I could turn this into a company.
Food is not as simple as it seems.
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would like to point out that not all hours of the day are spent "generating value".
If your time is worth $30 per hour, but you enjoy cleaning enough that you aren't willing to pay $10 per hour for it, you're implying that you would sacrifice $20 per hour to clean. So when you retire, will you pay people that much for the chance to clean their house?
I think you are misunderstanding me. Not every hour in the day is worth $30/hr. In fact, I am paid a salary and thus the more I work the less my hourly wage!
What I'm saying is that on the weekends for example, it is unlikely I would be able to make $30/hour. I might be able to do contract work... but then I'd have to hunt for work, so its difficult to really assign a dollar value to that.
Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week
#53colinplamondon, thank you for submitting my site to HN. I was debating it but didn't want my first submission to be mistaken as self promotional blog spam. I'm glad you and others have enjoyed it =)
You bet :)
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#54Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week
#55Does anyone else find this whole "outsource your life" movement a little disturbing?
In a way, I think I would feel uncomfortable because having people doing your menial tasks sounds a little like having servants. However, I think it can make sense. If it makes you happier, more relaxed, or gives you more time to work on something you enjoy... the money spent can be worth it (or even more). As far as I'm concerned, I know that I'm wasting too much time in general to be able to say that I need to outs…
What's wrong with having servants as long as you can afford it and are paying a living wage?
Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Food is not as simple as it seems.
Sure. My company would reduce the transaction costs and help find people who prepare food for you.
I was thinking about making a business out of it, but then I was worried about potentials for freaks and lawsuits. It's ok if it's just me vetting people for me personally (and I know I'M not a freak as a customer, so that's half the battle =P)
Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week
#57colinplamondon, thank you for submitting my site to HN. I was debating it but didn't want my first submission to be mistaken as self promotional blog spam. I'm glad you and others have enjoyed it =)
friends, sorry, and you may downgrade my karma point but let me tell you that i dont find any thing new or creative in this - this idea (cooking service) is been used from ages - especially within south-asian community.... there are thousands and thousands of people who get healthy cocked food delivered at the price you cannot imagine - saving time, money and energy. same is possible with laundry, there are people who will pick-up your laundry and get it back to you all washed and ironed.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're brilliant! I would have never thought of that, and yet I think that this is absolutely a trend we'll start seeing. Outsourcing is going to go to the neighborhood.
For example, you could hire your neighbor's kid to maw your lawn and stuff like that.
For some reason that typo gave me a rather amusing mental image of the neighbor's kid trying to eat your lawn ("shove it in his maw"). Yeah. Stupid brain making connections where they don't exist.
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#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would like to point out that not all hours of the day are spent "generating value".
If your time is worth $30 per hour, but you enjoy cleaning enough that you aren't willing to pay $10 per hour for it, you're implying that you would sacrifice $20 per hour to clean. So when you retire, will you pay people that much for the chance to clean their house?
Only worth $30 hr if you would have been working $30hr instead of cleaning.
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#60Does anyone else find this whole "outsource your life" movement a little disturbing?
How is this any different than hiring a personal chef? Or a housekeeper? I mean; people have been doing this for centuries, it's just becoming more accessible now.
Is it?
A full time servant is common in poorer parts of the world. I assume that accessibility has to do with wage differences. If you make 5X ph what a maid charges, you can afford it easily & it makes good sense. If you make 1.5X, not so easily.
Wage inequality will make this accessible.