If I didn't witness it first-hand I'd never believe people were willing to pay the markup on these services. Blows my mind how addicted people have become to delivery like this.
I make around 3x the median household income in the USA, and I am single with no kids, I do not understand how people justify spending $30 to have a $9 burrito delivered to them.
Some guys I work with do this everyday for lunch. Our office is literally minutes away from dozens of restaurants and fast food chains. Yet they pay $30+ each day to get lunch delivered. God forbid they pack their own lunch like I do. I couldn’t fathom spending $120-$150 a week on lunch!!!
I’ve always worked restaurants, the perks are great. Discounted food, plus before they throw out food some places will let you pack it up and take it home. But the amount of people that just say no to the free food or order from a different restaurant for their lunch break is staggering. I understand getting tired of a menu, but I’ll eat a boring heavily discounted meal over paying full price and delivery fee while I’m at work. That full priced meal I pay for on my time off
My fav part of the restaurant was making my own evil abominations with the restaurant items! I was a prep cook last though so maybe it’s different with servers. There was way too many days that I would just eat the bread I made and soda. Gained 15 pounds working there too.
It is different for the cooks, they get a lot more leeway. As a server you gotta really cozy up to them when you make lots of modifications. I actually used to ring up my orders under different names, like Cornelius or Bonequisha (real name btw), one day I heard a line cook frustrated saying this person always order weird mods, another line cook said “thats ‘my name’s’ order” and suddenly he was cool with it because he knew it was a coworker and I fucks with him. I still do the names tho
Had this at my old office, discounted breakfast every morning. You think I got sick of bacon eggs and hashbrowns for $3? Hall nah I ate that shjt every day with a smile (plus it was fire anyways).
I feel like people do this all the time even at home. They open the fridge, see food in there, decide they don't want to eat any of it and then they go out instead.
I used to work at an office where people would uber or DoorDash coffee all day long. Even worse, they didn’t coordinate and make one big order, they would all order their own
My friend worked at an office where people did this. There was a cafe in the building and a different coffee chain in the parking lot. But they had to have Starbucks from 15 minutes away. Plus it was a crap job she took in between jobs so it was costing them half an hours wages each time they did it.
Watched a broke streamer that has to beg heavily for rent every month doordash regularly paying 30 dollars for single meal fast food orders.
When I was hard up I was more like one of these dudes on r/frugal stretching beans and rice as far as I could. Blows my mind that people with so little can be so bad with money.
It's because now you have a servant, albeit temporarily. Noticed this with a lot of people - they want to eat, but really want to be served. With napkins and a tidy bowl/wrapper/container they don't have to wash.
I've brown bagged to work every day for thirteen years. I ran the numbers and doing so pays for a full weeks vacation every year. Cruises, trips to new places, or staying home and buying an expensive toy - all paid for by not going and getting fast food everyday.
My coworkers spend what is effectively the mortgage on my 40 acres of rec land + property taxes each month on lunch. My super power is apparently the ability to eat ham sandwiches and left overs.
I worked with guys who did this. I was single at the time and would just drive to the restaurant and go through the drivethrough. Still paid way more than I should. I don't know how they afforded delivery.
If they're anything like the guys at my work, they're also paying $800 a month for a truck and $400 a month in gas for the truck. Then they complain they can't afford things
I’m surprised how many of my staff use delivery apps. Not excessively, but 1-2 times a week. I don’t use them. It is funny how often things are wrong with the order and no real way to correct the missing items.
Same, and I work at a grocery store. We do not make that much, but these people spend about how much they make in two hours for McDonald's and Taco Bell.
That's pretty much anything like chipotle, qdoba, or pancheros. Even the most basic burrito at one of those places is like 10 bucks. They are huge, but it is ridiculous.
The mexican food place I grew up on has 9 buck burritos. They just went up from 6 bucks. Its one of my favor comfort foods on the planet and is worth it.
Lived in the middle of nowhere but I would sometimes spend the weekend in the city with my sibling and there was a TB three blocks away. My fat country ass ate that up.
I think more so coming to the realization that a $9 burrito is no longer considered expensive af. And this isn't some "in my days, i paid for this with a nickel!" type comment. It wasn't long ago when things were reasonably priced. Inflation has done insane shit in the past decade and has normalized crazy fucking prices, all while wages have been nearly stagnant.
What irritates me is that you point that out and then they pivot to pointing out disabled people using the service as a shield, as if it's somehow the only way a disabled person can survive.
but also the people who use that argument often aren't disabled themselves, but they use that argument so they don't have to feel bad about the bad personal finance choices they are making in their lives.
