For those that continually use services like Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, etc., how does justify using the cost?
With fees and tip added, it’s almost double the cost, the food arrives cold and wait time is longer than you picking it up yourself.
Making workers take tons of little unsafe drives too is what blows my mind, like why deliver 4 sandwiches one at a time instead of a loaf of bread etc. Wild
I don’t. I have intermittently delivered on some of these apps and I think it’s a hilarious practice that forces you to understand how poorly the US is designed for delivery
It’s especially crazy to me since rn Kroger etcetera is trying to get people to order by doing it for free over a threshold. Costco has been doing that forever but they want you to spend $75 and you have to get costco sized amounts
Save money with this one simple trick: Don’t Tip
This message was brought to you from britain, where tipping is rare, and definitely not to delivery drivers
Tipping is charity to employees because employers are underpaying
It would be wonderful to change tipping culture but they make no money otherwise thanks to laws over here.
Actually, the law states that if your wage + tips doesn’t equal standard minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference. In practice, this is just used to identify and fire underperformers. But if everyone stopped tipping, the company would be forced to pay them full wages and eventually it would just be worked back into the system. Tipping is absolutely not necessary.
I don’t. I cook at home… or eat leftovers I took home from my restaurant job.
Then why answer?
Because the question wasn’t just addressed to those that do, and because if OP is under the mistaken impression that constant deliveries are the norm, it’s incumbent upon us respondents to correct that error.
But it was, it is right in the first paragraph.
The best I will give you is that you were not explicitly excluded but you were implicitly excluded.
I don’t disagree with your constant delivery reason, just to be clear.
Fucking DoorDash is ridiculous, even for pick up orders, they mark up the fucking price.
Normally I use it when I don’t have time to cook something or go pick it up.
I typically cook at home. I’m a decent enough cook that it’s cheap and it taste better.
Unless I’m going fine dining. My cooking is better than most restaurants.
