Submitted 8 hours ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to memes@sopuli.xyz
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On some of those late nights, especially when I picked up Indian food, I’d be hungry enough to genuinely consider this
I’m convinced that the real goal of most tech these days is not to solve problems, but to make them someone else’s problems.
You’re a driver and think we’re not paying you enough? Sorry, our hands are tied, it’s all algorithmic.
You want sick time and health care? Sorry, since your manager is an app you’re technically not an employee but an independent contractor.
You want the food you paid for? Sorry, that’s between you and the driver and/or restaurant. We’re just a mediator.
And then they dupe some of us into blaming the consumers or workers. This is not a problem you can solve with market forces.
They act this way because the regulatory environment allows them to, not because they’re carefully watching what consumers think.
Remember, these are companies that are willing to burn billions to shut down any threats to their business models. By all means, be choosy with where you spend your money and who you work for. But don’t delude yourself into thinking that’s how we win.
By all means, be choosy with where you spend your money and who you work for. But don’t delude yourself into thinking that’s how we win.
There should be a boy that responds with this every fucking time somebody says “boycott.”
(I say as someone who has been boycotting several large companies for decades, to zero observable effect.)
Thats a nice way of putting it. I always just thought of it as inserting themselves into things that worked fine before but now they extract margin from everyone involved.
I used to just phone a local business and someone would who worked for them would bring me food. It worked fine.
How many people you feeding for $132?
After delivery fees and tips, that's roughly a meal for 2 people, plus a dessert. And a drink, which the driver left at the restaurant.
I cannot, in any way, shape, or form, justify that kind of money on what you just said. Our grocery pickup to get us the next two weeks was $132 and we were being generous this time.
What are you ordering? I’ve seen Michelin star restaurants with cheaper options.
That could be a family of four or so. After charges, taxes, fees, and tip my husband and I often end up paying $70-80 for delivery food service in the US.
Restaurant bill for 2 yesterday was $350… It’s easily achievable too if you aren’t careful, and no single item seems that expensive until you add it all up.
That could be a feral colony of lepers. After taxes and charges, my paramour often end up paying an arm and a leg for food delivery in antiquity
I often wonder. What happens if the uber eats guy drives up to your house, puts down the bag, takes a photo, picks the bag back up, and leaves with it?
This happens all the time. For the customer, they'll get a refund if it's the first time it's happened to them, but if it keeps happening then they'll likely be denied refunds after a while, as support will assume the customer is lying to get free food (unless they submit doorbell cam footage, which they often do). For the driver, nothing will happen to them, but if customers keep reporting their food as stolen then eventually the driver will be removed from the platform, as support will assume the driver is stealing.
I’m REALLY surprised that story hasn’t already ended in a class action or some shit. I mean I charge back literally everything even slightly not as advertised and I’ve been banned on zero platforms other than reddit, but that was for pointing out the admin team commiserates actively with child sex slave traffickers.
It’s what the other commenter said. Generally if you’re a good customer they refund you no questions asked.
I actually had a food delivery guy drop off my food but steal a package from my porch. Even with the footage, you should have seen how fast they clammed up.
So food theft, no problem. Other theft “get a subpoena”.
I rarely have issues with deliveries, but the odd times I have had issues I’ve been refunded in full to my card and received coupons for my troubles. No questions asked.
Most of my issues have been with the restaurants themselves. I have a very specific yet easily avoidable food allergy. So when I find said ingredient liberally sprinkled on top of my food for decoration, I know the restaurant simply didn’t read my order.
I had this happen to me. The GrubHub driver parked on the curb around the corner in front of my neighbors house. Proceeds to take a photo of their house from the car as “delivery confirmation” and then literally peeled out tasking off with my food. I got lucky though, GrubHub refunded the order.
As typical with social media comments, half of them aren't even concerned about the driver blatantly stealing food. It's about attacking the person using the service without knowing the details. And I don't anyone brought up how shitty the driver gets paid (the ones who actually do the job right).
I know the response - then get another job. That's silently approving the company's methodology, nice.
The shop is just two street corners away, move your ass there and pay for it yourself
There are also people who have limited mobility. If it’s 2 street corners away, whats keeping the driver which gets paid from making the delivery instead of fucking off to the other end of town?
but I am le tired
Well, have a nap! ZEN FIRE ZE MISSILES!!
I am le tired too. It gets so hot here, I don’t want to go outside.
Nah. Cuz frankly, if you are willing to pay that much for a delivered meal, then you deserve for some stupid bullshit to happen. Door dash would not be able to exist in a world with sane and deliberating consumers. You let them take advantage of you, especially if you know how they work and their reputation.
Damn. You are trash.
Dude has a point. 137 dollars? What the fuck are we doing? Why do we keep doing it? Its not entirely the users fault. But like, I dont use any of these services. They’re practically cold food scams.
I just grew up poor and find the level of fiscal irresponsibility involved in ride sharing your meals appalling. Not one of those “pull yourself up from your bootstraps” guys (there are lots of forces that keep people in poverty), but you might aswell be lighting money on fire if you get doordash.
I don’t care at all if someone rips off an evil corporation, steal away, but stealing FOOD from citizens is reprehensible, no matter who it is.
Doordash is an evil corporation that taxes idiots by middlemaning for them. By paying for a meal through them, you are enabling them to continue doing that. They are very literally stealing food from people, but they do it through the margins. Not tryna defend the drivers that do this, but they have to eat too and when you are employed through doordash, stealing probably is the best way to do that.
I just keep using their 50% off “new customer” coupons over and over through various means, they don’t make a profit as-is and they definitely don’t make a profit off me
Taking advantage of their coupons it usually costs about the same driving myself and ordering directly or sometimes cheaper (including tip)
I used to do that with the meal delivery services, mostly to see where the quality and portion sizes were at. Even when they were heavily discounted the math didn’t math though, I could still go to a grocery store and get more for less. You pay a lot for convenience no matter what when it comes to food.
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ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
I was reading an story on Reddit about a guy who worked as a door dash driver, and he basically said that this is the requirement to meet the necessary ROI for a real job. He listed off a million tricks to maximize profits. If you refuse low-cost/low-tip orders, Doordash will tend to prompt you with higher value orders, and give the low-value orders to the people who won’t refuse them, so you can gradually build your way into the premium customer base. If an order will deliver to a low-income area, it’s not always worth the trip back to a high income area by the nice restaurants, so he usually refused those too. It was honestly an awful testimonial to read, everything he listed off screws over his fellow man because Door dash makes it impossible to screw them over for even a penny.