/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>19136008
>literally double the price of picking up
15% at the very most
>weirdos who cant hold down a normal job alone with your food they could easily fuck with without you noticing
True. That's why restaurants seal the bag.
>15 dollar tip on top of the already higher food prices
$5 at the very most.

>why do people do this?
If you are wealthy and are lazy, the extra $10 is worth the convenience. Not sure why poorfags do this though lol

>>19136018
>15% at the very most
Where the fuck do you live?
There's a 20-30% premium on all uber eats items. Service charges get tacked on, as well as delivery charges. Then you need to add a tip IN ADVANCE! Let me repeat that: you're BRIBING the delivery driver for not fucking with your food and coming over in the first place! WTF?

>>19136024
I live in one of the most expensive places on earth (west coast). The markup is real with some restaurants, but it's a couple bucks per item at most.

>>19136008
I've never used a food delivery app because of all the reasons you specified.

>>19136029
I'm on the east coast. Shit's fucked, I'm not kidding. It pays to go and pick the stuff up yourself.

>>19136008
I'm a shut in.

>>19136018
>$5 at the very most.
If you can't afford to tip at least 50%, you can't afford delivery. Simple as.

>>19136008

you should be able to put a fee in to encourage someone to take your job. like, i pay 5$ and i want my order to get top billings. whereas if i pay like 1$ then it'll only get picked up if it's the highest outstanding bid.
are the orders just randomly assigned to the drivers or something?

>>19136186
The tip is exactly that.

>>19136170
Why did he pick up the order if he didn't want to deliver it?

>>19136189
Is the tip shown to potential drivers before they’ve even accepted the job?

>>19136238
no. Just a grand total of what you'd be paid and how many miles the route is. You can tell pretty easily before accepting the order if it has a tip or not. Because the usual minimum pay for Grubhub is ~$7, doordash it's like 2.5 - 4

t. Doordash and grubhub driver

>>19136008
Imma confess. I never order food delivery because I feel like I should tip but I don't wanna tip and to avoid it I don't order at all.

I'm so happy tipping culture isn't a thing in my country

>>19136018
fippy bippy

>>19136238
Yes, atleast for skipthedishes.

>Regulators allow uber and copycats to flout regulations aimed at taxi services, undercut then until the taxis go under, then price gouge like mad
>People act surprised when the same shit happens to food delivery
We're speedrunning regulatory collapse
You were all supposed to read The Jungle and The Grapes Of Wrath but you didn't and now we all get to suffer for it.

>>19136008
Has anyone else noticed only really poor people do this? If I'm at a party and need a lot of food we might order delivery, but my roommates who I know for a fact are barely making rent (four of us in the apartment) or my friends online who constantly complain about being broke will go "brb my food's here" yet they're getting their wallets reamed. Meanwhile the stable money ones will go "hey let's go out to eat" or "gotta make dinner"

>>19136919
This is a community for cooking and still 90% of the people here do not cook.
It's one of the first things I even ask a person when deciding whether they are worth talking to.

>Get $200+ in Uber cash each month
>Always order for pick up and just walk over
I enjoy it.

>>19136935
Based.

>>19136919
I was working in a bar over COVID and nearly everyone who worked there that covered their rent spent the rest of their paychecks on app deliveries, drugs and alcohol with nothing left. Pretty sure I was the only one there who was actually saving money each month and I brought in my own lunch/dinner every day

>>19136424
It's funny when Americans that don't know tipping isn't mandatory in other countries get mad at you for not doing it.

>>19136981
The worst ones who ordered something for delivery every day were leftoid zoomers who justified their spending habits in saying that global warming was going to destroy the world anyways so they were entitled to live as hedonistically as possible because they were convinced the world would end before they would turn 40. WEF has succeeded in turning woke zoomers into the most gullible consoomers imaginable

>>19137006
If they're 20 or under then they're right.
Enjoy what you have while you have while you have it
If climate disasters don't take everything from you the collapse of white collar work will.

every week uber gives me 3 40% off (for a max of $15 off) coupons and I don't really understand why

>>19136104
Yeah yeah, back to the wage cage (car), you'll be late for your next order.

>>19138223
Dying to compete with industry leader (door dash).

>>19138282
I also get free doordash+ with my amazon prime subscription
if them fighting just means hurling a bunch of free shit my way, then I want them to keep fighting lol

>mogs your entire business model

>>19136008
I order doordash every weekday sometimes even starbucks. Weekend is for going out to dinner

>>19136906
I agree but taxis were and are utter shit, and uber and lyft were cheaper initially, and in general drivers were nicer and cars were cleaner and better. At absolute worst case scenario it was the same as a taxi.