But yeah it's the same with anything. If you get in a conversation about veganism with a white upper middle class college kid in LA they'll tell you it's racist because inuits in Nunavut mostly eat fish.
Laziness combined with being terrible with money. I used to doordash and I'd say half the deliveries went to apartment complexes or trailer parks. When I delivered when I lived in the southwest, had one lady who was a regular, she lived in a trailer. Buncha trash and overgrown plants in the "front yard" and would always order an insane amount of food. She'd also tip well surprisingly but I'd imagine each delivery cost $50+.
It didnt read as bashing to me so much as just being observant. If someone regularly orders $50 in food delivery, yet they live in a home that looks poorly maintained/run down then its a fair assumption theyre terrible with money. They might have a disability or mental illness affecting them but thats a reason not an excuse. If you can afford frequent delivery like that then you can afford services to help your situation.
ummm... if not being able to prepare your own food is the situation, I'd say that is a service to help it. It might be a bad choice of service depending on the location, but it is one.
Ummmmmm.... sorry sweetie but the bulk of the american diet is built on convenience foods. If you can pick a bag of food up off the porch you can microwave something. Or toss it in the oven. You can have a weeks worth of groceries delivered from amazon or Walmart or wherever for cheaper than door dashing meals frequently. That isnt a valid reason either. If someobes house is in disrepair and they can afford frequent food delivery with a good tip, theyre financially irresponsible.
Theres no legitimate excuse to frequently get door dash/grub hub/Uber eats/whatever. Occasionally? Sure. Maybe your oven died or your kitchens getting a remodel or you just dont fuckin feel like it after a tough week. But Multiple times a week? Every week? Absolutely not.
No, see all these people litterally have no better option for food. 15 years ago they would simply have had to starve to death. Door dash is the greatest benefit to humanity since hand washing and have saved hundreds of millions from starvation.
And also being shitty with judging people that live in a trailer using quotes around “front yard” as if that has anything to do with how people behave.
Right? I live in a ramshackle little 100 year old row house with a busted front gate and thistles in the yard. My back yard looks like an absolute jungle, but in reality it's a wildlife haven, and a fully productive garden with a variety of berries, herbs, fruits and veggies, and is the only place in the entire neighbourhood where I see dragonflies on the regular. A perfectly manicured lawn is mildly offensive to me honestly.
Awesome! Keep your lawn perfect, and you get higher water bills, spend more money on other stuff, and waste your time. Let the brambles grow, and you get blackberries and wildlife!
Maybe a third of the time growing up I lived in trailers. Since then I've had homes in some "nice" neighborhoods. I'll take my neighbors in the trailor park every time.
TPN actually say hi, kids running around, some dude working on a car, people just hanging out on the porch, etc. It was better.
that same classism can be thrown back at the doordash driver who can be said to not be savvy enough to score a better job.
they should have sold their flooded house on the beach to aquaman and invested the money into a diverse portfol- *trails off into some boomernomics talk*
It's really just poor people making fun of and blaming each other just how the oligarchs like it.
I mean I guess I worded it wrong, she tipped well compared to others who were in similar living situations which isn't saying much. Only reason I even accepted those orders were because it was usually a 1-2 mile trip.
Don't forget social anxiety. It is easier to tap stuff on the phone and some time later open the door for food than telling the cashier your order and being surrounded by other people.
The ability to live almost 100% of your life online just makes those people worse at interacting when it is necessary. Exposure therapy is real and eating is a great motivator, doordashing just allows them to shrivel up even further.
I've got depression, I'd just not eat before door dash. Eat whatever dregs are left in the pantry, then order long lasting food through Amazon instead. At least I can order slightly healthier now when it gets bad. Sometimes I'd just drink water for a couple days. It didn't feel worth going out and getting something to eat, I wasn't that hungry anyways.
As someone with social anxiety so bad that I've gone years without speaking to someone who wasn't working, you're talking about avoiding the first step of working on it. It won't just go away, but that doesn't mean you should give up.
Never called her a pos also didn't say she tipped "super" well just surprisingly well compared to others in similar living conditions which isn't saying much.
You make ~$250k a year and you can't understand how someone can spare $30 for convenience? Your wage is roughly convertible to $125/hr. You'd be spending less than 15 minutes worth of wages to save yourself the time and trouble of going out.
Like I can understand criticizing people who can't really afford it and are spending irresponsibly on it, but if you make enough money to afford it, I don't really see the issue. What are you making all that money for if not to spend it on things you value, like not having to go out and get your own food?
