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Re: The failure of the Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee

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Post by forgetfreeman » Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 10:45 PM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #300

forgetfreeman wrote: post #250

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When the majority of wealth isn't owned by a group roughly the size of the population of Fairlea WV we can start having meaningful conversations about what we can and can't afford.

I recommend we not wait that long to begin meaningful change, monarchies have a tendency to stick around until the guillotine is ready, and then many more than the monarchy fall to its impact.

While I don't disagree with anything you've said I don't see a viable path to change. Step 1A is wresting control of legislative bodies from the most well funded individuals and corporate entities on the planet.

Re: The failure of the Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee

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Post by _heimdall » Wed, Apr 24, 2024, 11:04 PM UTC

mrguyorama wrote: post #228

_heimdall wrote: post #95

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We've made our lives and society so busy and complicated. I've always been confused by how much we collectively value convenience products/services while simultaneously making everything more complex. I do hope that everyone is living the life they want and I'm just out of touch though. The idea of being away from home and my kids for 12+ hours every day and eating out before going to bed and doing it all over sounds…

>We've made our lives and society so busy and complicated "We" have done nothing. Our managers, bosses, and executives have made everyone else's lives miserable, for their benefit.

Sure, there are absolutely people helping make it happen but we each have to accept our due blame for allowing and accepting it.

Companies won't make products that no one will buy. Bosses can't fill roles that no one is willing to take. Executives won't keep their job if employees choose to leave the company rather than work for them.

Re: The failure of the Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee

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Post by 20after4 » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 3:07 AM UTC

ipaddr wrote: post #283

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When I'm buying a product on a site like amazon with 5 start rating scale, I find that all of the useful information is found in the 2, 3 and 4 star reviews. 1 star reviews are mostly people pissed off for some reason, people with unreasonable expectations, or competitors trying to hurt their competition. 5 stars reviews are either zero effort reviews from people with low expectations or they are outright fake review…

Or that is just a simple theory that is easy for you to understand. 80% 5 stars might mean something else and 1 stars might mean as much as 2/5.

Of course it's a simple theory that's exactly the point. It has explaining power though and I find it useful YMMV. What I was trying to get across is that you learn more from the text of the reviewers who voted somewhere in the middle. The 5 star reviews rarely bother to say more than a sentence and they rarely include any useful criticism. The people giving 1 stars are often just pissed off for some reason that will not affect me. Stuff like "It wasn't what I ordered" or "they sent me a used product" - The signal is in the remaining reviews if you take the time to read them.

Re: The failure of the Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 3:32 AM UTC

pc86 wrote: post #304

tyingq wrote: post #235

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The argument isn't about whether to disqualify someone for a job that involves driving if they have a DUI, at least to me. I mentioned the Australian system...when the employer sends the candidate name/info and the complete job description, and a government agency replies yes/no. I assume they have some criteria for how long ago the offense was, etc. And that candidates generally know if they apply for a job that's n…

Good - they're the ones hiring, they're the ones taking on risk, it's their money they're spending. It should be up to them whether a particular criminal history is relevant to the job. Even if it's not relevant and they just don't want to work with someone with a particular criminal history, isn't that their right?

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Re: The failure of the Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee

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Post by ethics13 » Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 2:07 PM UTC

I believe it was 1989 when Dominos came to Staten Island, NY, for the first time. They opened up in Old Town and the entire staff was migrated from GA. They used pickup trucks with Dominos colors and started hiring drivers.

I was one of them, and the policy sucked ass. There was zero incentive for us to beat 30 minutes, and when we did, the customer was always UNHAPPY that we got there on time and would not get any discounts. The tip always sucked when we beat the clock.

When we didn't beat the clock, we got a decent tip. Our manager was an old fart from GA, and while he didn't say anything to promote speeding, he didn't say anything about not beating the clock. After a few accidents in other shops, the whole thing was trashed, which is when the quality of the driver and tips improved significantly. I also don't recall that it was less busy when the policy was removed. All in all, I don't think anyone liked this policy.

Re: The failure of the Domino's 30-minute delivery guarantee

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Post by casercaramel144 » Thu, May 02, 2024, 2:39 AM UTC

forgetfreeman wrote: post #295

casercaramel144 wrote: post #263

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Good, this is exactly what we wanted. Service worker classification is straight up wealth transfer from delivery users to drivers since competition is so tight and everyone ie being squeezed. The needs of the many outweigh the entitlement of the few. It's unfair for delivery app users to have to subsidize employment for drivers when its clear there's many willing to accept the current terms.

Gross take. Entitled, self-centered, and a ham-handed attempt to co-opt the term "wealth transfer". If you really have this little regard for folks who actually work for a living you should get in your car and go get your own shit.

Except everyone else also works for a living? Wealth transfer is a great descriptor of what that type of policy making leads to since it is in fact exactly taking money from delivery app users and giving to delivery app drivers. Do you disagree with this dynamic? If so where do you think the money for paying these drivers extra comes from?

The amount of people using food delivery apps is some 2.31 billion worldwide. Are you suggesting that some 1/3 of the human population who would prefer to pay less for their food delivery all don't work for a living?