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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/onehundredninetysix/p/1215785/fuck-you-larry
Fuck you, Larry
cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/onehundredninetysix/p/1215785/fuck-you-larry
Fuck you, Larry
If you know a better way to get tacos to my drunk ass, let me know
There is definitely a better way. Its the way we did it before Covid killed it. Its called “The restaurant has its own delivery drivers.” Granted there were fewer overall delivery options, but l could order delivery over the phone at all of them, which I prefer over stupid apps.
I try to do this, but since Covid, most places I order delivery from just give me a DoorDash driver anyways in a janky pop up window so I can’t track the order properly and the driver can’t contact me directly if there’s a problem
Yes 100%! I hate these apps so damn much. They lie about the menu prices and yet have the gall to charge you a bunch of fees on top of it all. And for what? Food that is usually cold and a higher chance of the driver losing my order.
My sister orders through these apps and I just don’t get it. Almost half the time the dashers end up delivering it to the wrong house or missing items. My sister gets pissed, yet she’ll keep ordering it. It’s madness. The prices don’t justify it at all, and most of it goes to the app developers and not the driver. A few years ago they were caught pocketing the drivers tips!
The driver doesn’t get paid nearly as much as an employee who delivers it directly from the restaurant. The store employee will almost always care more about your food getting to you than some random underpaid door dash driver. A restaurant driver is also less likely to pull some BS like eating your food or something. Yet with door dash, I hear a bunch of horror stories.
In europe I’ve never lived more than a 15 minute walk from a taco/pizza/burger place. That includes right now and my neighbors on two sides are farmers. I can’t imagine an apartment building that is not close to some kind of food-selling place.
Hah, imagine having a walkable town in America! Yeah right, you’re lucky if you can walk to anything within 15 minutes in most places. There are exceptions of course, but places like New York City are way too expensive for the average person to live in. Hell, most cities where you could walk to these food places from your apartment means you’re gonna be spending a fortune in rent because of that “prime” location. You’re expected to have a car for damn near everything and it sucks ass if you don’t like driving. They’ll judge you if you don’t have a drivers license. I have a fear of driving, that’s how I know.
Can you all afford to eat out still? It’s gotten exponentially more expensive here in the US since 30 years back.
Also, tacos? How cosmopolitan. In living memory such fare would’ve been unheard of, both there and there. The BBC once ran a joke piece showing Italians harvesting pasta off the pasta tree and most people accepted it until they told them. Back in the 50s tacos were unheard of in the north at least.
It has definitely gotten more expensive in the last 20 years. Döner used to be 3-4€, now it’s 7-10. Maybe more in some places. Afaik that’s a little above inflation, but it’s not crazy. And eating out in general has always been an expensive thing to do. From what I see online US prices are a lot worse, but I don’t know how they were 20 years ago.
You used to be able to eat lunch for 5 bucks, it’s like 20 now, 10 if you are lucky. Especially for someone that has high caloric needs.
Did you know:
You can use the devices in your home’s kitchen to make tacos?
You’ve clearly never been drunk and hungry. That’s not a viable or safe solution.
Skill issue because drunk cooking is the best cooking