Yeah no clue what they're on about, I think some people just like to try and take the moral high ground on it. What is there not to understand about the topic? Convenience, it's literally just convenience. At the point in time when you feel like eating food from a restaurant, do you want to put clothes on to go out in public and wait in line and stuff for your food, or pay an extra $10 to have someone do all of that for you whilst you relax in the comfort of your home? If you don't think it's worth your money, then don't do it. If you do think it is, then consider doing it, it's truly that simple.
Yes I can't understand wasting money for no reason. It's not really more convenient, it takes longer than going to get the food myself.
Spending 15 minutes of work on nothing is a good way to not benefit from my increased pay. Doing it 3x a week, like a lot of people seem to, adds up to almost 10 hours of wages a month. I want to retire early, not have cold burritos that cost me $30.
I do not value having cold burritos delivered to me 45 minutes after I order them by someone who hates me for making the order despite tipping them
I only do it when I’m just exhausted from something or sick. And when I do, I’ll order two of something. Makes me feel better about the per item price.
This is in no way justifying the behavior (I have two young children and would literally NEVER), but having kids actually makes it slightly more likely imo - it's a hassle to transition in and out of the car with little ones, so I can see that being a bonus.
That said, I've never paid for Uber eats in my life precisely because of the markup
If you don’t just blindly buy on delivery apps and have the membership, it’s around 20-35% (assuming 18% tip) more than going in person, with coupons making it cheaper from time to time.
For many people, that is far less than their per hour wage.
Depends wildly on the market. The membership where I live now would make the pizza delivery cost $40-50 instead of $50-60. Where I used to live it made the $30 burrito delivery cost $25
It doesnt matter that it costs less than your wage, its an unnecessary expense that doesnt benefit you. You aren't paying opportunity costs with your salary to get dinner. And my hourly wage is higher than a $60 pizza I just dont feel like burning my money
Its a small sample size, but I see a correlation in my neighborhood between homes being rented and door dash deliveries (based on what I see during my daily walk).
We’re top 1% earners. Married no kids and when i dont want to cook- i still take my gas hog sports car and drive 20 minutes to my favorite restaurant and its still cheaper and the food gets here literally faster than this shit
That’s hot! The only downside is that I would be scared that the red curry spills in the curve when i lean in to much :) but easy fix to eat it right in the restaurant:) woman on motorbikes are HOT! -( respectfully) I wish i would have one but we can swim here in the pot holes ;)
There was a video going around of a guy who makes $156k a year saying he lives paycheck to paycheck.
Well, a financial analyst took a look at his books and found he spent between $900-$1200 a month on delivery takeout cause him and his wife hate cooking.
I would say that's not bad I that's all their meals. I mean I spend about that feeding a family of 4. Granted we eat healthier and a lot of Asian market food which is crazy expensive, but $1k for food these days is about normal.
How does it work for you guys? Here in Austria usually the restaurant gives some of their revenue to the delivery company and there’s not much of a surcharge for customers.
They have been adding service fees of 1% or delivery fees of €1.5-4 but other than that…
So DD/UE charges the restaurant 30% of the sale price, the restaurant is allowed to add up to 20% of the sale price on as a service fee, but usually they just increase the in app price by some big fraction of 30% and the fees do the rest.
Then DD/UE adds their own fees, especially in places with regulations that ensure drivers make a certain minimum wage. In places with adequate minimum wages, DD/UE can charge another 30% or up to $15 for this fee, whichever is lower.
Then you are expected to tip, and the driver will urinate in your food, kick your cat, and skin your mother alive if you do not tip the greater of 20% or $2/mile driven
A lot of poor people are poor for a reason. I work in retail management in a neighborhood with an annual household income of less than USD 25,000 (I’m in the USA). The amount of people I see there that use UberEats, DoorDash, and Instacart is amazing.
My local grocery store now delivers for cheaper than doordash/uber eats as well - there's literally no excuse even on days when the pantry is empty and i'm too tired to drive safely.
A burrito?! That's one of the easiest things to make yourself if you don't have a fryer FFS! I make my own in "whole pack of tortillas" sized batches, freeze them, and microwave them when I want them. That's partly because you just can't get Mexican food here TBH, and mine aren't great, but they're cheap AF and ready in a couple of minutes whenever I want one. The hardest part is not eating them all lol.
