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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

My ex did, and was of limited funds. I think the answer is depression, apathy, and a good dose of financial illiteracy.

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Definitely financial illiteracy.

I can afford it but refuse to use those services. They inflate the menu prices, add fees. I'm ok with tipping but not the rest of that.

Also, it's ridiculously inefficient compared to picking it up yourself. It's not just someone else is doing the drive for you. The delivery does work for the store so there is extra driving occurring, deadheading in trucker parlance.

Especially when most restaurants I'd order from are like 1-2 miles away. It's worth it to me to drive 15 min roundtrip to save $10-15 and be able to check my order.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

I can afford it but refuse to use those services. They inflate the menu prices, add fees. I'm ok with tipping but not the rest of that.

Same!

I grew up poor and had to stretch every dollar. I'm a highly paid engineer now and I still look at a $10 delivery fee with disgust.

And do people not realize that on Doordash, they charge $1-3 more per item? So your $12 pho bowl is $15 on Doordash.

Price discrimination ,how they treat their contractors, and contractors eating your food, fuck that noise.

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 0 points 1 week ago

Going to the restaurant and back is the same distance for you as it is for the driver going from the restaurant and back.

[-] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

That only applies if they live at your house, and only deliver to you for thier entire shift, otherwise they have dead space to cover as part of being able to do delivery between other customers, restaurants and going home. That makes it not the same.

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

Are you saying it is inefficient because the delivery driver has to drive from the restaurant to your house with food and then back to the restaurant without food? Because delivery drivers usually take more than one order or at a time.

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

That's going to depend on the location. I do not live in a heavily populated area so they are usually delivering one order at a time. The only time there was enough volume to stack orders was during Covid.

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