I don't pay the ridiculous uber eats/door dash prices though. Not to mention

>A study conducted by US Foods found that nearly 30% of drivers for food delivery services admitted to stealing a bite of food from their customer's order.
That's of a quarter, and that's just the ones who admit it.
>that'll be half your fries and a a 25% tip

>>19136935
>>Get $200+ in Uber cash each month
from where/how?

>>19137002
20% service charge by law in the uk, incorporated into the menu prices, people still tip because americans have made it seem rude not to.

I deliver for doordash as a side gig, it's pretty comfy not gonna lie. That said, I wouldn't want any of the the other dashers I see touching my food ever. 10 Dollars of mcdonald's will cost you 24 bucks by the time all the fees and tips are included, the convenience can be nice if you're extremely busy but holy shit the prices are robbery.

>>19138320
My dad works for Uber cash

>>19136018
>True. That's why restaurants seal the bag.
Either with tape or by tying the bag which are both easy open without alarming the customer.

>>19136008
I think DoorDash actually has lower prices depending on the store and if you use the pick up option.

>live in an apartment complex, address on gps will only take you to a neighbor’s front entrance, who shares same house number as me
>list simple and clear instructions on how to drive like five seconds longer to get to my front door
>almost 60%-70% of the dipshits driving ignore this and just dump it off at my neighbor’s door
>complain to DoorDash and get $10 off every time
>bank on their continued incompetence every time

>>19136008
>That'll be 19.99 plus tip.

>>19136981
>don’t have fun like your coworkers
>tuck a bunch of money away in the savings account
>it gets inflated away to nothing due to rampant money printing at the central bank

>>19136199
He's a food delivery independent contractor. He's literally retarded.

>Food sits for ~10 minutes before the driver even gets there
>Food sits in their car as they drop off 2 orders before yours
>$10 dollar meal you spent $25 on is 30 minutes old and barely lukewarm
>This is a like 300 billion dollar industry
The world is fucked.

>decide to try door dash because "free first delivery"
>get notification my order was picked up by driver, there's even a gps tracker
>watch him pull into a different parking lot and sit there for fifteen minutes
>cancel the order and get my money back
Probably the best outcome I could've hoped for.

I am poor but I use uber eats because if you pay for uber one all the extra charges are cut out and they offer great deals all the time.
I Tip 10% or even 20% to pick up.
So why not tip the uber driver to stuff the carry our people.
Yes picking up is still cheaper but sometimes I don't want to drive because I will lose a parking space and I am tok cheap to pay for reserved.
It's worth it to not have to walk a block at 4:30 AM when I go to work.
Also I can but shot at Costco with no membership.
They delivered a bunk of stuff and I got $40 off plus free delivery
I got this plus a case Top Chico. No markup on water plus spend so much and get some percent off. Plus free delivery uber one.
Also cancelled Costco membership plus ha don't carry heavy water.

>>19138465
I know its a joke picture but this is why I don't use these services

People who are in extremis poverty wise, driving cars they can barely afford, and definitely can't afford to have cleaned like a corporate car gets regularly detailed- being exploited for their labor by some massive piece of shit company.

I would rather just accept that we have slid back into 18th century standards. If you don't fetch your own food you don't eat.

>>19138781
It seems like these apps had a higher quality of drivers when a middle class person could make some decent pocket money doing it a few hours in their free time but now that it's become something you need to really commit to and learn how to game to make any money doing it those people left and now it's mostly just riff raff or people doing it as a hobby to socialize (for the driving services, not delivery apps).

>>19138771
Sorry for the typos. Also, I will add. Having the ready supply of water has made me spend less buy water out and spending way way more at a convenience store. So added savings from having so much water I carry in with me.
I think it's my best use of the quarterly coupon rather than junk food from Kroger or omg Walgreens
This is a tuna melt I made. If you like tuna they don't mark that up either. Personally I like mail order, but its hard to get good Tuna in America. I pay 5$ a can from a line catch American company

>>19138771
yeah, whenever I get an email with an instacart coupon I use it to order costco as well, and just order a shitload of their tasty multigrain bread, dirt cheap raw chicken value packs and sangria to make the most out of it

>>19138488
>Implying the money won't be invested
>Implying it's better to be in debt
>Implying you actually would use one of these ripoff middleman services
Just sad

>>19136008
because I'm too fat and lazy to be bothered to get my own Large #4

>>19136104
Well I never tip at all and they still deliver, so...? I guess I can afford it after all...? Okay...?