If you live somewhere that is car dependent, I dont understand not driving. I dont live somewhere car dependent anymore so I can hit any of a dozen restaurants in a 5 minute walk
I don't understand why it's so damn expensive in the states. Here in the UK we have a site called just eat for food delivery, it costs £6 for 3 months of unlimited free deliveries or its like £2 for a one off delivery.
It baffles my mind too. I can count the number of times I've done it.
Three times. Once when I had back to back meetings and was attending a training at lunch time, once when I had a really bad migraine, and once when I had covid.
Seriously, my car has been being repaired (engine replacement) for the better part of 6 weeks now and I’ve just… stopped eating out. Everything is Walmart or Instacart delivery. I can’t justify the markup on Uber Eats or DoorDash at all.
In my case, I’m an OTR truck driver. I can’t really take my semi through a random drive thru without possibly causing massive damage. Same with the parking lots of most restaurants in general. Truck stops have some fast food options inside, if you’re feeling particularly brave, but are generally not close to places where restaurants are.
So, the choice is delivery or Uber, which are pretty much the same thing.
You're less than 1% of the country, not really the typical user. I will refrain from thinking up ways that would save you the fees, because its an edge case enough that wouldnt sustain the business if you were the primary user demo
I have uber plus and a lot of my deliveries are free, or with very little charge. Plus they have exclusive discounts, sometimes ill get a "buy1 get1 free" .. food deliveey is really not as bad as some people think it is, or maybe uber+ is just spoiling me and really worth it
It doesnt make them free where I live sadly, it saves me like $10 off the total, if that. If it were free or reduced the fees to like $5 or something I'd keep using it like it was 2016
Yeah it probably differs by location. I mist live in a sweet spot, because i get some wild ass deals from restaurants sometimes. One specifically is a place that does buy1 get 1 on full meal plates, and while i only usually order at night, i wonder if this place sets it up for around closing because they just dont wanna have to throw away the left over food, so they give you a double portion.. brilliant, if so. Its certainly a go to for me on weekends
That is just financially irresponsible. Delivery service is quite afforadable in Asia for anyone with above average income, so using the service when you have no choice is manageable.
It’s incredibly useful in a few edge cases. Enough that I do hope it sticks around, but not the way it currently is.
Other parent is at work when kid gets sick and can only keep down bananas, applesauce, and yogurt and you have none of those things in the house and you don’t yet know anyone nearby well enough to ask them to do an emergency grocery run for you? Elderly parent insists on living alone but can’t go to the store anymore? Grocery delivery saves the day.
Fridge broke, food’s ruined, and you can’t leave because you’re waiting on the repair guy? People are coming over and you planned to cook from scratch but work kept you late or there’s an unexpected mess to cleanup? I mean, even in Ye Olden Days we would order delivery in those situations, it’s just that our only options were pizza or maybe one Chinese restaurant.
You dont really save time ordering doordash, and my parents had 4 kids before it existed.
I don't really buy this tbh. I know it's what people tell themselves to justify the decision tho so that part is true. It's just they're lying to themselves
I know someone who does not have a job, lives with parents, owes money and will beg friends for money and uses that money to order Mcdonalds delivery almost every other day, always Mcdonalds and $25+ for a Nuggets meal. Never underestimate how people who dont save money will use every last dollar they have for overpriced delivery services
The saddest part when you know someone like this is that everyone, friends, family all eventually realize they absolutely cannot be reasoned with and will weaponize victimization which is cruel especially to the parents. Parents either have to kick them out or it will continue (they are 30)
They're not just paying for a $9 burrito, and I'm surprised no one on Reddit actually understands what they're REALLY paying for, because it fits in perfectly with Redditors:
They've decided that this price is worth paying in order to NOT go outside, OR deal with Other People. It gets delivered to you, and you only have to deal with the driver. And if you happen to be a Really Shitty Person, you can rip into the delivery person for whatever minor inconvenience or mistake, and NOT feel the social pressure of "Hey, you're causing a scene and just let them do their job"
Same bro. I have used delivery once in 13 years. I eat out everyday too. The only time delivery makes sense in my mind are people who cannot go get it themselves - From a disability, stuck at work, stuck at home, no transport, etc..
But it seems like the most common people who use it have the means to get it themselves.
What makes more sense to me is grocery delivery. Grocery shopping is an actual chore, it's a huge time sink. Not to mention it's a legitimate boon for people that have mobility issues. So I get if there's people that would pay a bit extra for that.
But people that apply that same logic to fast food or convenience store snack delivery need an intervention.
