The food delivery bubble is bursting — and maybe that's not a bad thing
On-demand food delivery is not working for customers, couriers, restaurants, or even the companies behind the apps
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Thank god. I've got too many friends who "can't afford" anything, but order fucking uber eats almost daily. "woops, spent $70 on taco bell!", they'll laugh...
Shit needs to legitimately stop.
Of that 70 dollar order, none of it actually pays the driver. So yes. Let the companies die.
If you really want that ultraprocess garbage spend the ¢50 in gas and drive to the taco bell. The new one by my house even has a mobile order lane separate from the standard ordering lane, so you can at least skip waiting behind the Civic full of baked college bros that forgot what a quesadilla is.
Baked college bros driving to Taco Bell seems like more of a case for convenient delivery options imo, they should not be driving at all
Good point. I was more roasting my past self in my comment than anything.
I love that for you.
shout it from the rooftops with me:
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Can I get uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Lol, reading this reminds me of a Jack In The Box commercial from the mid 2000s: https://youtu.be/3ZdT9MkyG7I
Not only that but it pushes the 'everything on demand' mentality. All of these people I know have gained 50 or more pounds since the COVID lockdown, and they got trained to order everything online.
Got peeps ordering cigarettes, potato chips, chocolate bars, soda.....
"We're house-poor!!!"
And so much avocado toast.
It really is that price too. You go in the app and start adding like $20 worth of food to buy and somehow by the time you’re done with tax, fees, and tipping it’s $70. Despite this price, your food usually arrives soggy and lukewarm.
I haven’t used these apps since 2018 when it became pretty apparent what was happening, but some people are REALLY lazy and REALLY bad with money.