Me neither. My daughter’s prior bf had $200 in the bank and ordered Wendy’s from doordash. There’s a strong treat-yoself mentality that says everybody deserves a little luxury and makes it practically immoral to be frugal or contradict the “healthy food is too expensive” gospel etc.
I understand it for disabled people and I understand it for very busy people such as families with young kids but I don’t understand the majority of people who use it. Just go get it…
As someone with a family with young kids, it makes even less sense. Kids will order chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, or hotdogs or something, which are expensive at restaurants (>$5 usually), cheap at home (like $2), and easy to make (~10 min)
It literally takes longer to order than to cook IMO. For each of those meals, here’s the process:
Prep for cooking - about the same time as entering an order, less if kids get to pick drinks and sides
Wait
Finish (add sauce, mix, etc) - about the same as unpacking and distributing the doordash stuff
And it costs less than half as much. We keep easy meals in the freezer if it has been one of those days and we need food to be ready in 15-20 min. I made orange chicken tonight, and with cooking rice in the rice cooker, active time was 5 min (wash rice, preheat oven, prep cooking sheet), and we had food about 25 min after starting. Total cost to feed 3 kids and 1 adult (SO was out) was ~$10. If I ordered the same thing, it would’ve been $30 if I picked up or $40-50 delivered. Oh, and no fighting about sodas, we just had water.
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.
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.
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.
I don’t understand why people use doordash or food delivery.
Especially people with limited funds.
Me neither. My daughter’s prior bf had $200 in the bank and ordered Wendy’s from doordash. There’s a strong treat-yoself mentality that says everybody deserves a little luxury and makes it practically immoral to be frugal or contradict the “healthy food is too expensive” gospel etc.
Just when I’m drunk
You can’t keep a couple of cans of stew in the house?
Stew doesn’t hit like pizza when I’m drunk
You don’t keep flour, yeast, olive oil, canned tomatoes, cheese and toppings?
When I’m drunk, I ain’t got time to cook! That’s for sober-me!
I understand it for disabled people and I understand it for very busy people such as families with young kids but I don’t understand the majority of people who use it. Just go get it…
As someone with a family with young kids, it makes even less sense. Kids will order chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, or hotdogs or something, which are expensive at restaurants (>$5 usually), cheap at home (like $2), and easy to make (~10 min)
It literally takes longer to order than to cook IMO. For each of those meals, here’s the process:
And it costs less than half as much. We keep easy meals in the freezer if it has been one of those days and we need food to be ready in 15-20 min. I made orange chicken tonight, and with cooking rice in the rice cooker, active time was 5 min (wash rice, preheat oven, prep cooking sheet), and we had food about 25 min after starting. Total cost to feed 3 kids and 1 adult (SO was out) was ~$10. If I ordered the same thing, it would’ve been $30 if I picked up or $40-50 delivered. Oh, and no fighting about sodas, we just had water.
If I’m not at work I’m drunk and I’m not driving to pick up food drunk.
Maybe work on the drunk part? Or at least work > pick up food > get drunk?
My ex did, and was of limited funds. I think the answer is depression, apathy, and a good dose of financial illiteracy.
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.
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.
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.
Going to the restaurant and back is the same distance for you as it is for the driver going from the restaurant and back.
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.
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.