>>19138771
>be poor
>tip
kek 80iq retard

>>19138292
Nothing personnel.

Frankly, I look down upon people who order from Uber Eats and other delivery services. Even people who go out and eat at restaurants

Idk, when I'm feeling THAT lazy I just open a can of deenz

>>19138994
What do you invest in? Stocks are down, crypto is down, everything else is fucking crabbing

>>19139898
*farts in the hole*
*shoots you in the face*
Heh, nothing personnel kiddo!

>>19136008
Honestly, Anon. I’m either too busy to leave the office or I’m racked with enough crippling social anxiety that I would much rather not interact with people at all. I make enough money that its never going to hurt me even at max tip. Sometimes its just nice for me to hit a button and food that I have no intention to make (indian, arab, south american, etc) just shows up and I never have to say a word to anyone.

>>19136170
Honestly I hate piping hot cheese on pizza/breadsticks anyway. By the time those would get to me they'd be a perfect crunchier texture than steaming themselves in a cardboard box.
Same thing with fries, I'd prefer them warm and crunchy over hot and soggy. Keep the bag open.

>>19140512
That's one way to handle your issues. To run and hide from them instead of facing them and conquering them. Kys.

>>19140512
I'm going to go ahead and say it's highly unlikely that paying an extra $20k per year for food doesn't affect you.

>why do people do this?
Convenience, modern society is based around making peoples lives easier and more convenient even if this leads to problems and exploitation. Once people discovered they dont want to pick up their food, the food delivery industry boomed to fill the convenient niche

>>19138319
The biggest innovation was actually being able to see where the fuck your driver was, back in the days you could wait a half hour with your dick in your hand waiting on the taxi

>>19136008
>dashpass student plan is 5$ a month
>no delivery fee
>highly reduced order fees (like 2$ max)
>consistent 5$ tip
i spend like 6-7 extra dollars getting it delivered instead of picking it up. it's really not that big of a deal unless you're an ultra poorfag which in that case why are you ordering food anyway?

>>19138488
started working at 18 with nothing, 25 now and have around 200k in assets. youre talking complete shit. Play it smart, diversify, buy gold/land. Boom, more resilient to bank shittery. Stop spreading WEF FUD you mouth breathing buffoon

>buy gold/land. Boom, more resilient to bank shittery
I hate to break it to you anon, but 5% over 20 years does not beat inflation.

honestly feel bad for the paki/nigger/whatever else types going around on those bikes
they're literally older than me and the last time I recall being on a bike was when I was like 9 on a bmx

>>19136906
I read Atlas Shrugged and don't see the problem.

>>19144787
Not working in a bar you didn't, you liar. Doesn't matter how smart you save and invested.

>>19144813
Of course. No bike built sturdy enough to maintain your lardass, landwhale

>>19136170
this is why i never tip. never. i never tip. at all. not even once. zero dollars every single time. i always tip zero dollars. on my behalf, thank you all for footing up the bill

>>19136008
They are dumb and lazy tards.

Wouldn't it be funny if the delivery model existed in other countries, but the service provider paid for vehicle and gas and the delivery people got paid properly and don't even expect a tip? And the price was just about 10% more than in-store with no additional fees

>>19136008
stop paying middle men and order from the restaurants directly and pick up the food yourself? retard zoomer

>>19136008
laziness

>>19144877
i dont have a car dude.

>>19144882
you got two legs fatass

>>19136008
Some people OP, like you and me...are sane people.

That can't be said of everyone. They just do shit that doesn't make any sense leaving us sane people to try to piece together the puzzle

>>19144882
and you'll never own a car when you spend all your money on delivery rather than live within your means by buying groceries to make meals yourself.

>>19144829
Not him, didn't work in a bar.

>>19144856
you enjoy the taste of spit and cum with some pizza huh?

>>19136008
I refuse to get delivery through these apps. I"m not paying that much extra.

>>19144932
you're gonna get that regardless of a tip or not
tipping is a scam, why the fuck would anyone pay extra

>>19144932
would never be a problem you don’t order your meals from poor people and niggers

>>19136238
Uber states what they put as the tip but they can change it up to an hour after tge delivery.

The tip only got lower for me very rarely, once I wasnt even really mad cause it was like a 30 second trip. Typically you get what they initially put in if not more.

>>19144938
untrue. food gets specifically fucked with for non tippers.

It only makes sense to use that service if you're shitfaced and shouldn't be driving. Otherwise, just get in the car and go get it yourself.

>>19136170
i have had those 4 times and every time, warm or cold had more flavour than hot. i know i'm not insane.

