Barely got our order—thankfully my number was on our ticket and we ended up getting it. A few minutes late... but no worse than the last time!
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#22I 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…
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#23I 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.
Wait, WALL-E wasn't made in earnest?
I personally cannot wait for walking to be "outmoded" by personal floaty devices and for life to resemble a trip on a cruise liner (or so I imagine--I'd never step foot on one!) I'll own nothing and be so fucking happy.
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#24"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.”
As long as the wings are still attached, the 4 engines not working is not the end of the world. Me not getting what I want right the F now, is!!!! ahhhh! /s
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#25Step 1) Withdraw cash
Step 2) Search ‘delivery’ in your favorite maps app
Step 3) Call whichever restaurant looks decent to you tonight and place an order
Step 4) Receive delivery, give cash tip
You’ll eliminate the middleman fees on both sides of the transaction while at the same time supporting the food businesses that are most local to you.
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#26I know one of the early execs and he is a total prick. In the early years they changed the driver pay to a new scheme and after all the drivers had already been paid they decided it was too much and tried to claw it all back from them. He was trying to figure out if they could sue the drivers to get it back.
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#27Lol 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.
I know one of the early execs and he is a total prick. In the early years they changed the driver pay to a new scheme and after all the drivers had already been paid they decided it was too much and tried to claw it all back from them. He was trying to figure out if they could sue the drivers to get it back.
Anecdotal of course, but that really soured me on the whole company and from what I can tell they still treat everyone like shit. Sort of par for the course for the companies exploiting the gig worker loophole.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Wait, WALL-E wasn't made in earnest? I personally cannot wait for walking to be "outmoded" by personal floaty devices and for life to resemble a trip on a cruise liner (or so I imagine--I'd never step foot on one!) I'll own nothing and be so fucking happy.
I feel like those folk weren't Happy so much as Blissfully Ignorant.
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#29Step 1) Withdraw cash Step 2) Search ‘delivery’ in your favorite maps app Step 3) Call whichever restaurant looks decent to you tonight and place an order Step 4) Receive delivery, give cash tip You’ll eliminate the middleman fees on both sides of the transaction while at the same time supporting the food businesses that are most local to you.
Amen. BUT, be aware that the delivery assholes often hijack restaurants' online presence and put up fake phone numbers that go to the middleman, not the restaurant.
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#30Step 1) Withdraw cash Step 2) Search ‘delivery’ in your favorite maps app Step 3) Call whichever restaurant looks decent to you tonight and place an order Step 4) Receive delivery, give cash tip You’ll eliminate the middleman fees on both sides of the transaction while at the same time supporting the food businesses that are most local to you.
So many places you can even pay online with "regular" Square or Shopify or Stripe