Comment on As if the tip actually goes to the dashers.

FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Asafum@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My friend would order food from a different shop that had delivery instead of walking across the fucking street to the place that quite literally was across the street. I could see it from my bedroom window.

  Some people will do anything to avoid having to go out and while i’m very similar, I think like 3-4 blocks is my limit lol

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  • spader312@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is assuming you live in a city and not a suburb

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    • wheels@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Unless you’re in europe where suburbs have food places in walking distance

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      • aulin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Too bad they’re all pizzerias.

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      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Goddamn I miss that. Restaurants and bodegas within walking distance of your apartment.

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  • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Tbh I’ll order pizza from the good shop 10min away before I order from the shithole 2min away. The difference? “Good food.”

    I always pick up, but still this could be understandable.

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• areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why do you just assume everyone can drive? Plenty of people either don’t have a license or don’t have a car.

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  • scottywh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s definitely true that ignorant people ignore the fact that people with disabilities exist.

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    • oshu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Where I live every major grocery store provides free assistance to people with disabilites who have trouble to shop.

      Extortion companies like Door Dash are not the solution.

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      • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You realize a take away is a lot different from shopping for groceries, right? What you have said isn’t relevant and isn’t a solution. There is no perfect solution for people with disabilities under capitalism because capitalism is incompatible with the needs of disabled people. It’s also not just about disabled people. Not everyone can afford, wants, or needs the most dangerous and environmentally destructive form of transportation in common use.

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  • FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    and yet somehow we’ve survived as a species this long. how in the world did we make it without door dash?

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    • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s not at all a response to what I said. Does it hurt you that much to admit that maybe something you don’t like has a use? Or can you just not live with the idea of not having a car?

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      • FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        it has a use for useless people.

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• Buffaloaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “I’m going to the shit food station, you want anything?”

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• ZeroTHM@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why? Who’s holding a gun to the head of these drivers and forcing them to work for this gig? The onus isn’t on the customers, it’s on the drivers.

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  • jasondj@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My guess is either their landlord, their hospital, their bank, or their college. Not an actual gun, just proverbial. A lot of drivers are just desperate to make ends meet however they can.

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• oatscoop@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve used these apps – when I was quarantining because I had Covid, wasn’t in a state to drive, and needed groceries.

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  • FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    yet SOMEHOW the world got on just fine before them. weird how that works.

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    • Gutless2615@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You do realize delivery existed before grub hub, right? Please tell me you understand that.

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      • FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I never said it didn’t.

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    • oatscoop@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The world got on fine before the internet too.

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      • FontMasterFlex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It did. the internet is a blight on humanity.

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• Fox@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There are times these apps make sense. I crashed my motorcycle doing an ubereats delivery and broke my collarbone, and then used the service myself a bunch of times while healing. Ironic, but that’s life.

  Side note for the people wondering what happens when you don’t tip upfront (on UE at least): Prospective drivers see an offer of $4-6 for a job that will take them 45 minutes and say “fuck that” while they slam the ‘no’ button. This will go on for a while until the system is able to find another order on the way to combine it with, or someone accepts it anyway.

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