>>19136008
On Uber eats it's cheaper with the 15 dollar discount. You aren't charged a delivery fee and you don't have to tip since some drivers don't mind working for free. Also, you save time, gas and wear/tear on car by not picking it yourself.

>>19136018
>True. That's why restaurants seal the bag.

When I was doing deliveries I used syringe to lace food with my piss or saliva. Found it near some dumpster. Always made swift delivery, so fags often gave me additional tips. No one had a clue, shit being so heavily spiced these days.

>>19138488
>yes, live paycheck to paychek to so you can eat lukewarm takeaway without having to leave your house, you can spend whatever is left over on alcohol and benzos so you can completely detach yourself from reality
not today, moshe

>>19144808
Now show the part where gold went from under $400 to over $1800 from 2004-12. The 25 year trend line and decline in confidence in the US Dollar suggest another major upswing in the next few years.

I want the lowest point of the recession to hit already just to see how these shitty ass price gouging companies fare.

>>19136008
I only do it for places that are too far for me to drive to and it's very rare. I'm not gonna drive 30 minutes there and then 30 minutes back for some goyslop when a wagie can do it

>>19145542
They're all going to bankrupt in 1-2 years now that the money printer is turned off. Uber will probably get bought out by Meta or Tesla and reincarnate with self-driving vehicles and/or delivery robots.

>>19138488
>>it gets inflated away to nothing due to rampant money printing at the central bank
I fucking hate the small hat tribe like you wouldn't believe

>>19138325
>nooo my culture is just a watered down version of whatever those bloody americans are doing!!!
seethe, cope, and dial8

yeah i hate it but at least I can admit it's some kind of addiction.

Because America is the land of little princes, where you too can have the convenience of owning a slave without the pesky extended contact.

>>19145010
>He thinks white people won't care if he doesn't tip
If anything white people would do the most fucked up shit.
t. White guy

>>19138325
VAT is not a service charge dumbfuck

>>19136170
How exactly does fucking over a non-tipper help the delivery guy? Is this just petty illogical groid behaviour?

>>19138771
Goddamn imagine being so bad with money you have an uber sub to buy fucking bottled water

>>19138803
Buy a reusable water bottle and filter or get a water cooler your absolute retard moron. Who drinks exclusively disposable bottles of water you fucking eco terrorist.

>>19143031
Nigger you admitted to being a stupid you're just spending your parents money you broke ass bitch

>>19136008
If I was fit enough to walk there in a reasonable time, I wouldn’t be eating fast food.

>>19136906
We did, it's still required reading
But lawmakers make whatever decisions they want and are bought and paid for
Lobbyists should be genocided, then maybe we can go back to some semblance of normal government

>>19136008
I used to use delivery services all the time prior to the pandemic. It was like 2 bucks for delivery and no additional fees. The food still cost the same amount. I remember telling people about it and everyone's response was: I like waiting in line and watching them make my food or I think it's weird

Now because everyone is brain dead they, for some reason, choose to spend like 30-50% more instead of just driving to pick it up. Now I just cook my own shit. Why even bother with it I dunno.

>>19136170
I love cold pizzas bros.

>>19144822
Ayn Rand was on welfare later on in life, kek. Dumbass bitch

>>19136170

i tip in cash so the taxman cant fuck your income bruh , why you do this 2 me ??

>>19136008
Women are lazy and careless with money, every time I've seen someone do this shit it's a woman.

>>19145064
Imagine for a second there anon if tomorrow in any other normal job, I'd have that kind of behaviour delivery slaves have. Fired on the spot.
I have 0 respect for delivery faggots. They deserve their shit wages for being entitled cunts and they can keep dreaming about getting that tip.
Granted I'm in a first world country and not the USA so they don't do that.
Still not tipping.

>>19136186
Last time i checked uber eats has an option for rush, normal or lax delivery with different costs. Your suggestion is too complex when so many drivers exist.

>>19146924
where the fuck did i admit to that retard? i am a college student but i live by myself and pay all my own bills/expenses. learn to read faggot.

>>19145605
nice opinion. meanwhile in reality uber are investing in creating a workplace safety committee here in australia and are going to employ about a dozen new staff, myself included. this is a white collar position so the salary should be susbsantial (and i'll be representing two states).

>>19136186
i think it would be a good idea for customers to be able to choose their driver from a choice of available drivers showing their customer satisfaction rating. then, as a customer, i could pick the guy with a 99% rating instead of the retard with 85%. with some kind of incentive for those drivers to accept that delivery.

