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DoorDash Exploiting Covid?

DoorDash is a lot like Facebook. They created, then exploited a need that wasn’t there before, and we fell for it. DoorDash is there for folks that are either too lazy or too busy to cook or leave the house to pick up their takeout order. Everyone knows flipping through Facebook is a time suck that leads nowhere, but look how big they are. Also, everyone knows doordash delivers overpriced soggy cold food.
My point is how can we claim exploitation if we deliberately continue using these services that we never needed in the first place?
 
DoorDash is a lot like Facebook. They created, then exploited a need that wasn’t there before, and we fell for it. DoorDash is there for folks that are either too lazy or too busy to cook or leave the house to pick up their takeout order. Everyone knows flipping through Facebook is a time suck that leads nowhere, but look how big they are. Also, everyone knows doordash delivers overpriced soggy cold food.
My point is how can we claim exploitation if we deliberately continue using these services that we never needed in the first place?
 
Delivery of foods other than pizza hasn’t really been a thing in California for the most part, due to the lower population density relative to say New York and London where it has been commonplace for a long time.

Everyone had a car. That’s not as universal now, plus the population is aging, spurring these kinda of businesses to take off. I think it could work without being exploitative.
 
I never understood paying a premium to have soggy food delivered. To me that severely undercuts the convenience of not having to step foot out of the house to get it yourself.
 
aminalmutha said:
Delivery of foods other than pizza hasn’t really been a thing in California for the most part, due to the lower population density relative to say New York and London where it has been commonplace for a long time.

Everyone had a car. That’s not as universal now, plus the population is aging, spurring these kinda of businesses to take off. I think it could work without being exploitative.
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:wtf

If you lived in even a small or medium sized city you could get a variety of different foods delivered to your door for like 2 and a half decades.

Grubhub and Doordash created a singular marketplace for delivery foods with web ordering and secure payments. It made it really easy to order for a bunch of people, like it you had a bunch of friends over or were ordering for a lunch at your office, since you could jsut toss an ipad around until everyone got their orders in.

Fortunately in that time most restaurants have had time to catch up technology-wise with better payment systems and building websites with menus. Everynow and again I get up against a deadline and I don't have time to cook for my family, so I'm grateful for either in-store pickup, or occasionally, delivery. But I still work with the restaurants directly. It's nice to check in with them and see how they're doing.
 
wazzuFreddo said:
Is that why my wings went on a half hour ride through Castro Valley which is exactly the opposite way from Wingstop to my house?

Cold wings and a watered down Dr. Pepper, just what I wanted.
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I don't see nothing "wrong" with that. Were I a driver I'd totally optimize and drive many orders at a time. I don't see the point of having a "driver" otherwise.

... Might instead just get wings myself/yourself. (I assume you have a car ya ;) ;) )
 
TylerW said:
:wtf

If you lived in even a small or medium sized city you could get a variety of different foods delivered to your door for like 2 and a half decades.

Grubhub and Doordash created a singular marketplace for delivery foods with web ordering and secure payments. It made it really easy to order for a bunch of people, like it you had a bunch of friends over or were ordering for a lunch at your office, since you could jsut toss an ipad around until everyone got their orders in.

Fortunately in that time most restaurants have had time to catch up technology-wise with better payment systems and building websites with menus. Everynow and again I get up against a deadline and I don't have time to cook for my family, so I'm grateful for either in-store pickup, or occasionally, delivery. But I still work with the restaurants directly. It's nice to check in with them and see how they're doing.
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Not even the same level as it is now. Not even close, thanks for playing.
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
I don't see nothing "wrong" with that. Were I a driver I'd totally optimize and drive many orders at a time. I don't see the point of having a "driver" otherwise.

... Might instead just get wings myself/yourself. (I assume you have a car ya ;) ;) )
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I used to take up to 10 deliveries at once, tho that wasn’t often and the pies were in insulated bags.
 
I've never used any gig economy delivery service, and very rarely have I used a restaurant delivery, such as pizza. I prefer to get my own food, if I'm doing takeout. Plus, I don't want to support this type of exploitive gig economy company. Reading this stuff just confirms my position.

