Uber eats etc pulled all the money out of the community. No longer does the restaurant make money and pay a little bit to the driver, who back in the day might have been the owner or the owners kids. No, now the restaurant margins are impossibly thin and so the food is shit, and the driver isn't an employee and spends it all on gas and oil changes.
Uber eats takes all the money and sends it to investors.
Uber and all the other Ubers for X no longer provide a service. They made an app that helps deliver goods and services, but now what? If we nationalized these companies and made them owned by the people, or the people in that industry, we could actually keep the money in your own city.
Instead we have $80 pizzas and poor, disaffected workers.
I stopped using uber eats after like 2-3 times. I was sick of the bait and switch pricing.
Restaurant promotion near you! Two pizzas for 20 $!
Ok I guess I'll get that, delivery gotta be like 5$ no big deal...
Meanwhile the total is somehow 37.85...
Ugh...ok I guess everyone has to make money and at least everyone is compensated, and it's convenient...
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Would you like to tip the driver? It's only fair he gets some too! 15%?18%?20%?
Fuck off wtf was the deliver charge then? Wtf were all the fucking charges.
App uninstalled.
In theory, the delivery charge should have been the money that goes to Uber to cover their costs. It's expensive to develop quality web apps, manage drivers, do customer support, etc. But in practice, Uber double dips. There's the delivery fee and restaurant paid fees (often resulting in higher menu prices).
I agree with you until you said to nationalize Uber eats lol. Just stop using it.
It's a useful (though non-essential) service that leans toward a natural monopoly. Nationalisation or heavy regulation are the solutions to this.
Under regulation, profits flow to shareholders. Under nationalisation, they flow to treasury. Practicality of nationalisation in the current climate aside, I know which I'd prefer.
Why not both
Or the fast food places could employ a delivery driver or two, like they used to. Or still do, in the case of most of my local places.
I had an item in my Amazon cart yesterday morning. Wait until the end of the day to order, in case I wanted other stuff. When I came back, it notified me the price had risen from 30USD to 50USD.
I searched for the item again, checked it, and it was 30USD.
the fuck
I don't have the disposable income for ordering or even takeaway anymore and the fees only get worse from here. Learn how to cook. Impress your visitors. Get nice things in life with the savings.
My 3rd Date Dessert: New York Style Cheesecake Stuffed, Chocolate Covered/Sealed, Graham Cracker rolled, Strawberries.
You can't buy these things anywhere, and I have yet to meet the woman that isn't immediately impressed when I whip those out.
Delivery fee and a tip?! lmao get the fuck out of here
I quit using is forever ago. All the fees on top of markup cost would often double the price, and the food was always delivered cold and soggy.
That's been a staple of restaurants for decades. The restaurant would charge the delivery fee on the bill, but you were still expected to tip the driver directly. People who didn't became well known to drivers. It was a good idea to just tip the driver...
Dealer markups.
don't pay them for failing infancy
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