>>19147974
There'd just be accusations of racism if people could choose to not have Taniqua or Muhammed who can't speak English delivering their food.

>>19147987
perhaps the list could simply display their rating without their name?

>>19147951
You'll be out of a job when they go bankrupt in one to two years.

>>19148000
not gonna happen

>>19147990
Then why have a list at all when the top drivers could just be automatically selected?

>>19148006
then the lower tiered driver won't get any job and they'll go and deliver for other platforms

>>19148009
I'm still seeing potential for abuses of the system, not that I believe the current system is good by any stretch.

>>19148014
first you select your food
then you select your driver
the higher the driver rating the more you pay for the delivery

for example; if i'm just ordering groceries i don't mind if they take a bit longer because groceries aren't time-critical, like hot food. but if i order hot food then i want the fast guy with the high rating.

the downside that i can see is thet as a driver i won't get any tips because as a 100% driver the customers selecting me would expect a higher quality of service, especially if they are already paying for it, so i'd simply be seen as doing my job when i break all the speed limits.

>>19136029
westoids are so spoiled with california and washington they have no idea what they got

>>19136170
No cash tip for you then retard

>>19136170
no blowjob for you then retard

>>19147974
Customers will downvote you because the food took a while to make (not your fault), there were items missing from the order (that you can't check to verify), or that you're stuck in traffic.

Or they'll give you a thumbs down, take away the tip and report the order was never delivered because they don't to pay for their food.

If you haven't had a thumbs down in a while, it usually just means you haven't delivered to an ass in a while, which you can do by avoiding the cheap, low-paying customers who subsist off fast food.

>>19136919
I wasted over $2,000 on food aps a couple years ago. I have not ordered from a food app in 2 years.
>Society worships luxury and hedonism
>Nobody cooks anymore
>Spend money to feel happy
>Probably no car
>Zero self discipline and chasing dopamine rushes
its all poor fag cope. Just be strong and drink tap water and make yourself a fuckign sandwich retarded poor fags.

>>19136008
I deliver Uber have some respect

>>19148075
Do your fucking job better or quit / kill yourself. This service sucks. I'm gonan write your ass up and have you fired. BOY

>>19148081
Tip sir

>>19147951
HR wage thieves like you (assuming not a troll) are one of the main reasons Uber is going bankrupt. The company is charging riders more than they're willing to pay, paying drivers less than they're willing to work for, and it still consistently loses money. It has not had a single profitable quarter after over a decade of market saturation. With near 0% interest loans no longer available it will quickly run out of money and be forced into bankruptcy. The only possible futures for Uber and its clones are being gutted and integrated into actual profitable companies like Meta or going full Sears/Blockbuster.

I encourage you to sign a high value lease and take on large amounts of credit card debt though.

>>19148042
wdym? WA fags have access to america's most beautiful scenery and easy access to the rocky mountains too. Been around, AZ has the best restaurants but staring at desert shrubs and brown landscape is tiresome.

>>19147852
thats cool bro, enjoy the cum-cope 'za from your delivery slave

>>19136008
*blocks your path*

>>19136008
Not American so don't have to deal with your retarded tipping culture. I do agree that prices are insane compared to picking it up in person. Every time I check a food delivery service I always just go make my own food after realising I'd be paying 30 to 50% extra for the privilege of having an immigrant bring me my (probably terrible) food.

Probably would never order delivery if I had to worry about tipping though, Americans so silly.

I don't use restaurant delivery but I do spend $49 a year for walmart plus and get all my groceries delivered.

And yes I manually go in and change the $7 suggested tip to $0 on every order, and do an online return of any fruits and vegetables that I don't like the look of.

>>19136906
taxis needed to die, taxi licenses in australia were worth $425,000 in 2011. These aren't the license a driver needs, they are a separate one to own or run a taxi. They are like 90% off now.

>>19136008
I only use DD for the occasional grocery delivery when I'm busy. It's the same cost as riding the bus back and forth. I also sometimes order from restaurants after traveling or just on occasion. Nothing wrong with that. I cook all the other times

>>19148520
Almost like all of their money was made by exploiting and abusing the poor when the government wasn't looking.
Never used Uber. Never will. Them or any corpo delivery service.
I used a very local delivery service once (started by the niece of a friend) but it was so expensive I'm quite vaccinated from it now.
I have a car, why should I pay someone since I'll have to wait anyway.

>>19136008
>mfw tipping culture is non-existent in my country so food delivery apps can often be cheaper than eating in person
Feels good

>>19136199
I'm not a driver but I assume you don't see the tip until you pick it up