The average person doesn’t read anything before signing it
Most contracts and independent contractor agreements use ambiguous boilerplates language. There’s no reason to use ambiguous lengthy legal jargon in contracts or independent contract agreements except but to intimidate people in hopes of them not understanding what it means.
Laws and legal information is written complex so that lawyers can interpret what it means.
Problem: Average person has no clue.
Solution: Lawyer
Cost of Lawyer: $9,245,000.25 (exaggerated)
Before I went to law school, I signed all types of shit without reading it.
Now I don’t.
I remember reading the agreement they have on computers at this hotel I stayed in. Now reading contracts is just a habit for me, even though it’s generally boilerplate language.
I’m impressed with your analysis of the independent contractor agreement, and educated decision not to signup. You would be responsible for your vehicle, gas, mileage, etc.
I don’t like arbitration agreements at all. I want my day in court if I need to sue! So I like to opt out of them. There are contracts for everything you use:
- Medium
- Gmail
- iPhone
- Credit Cards
- Debit Cards
- And more
Most of their contracts have arbitration agreements. I’m in the US I read one contract that stated if I had a dispute with their company I had to come to California. Bullshit. That’s too far.
It’s important to read any Terms of Service for potential jobs and services. More people should do what you did, but most people just want the money and worry about expenses and consequences later.
