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[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 123 points 3 months ago

Thank god. I've got too many friends who "can't afford" anything, but order fucking uber eats almost daily. "woops, spent $70 on taco bell!", they'll laugh...

Shit needs to legitimately stop.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 69 points 3 months ago

Of that 70 dollar order, none of it actually pays the driver. So yes. Let the companies die.

If you really want that ultraprocess garbage spend the ¢50 in gas and drive to the taco bell. The new one by my house even has a mobile order lane separate from the standard ordering lane, so you can at least skip waiting behind the Civic full of baked college bros that forgot what a quesadilla is.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 months ago

Baked college bros driving to Taco Bell seems like more of a case for convenient delivery options imo, they should not be driving at all

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Good point. I was more roasting my past self in my comment than anything.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I love that for you.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago

shout it from the rooftops with me:

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago
[-] apex32@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Lol, reading this reminds me of a Jack In The Box commercial from the mid 2000s: https://youtu.be/3ZdT9MkyG7I

[-] kitnaht@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Not only that but it pushes the 'everything on demand' mentality. All of these people I know have gained 50 or more pounds since the COVID lockdown, and they got trained to order everything online.

[-] dogsnest@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Got peeps ordering cigarettes, potato chips, chocolate bars, soda.....

"We're house-poor!!!"

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

And so much avocado toast.

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It really is that price too. You go in the app and start adding like $20 worth of food to buy and somehow by the time you’re done with tax, fees, and tipping it’s $70. Despite this price, your food usually arrives soggy and lukewarm.

I haven’t used these apps since 2018 when it became pretty apparent what was happening, but some people are REALLY lazy and REALLY bad with money.

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