re: Do you all order doordash/uber eats?

I get DashPass with one of my credit cards, and the extra $5 or so on top is easily worth my not having to leave my house when I don't feel like it. I completely understand why some people object, but it's a nice quality of life increase for not much money for me, relatively speaking.

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I’ve done it maybe 5 times in my life and this was never the case. With no tip.

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Also, some of my favorite things to order are either cold to start off with (sushi, bagel and lox, etc) or are extremely easy to heat up (ramen, pho, etc, where the broth is kept separate).

Other than the cost, I feel like people's biggest issue is that they keep asking food delivery to be something it isn't. There's a reason why pizza has been delivered forever and other things haven't.

They drive in 2s now? Looks like ghetto trash. But no, never use them.

I use it all the time at work. The cost of a delivery driver's time is far less than mine. At home my wife will use it because she values her downtime, I will usually offer to go get it but don't argue if she would rather be spending time with me. We also use it when we have had a drink or two.

I find it takes forever to get food. So I usually don’t.

We have a Don’s ten minutes away and order their take out service once a week and pickup ourselves. We've narrowed the food order down to items that can easily and minimally be reheated at home while maintaining the in restaurant quality of the order. It works well for us.

I don’t understand how these services can deliver hot food to your door like pizza, which is in a form factor that makes it easy in a square, insulated box. Even then I’ll inevitably have to warm it in a hot oven for 5 minutes or so. Cold items like salads are easier, a few minutes in the fridge or quickly in the freezer.

I don’t trust the delivery services with respect to properly handling hot food spoilage and don’t use them. I’ll get my food poisoning some other way.

I have DashPass through a credit credit. Some restaurants have a big markup but others do not.

I value my time and it reduces the hassle meaningfully.

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Yes, I have DashPass and use it at least 3 times or more per week. My 7.99/mo charge easily pays for itself with No delivery fees, the only extra charge is the tip, which I would leave a tip if I picked up anyway

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This is like women logic of because they bought something on sale they made money.

I remember talking to one of these app delivery drivers who was telling me he can't believe how many people are getting food delivered nowadays.

I don't know, for me, I always felt like if I have two legs and a car, there's no reason to door dash/uber eats anything. Spending 10-20 minutes picking it up myself saves like 10 bucks. And I receive the food much quicker than if someone else picked it up for me.