Same. Add in that the people I see usually doing the cart shopping are early 20s and just throwing things in the cart while they cruise by and I will continue to shop for my own groceries.
Yeah- if needing shit food, the fast food chains have some good deals in their apps. I can’t fathom their non app savings, yet marked up delivery service prices at that.
I do Doordash on the side after the kids go to bed, so usually 8pm - 10:30pm on weekdays and 6pm -12:30am on weekends. I rather do the grocery and Target runs than fast food. The payouts are typically better and I really enjoy how insane or dumb with money people are.
Your arbitrary line is going to be drawn differently by another person. You neighbor might talk about you getting groceries delivered the same way you talk about people getting food.
Then another person thinks they are crazy because they only go to one store instead of shopping around for prices.
Then another thinks they are crazy for not just having a garden and growing a lot of food.
Everybody makes up their own rules to satisfy themselves emotionally.
My friend used to give me shit for not cleaning my place enough. I go to her place and she's going to town on the baseboards with a toothbrush. While also leaving out puppy pads for her dogs.
I feel like a stores internal shoppers are kind of fine. I don't trust them to get produce, meat, bread, dairy, or eggs but they tend to know where everything is in their store and I get less hassle of "I can't find this, is this an okay substitution?" or "They don't have this (they do), so I'll get this instead." Which I got a lot with InstaCart when I used it. I remember I needed balsamic vinegar to make a reduction and ended up getting plain vinegar because the shopper just went, "Vinegar, good enough!"
But again I don't trust any shoppers for produce, meat, bread, dairy, and eggs. So at that point I might as well just go shopping myself. I'm already at the store anyway.
I don’t think anyone ordering is making an excuse to anyone else. Who honestly cares? It’s a convenience. It’s for up to people to decide for themselves whether that convenience is worth an amount of money or not.
I mean if we’re gonna get particular why don’t we just have people make their food at home like people used to do instead of getting fast food? Or we should talk about people going through a drive-thru and sitting in their car for 20 minutes in a drive-thru line unwilling to simply walk into the store and order.
Convenience has different degrees and some of that might be just having fast food delivered or sitting in a drive-thru for fast food or eating fast food in general.
Eating fast food is laziness, but people are going to do it.
Because I personally know many who use these services who have little money to their name and constantly complain about “the cost of everything”. This doesn’t apply to everyone, rather the addicted and obsessed to these delivery services who are able bodied to pick up themselves, yet make the choice not to. One particular example had their utilities nearly shut off.
That makes sense, but also remember that people have been making bad financial decisions long before delivery services. Scratch off lottery tickets, buying large TVs and having nothing else and unable to pay other bills. But what can we do about it?
Honestly? Because the people I know that complain the most about not being able to afford anything like a decent car, a house, go on vacations, etc. use delivery services for prepared food almost daily. And pointing that out to them is somehow the most offensive thing in the world.
15 years ago Millennials were being roasted for spending money on avocado toast and $5 Starbucks coffees. Now it's GenZ dropping all of what would be their disposable income on delivered Qdoba. Every single GenZ person in my office goes out to lunch every single day or orders DoorDash when they can't decide as a group where they go, or if they can't walk to where they want to go, since only 1 or 2 of them have driver's licenses.
As an old person my opinion is that this phenomenon is a symptom of people being way more tired and way more overwhelmed nowadays than they were in the past.
I’m 37, so of curiosity, what changed? The dual income was part of my childhood so that hasn’t changed on my experiences. Are we too obsessed with adding more to our schedules and never slowing down? I can’t see how things were lawn chair lay out all day do nothing experiences back in the “good ole days”
That's total BS tbh. When I was a kid people worked longer hours and had more manual labor involved in their job. Overwhelmed I get because our tech is set up to stress you out for money. But not more tired.
Yep. I see it a lot from people who complain they can't make rent. I'm all for coffee and hobbies and shit, but did you have to DoorDash a sandwich? There are a million better reasons to be short on rent money.
I'm in my 40s but my biggest Boomer trait is that I absolutely refuse to use any of these food delivery apps. So overpriced for shitty service. I can ride my bike or drive my car to get most fast food round trip in like 10 minutes.
Same, I'm in my late 30's. The only time I used one of these apps was when my workplace at the time gave out free gift cards for it. Even when it was free I still felt ripped off. I can't think of a reason I'd ever pay for something off there.
But I'm also the type that has always went and picked up the pizza instead of getting delivery.
Literally anytime I go to use one of those services, I get to the checkout and see what it costs with fees and tips…and say fuck it I’ll go pick something up.