And we're not even talking about the drivers that will eat your food.

UDRider said:
Might be for best. Mod pizza kind of sucks.
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You wash your mouth our with soap! :x. For what it is, and the price, it's pretty damn good, IMO. But I'd prefer to watch them make what I order and get it hot and fresh, so...
 
aminalmutha said:
I used to take up to 10 deliveries at once, tho that wasn’t often and the pies were in insulated bags.
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In high school I used to make pizzas. Very occasionally I got to deliver, in a pinch. Damn! That was the gig right there. Way easier than making the food and washing the dishes. Plus, with tips, you could easily double your earnings or more. Plus, with the added $1 to $3 delivery fee (depending how far out the address was), that went straight to the driver and more than paid for mileage, so even without a tip you were making more. Granted, I was only making minimum wage, but still.

In probably 1989 or 90, while making $4.25 an hour, I once got a $5 tip on a delivery. That was huge! :laughing
 
bojangle said:
In high school I used to make pizzas. Very occasionally I got to deliver, in a pinch. Damn! That was the gig right there. Way easier than making the food and washing the dishes. Plus, with tips, you could easily double your earnings or more. Plus, with the added $1 to $3 delivery fee (depending how far out the address was), that went straight to the driver and more than paid for mileage, so even without a tip you were making more. Granted, I was only making minimum wage, but still.

In probably 1989 or 90, while making $4.25 an hour, I once got a $5 tip on a delivery. That was huge! :laughing
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Well, I did prep and made pies, took orders etc too. But yeah I made more than 2x the employees who didn’t do delivery.

I did pay for my own car, fuel, insurance, etc.
 
bojangle said:
I've never used any gig economy delivery service, and very rarely have I used a restaurant delivery, such as pizza. I prefer to get my own food, if I'm doing takeout. Plus, I don't want to support this type of exploitive gig economy company. Reading this stuff just confirms my position.

And we're not even talking about the drivers that will eat your food.



You wash your mouth our with soap! :x. For what it is, and the price, it's pretty damn good, IMO. But I'd prefer to watch them make what I order and get it hot and fresh, so...
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I used Lyft to get to and from the airport a couple times a month the last couple years. Taxi or shuttle was 3x the cost and unreliable. Parking cost 2x to 3x and I had to leave a half hour earlier. Haven’t used grubhub but I know a lot of people do. I see them out and about a lot.
 
aminalmutha said:
Well, I did prep and made pies, took orders etc too. But yeah I made more than 2x the employees who didn’t do delivery.

I did pay for my own car, fuel, insurance, etc.
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Yeah, not having my own car was my big issue in high school. I often got to borrow my mom's car to get to work, but she didn't want me using it for deliveries. So I only did a few times when the boss was in a pinch and didn't have a delivery driver. If I could have dkne that regularly I would have.

But I also had fun screwing around while working in the back. This was during the time that Dana Carvey was portraying Bush Sr. On SNL. We'd sometimes spend the entire shift talking to each other in that voice, driving the boss crazy. :laughing.

[Youtube]AMYPvd86R2I[/YOUTUBE]
 
bojangle said:
I've never used any gig economy delivery service, and very rarely have I used a restaurant delivery, such as pizza. I prefer to get my own food, if I'm doing takeout. Plus, I don't want to support this type of exploitive gig economy company. Reading this stuff just confirms my position.

And we're not even talking about the drivers that will eat your food.
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Yep the less people handling my cooked food the better. If I’m hungry I’ll go chase it down else I’m not hungry enough.
 
liveforlight said:
Doordash is very good with dealing with problems. If your order is wrong, you are usually credited the full amount.( at first they give you this automated % off, but if you go further/email/call/chat
they will full refund you.
Happens numerous times, Never got screwed.

But door dash is a shitty company exploiting the restaurants and drivers .

I only use it because of the free dash pass from my chase CC.

Most businesses on doordash has a markup of $1-2 dollars from normal call in take out
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This is all well and fine as far as irrelevant information goes - Stop. Using. Doordash. Don't continue being part of the problem just because your credit card company gives you a fun toy.
 
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