My friend would order food from a different shop that had delivery instead of walking across the fucking street to the place that quite literally was across the street. I could see it from my bedroom window.

Some people will do anything to avoid having to go out and while i'm very similar, I think like 3-4 blocks is my limit as far as walking. 5 mins for driving, any more and I'm just ordering something lol

Why do you just assume everyone can drive? Plenty of people either don't have a license or don't have a car.

"I'm going to the shit food station, you want anything?"

I've used these apps -- when I was quarantining because I had Covid, wasn't in a state to drive, and needed food.

I don't use them anymore, but these types of apps can fill a "need".

There are times these apps make sense. I crashed my motorcycle doing an ubereats delivery and broke my collarbone, and then used the service myself a bunch of times while healing. Ironic, but that's life.

Side note for the people wondering what happens when you don't tip upfront (on UE at least): Prospective drivers see an offer of $4-6 for a job that will take them 45 minutes and say "fuck that" while they slam the 'no' button. This will go on for a while until the system is able to find another order on the way to combine it with, or someone accepts it anyway.

Why? Who's holding a gun to the head of these drivers and forcing them to work for this gig? The onus isn't on the customers, it's on the drivers.