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Re: DoorDash Outage

#11

Oh no, how do I get my $22 burrito now?

We have different delivery services in my country (mostly wolt and glovo), and yep, they fucked the prices of food here.

They probably take 20-30% of the item price from the restaurant (+charge delivery extra)... so eating inside or takeout should be cheaper.. but nope, to keep the prices consistent, pretty much everyone raised all their prices to the delivery levels.

I did start cooking more though.

Re: DoorDash Outage

#13

I once explained to a co-worker that I live in a cabin in the woods. "So you hunt and fish and stuff?" "Nope." "So how do you get food?" "We have grocery stores in the country." One time I told an Uber driver that I live out in the country. "Wait, how do you get around?" "I drive." "Oh. Do you have your own parking spot?" "It's the country. Parking is everywhere." "And do you have DoorDash?" "Nope. No apps, no delive…

Oh no, we've outmoded hunting.

Y'know the more I think about it the more I think I'd learn everything about how exactly to handle the next 20 years by just being a fly on the wall at the study groups the people that made WALL·E go to.

Re: DoorDash Outage

#14

Oh no, how do I get my $22 burrito now?

We have different delivery services in my country (mostly wolt and glovo), and yep, they fucked the prices of food here. They probably take 20-30% of the item price from the restaurant (+charge delivery extra)... so eating inside or takeout should be cheaper.. but nope, to keep the prices consistent, pretty much everyone raised all their prices to the delivery levels. I did start cooking more though.

I wouldn't go as far as cooking more often, but I am calling the restaurant and ordering direct and picking it up myself more often than not.

Re: DoorDash Outage

#17

"We are currently experiencing issues with our consumer platform. We are working to resolve as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience." https://twitter.com/DoorDash_Help/status/1577785317385461760

It's uncomfortable reading the impact to the "Dashers", and how they're losing out on their statuses and income due to computer error.

Don't think it's too bad. If DoorDash is down then the other food delivery apps get that traffic (Uber, Postmates, whatever) and all the dashers are multi-apping.

Re: DoorDash Outage

#18
Lol I'm actually kind of surprised by the amount of hate in the comments. I've been a fan of their service and have accepted the fact that the extra price I pay is for the cost of convenience -- and to avoid my terrible cooking.

In any case, hugops to the team.

Re: DoorDash Outage

#19

I once explained to a co-worker that I live in a cabin in the woods. "So you hunt and fish and stuff?" "Nope." "So how do you get food?" "We have grocery stores in the country." One time I told an Uber driver that I live out in the country. "Wait, how do you get around?" "I drive." "Oh. Do you have your own parking spot?" "It's the country. Parking is everywhere." "And do you have DoorDash?" "Nope. No apps, no delive…

This is definitely a 2-way street.

I grew up in the country where nobody walked or bicycled. Parents would drive their kids 1000’ down the driveway to the school county road where the school bus picked them up. To move themselves they believed they had to get in a car/truck/SUV.

Nobody understood why/how I chose to never learned to drive (I’m 40 now) and that I just choose to walk to the store, bike to work, take the bus to the movies, etc.

Rural people have trouble grokking things, too.

Re: DoorDash Outage

#20

"We are currently experiencing issues with our consumer platform. We are working to resolve as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience." https://twitter.com/DoorDash_Help/status/1577785317385461760

Hmm. Kinda reminds me of “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
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