re: Millennials and Zoomers, explain to me the benefits of ordering food on-line

So my son thinks he has free delivery because he got a deal that says for like $ 90 a year you get free delivery. Then he orders Starbucks ....a venti vanilla moch iced coffee and a blueberry scone.

I asked him how much.....he says about 15.00 .I said, " yeah you may have paid way too much for your coffee and pastry" he protests and says no and that we aren't paying 1990's prices anymore and this is what that costs at Starbucks.

So one day we are out and I stop at Starbucks on purpose and I order the same thing he did on doordash. I paid about 8.00 I look at him and said, " because I'm older than you I know how to get half off without asking for half off"

Can’t speak for door dash etc, because I love so far in the middle of nowhere that no one delivers here, but I use an app to order Longhorns to go sometimes, works well, faster than calling. I’m Gen X though.

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Instead of by phone… and by phone I mean telephone… where you actually speak to a human at the restaurant.

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Most humans write the order down wrong.

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The thought that I would order food, give inadequate directions, pay good money, and expect it to be dropped off on the ground by a stranger who has already been tipped in advance who doesn’t know my location except for my generic address, and then hope that it’s not tampered with as it sits there for God knows how long on a busy street, and then I would feel safe to eat it is just unthinkable to me.

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So you don't use pizza delivery either?

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Ordered pizzas last night - online it was $45. I called the place and got the exact same thing for $30.

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If you mean the actual pizza place's website (Papa Johns, etc.), you have to go to the specials/deals section to get the special pricing. When you called, the worker probably was nice enough to apply whatever specials worked for what you ordered. They aren't selling their food for more on their own website/app than they are in store.

You've had to specifically request specials/order from the specials menu at pizza places ever since I was a child in the 90s. Otherwise, you were getting charged full price which is expensive.

Now if you are talking about ordering from a third party service like DoorDash, Waitr, etc. then yes it is higher priced to order through them.

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There must be some benefit to ordering on-line, I just don’t see it.

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Placing a To-Go Waitr order having already paid is probably the peak take out experience.
Walk in, ask for Waitr order, walk out.

It’s a place called Glory Days

I don’t think it’s in the South