it feels similar in egregious price to getting room service, and you don’t even have to talk to the guy, and you can convince yourself it’s nice to treat yourself you’ve been working hard etc etc. you don’t have to do any dishes or think about all the rotten shit in the fridge. it can feel like a legitimate mental break, horribly
i’ve worked too too many years doing delivery and honestly on good days it feels like being on vacation , just out there driving around somewhere peaceful without a boss over my shoulder
but whenever i actually order the garbage myself too much it can lead to a crazy period of overspending. i already spent $30 on a burrito that sucked why not spend $20 on a film i know is good, etc etc
That was mostly in the early days.
I remember hearing a podcast tell a story of a pizza shop owner, back then, who didn’t even know he was on any delivery apps. But for the app to build a market in his area, they were offering food below cost and paying the restaurant the full amount, without even telling the restaurant.
Once he caught wind of this, the ended up processing a bunch of pickup and dine-in pizzas as if they were customers in the app, and pocketing the difference. Who could blame him?