▲ 1195 ▼ I've honestly never quite realized up until now how utterly ridiculous it is that people (especially in the US) regularly demand that their food be chauffeured to them. (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 352 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source
[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago (2 children) It's kind of wild how the standard fare of pizza and chinese food delivery was absorbed by gig work. They used to be employees of the restaurant. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 child) Technology should have made restaurant deliverer's lives easier and increased their efficiency. They should have made more money and worked less. Instead we got gig workers who are basically impoverished wage slaves. They get no rights and no benefits. What is worse is whatever temporary profits they made have been sucked up by corporations by now. This is a great case study for how to not use technology and how Tech Bros are not disrupters, they are destructors who profiteer, choke out, and then destroy markets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago that's what capitalism does to technology. it isn't there to improve lives, it's there to funnel as much capital to shareholders as possible permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not sure about other places but here when you order pizza, it is MUCH cheaper to call the restaurant directly and have them deliver it. It's usually faster too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Same, local Chinese places near me still deliver as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago One chinese restaurant out here still does it I since they had a fleet of cars. But the local pizza joints and all the chains just contract through a delivery service app. It isn't usually doordash or ubereats, but the driver almost always is anyway. So these days even the delivery apps are middlemen between the restaurant and the drivers. (They provide the menus and the transaction service and coordinate with all available driver delivery apps.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 child) Technology should have made restaurant deliverer's lives easier and increased their efficiency. They should have made more money and worked less. Instead we got gig workers who are basically impoverished wage slaves. They get no rights and no benefits. What is worse is whatever temporary profits they made have been sucked up by corporations by now. This is a great case study for how to not use technology and how Tech Bros are not disrupters, they are destructors who profiteer, choke out, and then destroy markets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago that's what capitalism does to technology. it isn't there to improve lives, it's there to funnel as much capital to shareholders as possible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago that's what capitalism does to technology. it isn't there to improve lives, it's there to funnel as much capital to shareholders as possible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not sure about other places but here when you order pizza, it is MUCH cheaper to call the restaurant directly and have them deliver it. It's usually faster too. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Same, local Chinese places near me still deliver as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago One chinese restaurant out here still does it I since they had a fleet of cars. But the local pizza joints and all the chains just contract through a delivery service app. It isn't usually doordash or ubereats, but the driver almost always is anyway. So these days even the delivery apps are middlemen between the restaurant and the drivers. (They provide the menus and the transaction service and coordinate with all available driver delivery apps.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Same, local Chinese places near me still deliver as far as I know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago One chinese restaurant out here still does it I since they had a fleet of cars. But the local pizza joints and all the chains just contract through a delivery service app. It isn't usually doordash or ubereats, but the driver almost always is anyway. So these days even the delivery apps are middlemen between the restaurant and the drivers. (They provide the menus and the transaction service and coordinate with all available driver delivery apps.) permalink fedilink source parent
