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Chennai: 50-year-old Kumar, a businessman-turned-gig worker employed with a food delivery app, used to look for empty bus stops or restaurants in upscale Anna Nagar to sit and relax for about an hour from 11 am every day due to a low flow of orders during that time.

He was often asked to leave the seats for waiting passengers, and people looked down upon him at the entrances of many food outlets.