Why not order a takeaway and enjoy a view from your sash window: Scores of drivers on mopeds hurrying through the maze of bijou streets, carrying takeaway food booked for the city's hungry residents. Modern Bristol's gig economy in full flow - brave souls who've fled war zones now navigating Clifton's narrow Georgian streets, dodging BMWs to deliver £15 artisanal burgers to people who could probably buy their entire motorbike with loose change.
The apps extract their percentage, the restaurants get their cut, and the riders get just enough to keep the petrol tank filled and maybe afford a parking spot for their van somewhere the council won't move them on. It's wealth extraction with a technological twist - same Georgian streets, same exploitation, just with apps instead of whips.