, for instance, have someone sick at home who keeps her from committing to regular hours and find this opportunity for additional income very helpful.

Or, perhaps she's a high-skilled medical professional but (because too many people believed those who told them not to vote Democratic?) Republicans took over and closed the local regional medical center, throwing her and her whole county into recession.

Or/and she may lack skills that would allow her to fill any of the steady positions in demand, or again be unable to move to take one. There's a genuine labor shortage in hundreds of positions from bottom to upper reaches of the wage scale.

Lack of decent-paying jobs is not the problem in itself, even if many are underpaid. When polled, a large majority say they're doing okay themselves but worry about "others." As TrogL is.