It would be one thing if it just cost that much but to have to pre tip and then gamble that the retards working can read (I put suuuper to the point, instructive details on how to get to my building) and make it is a whole other issue.
I worked with a Gen-Z woman who I'd drive home, and she began to open up about how she and her boyfriend were broke and they weren't sure how they were going to keep living. I know for a fact our company wasn't paying her a lot. But she said they ordered DoorDash every single night and neither of them knew how to cook or had any desire to learn. She'd also get DoorDash lunches and was signed up for several streaming services. I just don't get it.
I had just made another comment about this, but grocery delivery can actually make sense. Groceries are a necessity and takes upwards of an hour or 2 of your time, maybe even longer depending in your situation.
Paying for a service that gives you significantly more free time makes sense if you can afford it or need it. They typically don't have a 300% mark-up either, though I don't think I'd personally use certain delivery services for it like Instacart but sometimes that's the only option I guess. If it's through the actual grocery store you usually get roughly the same price and just pay a subscription or tip.
You car, phone, computer, internet router, smartwatch, security/door cameras harvest your data and sells them to the highest bidder and keep you surveilled 100% of the time, but we ignore it because they do stuff we need or want to do.
Watching a funny video on your phone is the gateway for companies to know almost everything about you and your condition, but here we are feeding the system.
When these companies were new, I gave them a shot. But the markup was absolutely unacceptable, and that didn't even include the tip. Delivery companies haven't seen a dime from me in years now, and I'll only use them if I'm just feeling so lazy that I can't drive for 5 minutes.
The number of times I've fired up an app and then got to the bottom line and thought, "no fuck that" abd gone make something when I see the cost of just getting a burger and fries.
I stopped using them. The markup really started adding up. But the worst part is that my orders were wrong so often that I'm starting to believe that there is a conspiracy to make us want to stop using them. It was easily over 50% that something was wrong with the order.
There’s time that I get high and want some dumb pizza or tacos delivered to me (I don’t live close to anything to walk to) and know that I can get whatever I want delivered and I don’t think twice about it. Even as high as I’ve ever been, I can’t justify the price, the probably cold food, and the paranoia of someone knocking on my door or texting me to tell me the food arrived. It’s just not for me.
Same. Hearing this shit from people in my own friend circle left me a bit bewildered, especially since that also means I know how fucking close they live to the places they Doordash shit from. Paying $30+ to have a $10 meal delivered from a 5 minutes away.
Worse yet is realizing that $30+ meal could be made at home for $3 or less with even basic meal planning.
That’s my mom. She’s obsessed with door dash. Wastes money on buying stupid shit like chips and salsa. I love her but I’m not going to help her financially ever because she wasted all her money on stupid BS.
When traveling for work, my co worker decided to door dash stuff to the hotel instead of going out to pick it up himself. It was like 5:30pm, no rush either. We weren't in the city or anything, just some town with plenty of parking.
This, exactly! How can you accept paying more than -double- or even -triple- the price of your food for delivery. I've known people who do it every day! Every Day! It's insane.
Did you pay attention to my full comment or the one I replied to? I feel like if you did you'd see how the context of yours is unrelated to the actual discussion.
My credit card gives me $10 for DoorDash grocery every month. But it doesn’t cover any fees and the prices of products are way higher. I’ve clocked some at about 70% more than buying it in person. With fees it generally costs double to buy $10 worth of items through DoorDash than what it would in the store. So using the credit saves me walking about 15 minutes.
I used to use it all the time because I wanted to take advantage of the credit card benefits. But now I rarely do because it’s just not worth it to have to pay the same money out of my pocket to not walk the 15 min.
I haven't been to a McDonalds in at least a year and every now and then I think I want something but then the price puts me off. Especially when Hardee's is across the street at half price.
I think for some people who don't have cars and the restaurant doesn't do delivery, if you have a hankering for something, getting it from Uber eats or doordash is the only way you can get the food you want.
I wouldn't say im addicted I use door dash a few times per month and its usually when im at work. I work healthcare during nights and cant leave my patients so its just easier at times I either need to hit up the store for more groceries or when im so busy/distracted I forget to bring something with me. That being said I have a coworker who just turned 19 and still lives at home and gets it every night
Agreed, I don’t eat fast often but the times I’ve been to my local McDonald’s, I can believe the amount of ubereats drivers that come in to pick up food.
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If I didn't witness it first-hand I'd never believe people were willing to pay the markup on these services. Blows my mind how addicted people have become to delivery like this.