It's kinda like comparing universal healthcare to individual payer for-profit insurance. One rewards everyone as a universal system with consistency (at least in theory) and the other rewards only rich people.

Fuck Doordash, fuck Uber Eats, fuck Skip the Dishes. These greedy motherfuckerswant me to pay a delivery fee, a "convinience fee", AND up charge me on my food, and act like triple dipping into my pocket isn't a fucking crime. Then they have the gall to tell me that waiting an hour and a half for my food while my driver sits in a random-ass parking lot to receive luke-warm food is acceptable delivery time and service and ask for a fucking tip.

And worse, no one wins! The restaurants hate it because they're paying fees out the ass and receiving hate for the delivery services failures, the driver's hate it because they're not being given a fair wage, and the end consumer hates it because they're paying literally 1.5x the cost of already inflating food prices! The only winner is corporate of whatever company you're using, all to save you a, what, 10-15 minute drive?

Fuck em', I will hop in my car and go pick up my food every single day of the week. I'm never too lazy to tell a bullshit service like those to go fuck itself.

I don't understand why so many people can't just go get their own damn food. Uber eats hasn't been around long enough for you all to have forgotten what you did before, has it? How did you survive back then?

Socialized system vs capitalized system: The capitalist comes in and uses their venture capital to undercut the socialized system so that people stop using it. Once the socialized system loses interest and funding or are otherwise out of the picture, they they jack their prices up way higher than the original and because they're the only game in town, they get to keep those record profits in effective perpetuity.

Delivery guy here! Don't forget that the driver only gets $5 out of those $30. So fuck uber. And I take my bike when I want to eat, obviously.

Not only that but they're also inflating the actual meal prices. I've noticed that the same item at the same place costs different when I go in. They also don't care if it's ann Uber order and you're gonna get a half assed attempt

Yeah, no difference whatsoever between those services...

And yet the postal worker probably gets paid more despite you paying that much for uber eats.

It's a combination of economy of scale and flexibility around time. The USPS sorts massive volumes of mail and packages, then delivers by the truck load. With food delivery, you get a piping hot meal delivered by a dedicated driver. That said, still overpriced by the companies.

Public vs private

It’s because of the greedy USPS unions. You are paying for their inflated salaries (which just stuff the pockets of their union leaders), theirs golden pensions, and Cadillac health cares. If we could just privatize it, the market will push the prices down because of competition.

/s btw

While I don't think Uber eats is worth it, and I love the USPS, there's a major difference between the two: time. No one is having the USPS delivery their lunch.

I love watching people realize private courier services are expensive. It's kinda gross watching them throw tantrums when they realize they can't afford it.

And that's why I don't use doordash, maybe if I was rich but, when you were counting every dollar, you can get your ass up.

These days I don't even have pizza delivered to me, I will get up and get that shit.

The only time I have had it delivered lately, for a few times when I was too sick to get up and make my own soup so I just ordered some pasta from Domino's instead. App makes it so easy

And this is why I cook my own food. It's absurd to throw away money for some asshole corporation who doesn't give a shit about you. It's cheaper and healthier to just cook for yourself anyway.

I provision and ship the iPads we use for trainings at work. Today I shipped two identical boxes, one over 2000 miles to rural California, FedEx 2nd day which cost $8, the other about 1000 miles to a town in southern Saskatchewan. That one cost $45. I know customs is a pain, but that's a stark difference for whats ultimately a shorter journey with 100% fewer mountains between here and there

Why not start a Post Offic Eats? Flat rate for food delivery 😋

If you're spending 30 quid to get a takeaway delivered you're an idiot.

Most takeaways charge what, £2 at most for delivery? The meal itself is only around £20 if you're very very hungry.

You are getting utterly and completely ripped off, but if you're wealthy enough to throw that sort of money away so stupidly, who am I to stop you.

Now that's Uber Eats premium! When I order the driver grabs a soggy bag off the floor board of their 1983 Honda Horizon and throws it across my yard trying to hit the door. (may be exaggerated)

Your organs will grow back, don't worry. Unlimited organs!