- you have school kids and a full time
- a medical condition
- work 2 jobs because economy is fucked.
- can’t drive of old age.
And a million other reasons. In old times with a working community, delivery was a luxury, in “modern” days, it is often a necessity for lack of alternatives.
When was the last time you offered the old people down the road if they need help?
Doing it regularly is probably wasting money especially in this economy.
Kids + full time - pick up the food on your way home? Medical condition - arrange for a routine cost effective delivery (like those meal delivery services who tend to deliver on their routes for free even?) work 2 jobs - pick up along the way somewhere can't drive? - use that routine delivery or find a way to cook or use a weekly meal delivery service etc.
But buying one off every other day paying the premium seems definitely a luxury. YMMV.
Meanwhile, people have been getting old, having kids, two jobs, medical conditions and so on for a little while now. A tremendous amount of America isn't even in a food delivery area unless you count McDonald's.
Eating out is a luxury. Getting that food delivered even more so. This isn't about basic needs.
>people have been getting old, having kids, two jobs, medical conditions and so on for a little while now.
well you explained the phenomenon pretty concisely.
Nonetheless, I don't see the productivity in arguing over generational lifestyle here. I just wanted to highlight that making people work more than ever means less people volunteer. Whether that is a good thing or not is up to the reader.
Less people aren't volunteering. Flat means stationary. On working hours, it's not significantly different either.
https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/reports/fil...
At least with Uber, you could point to the regulated taxi system that was being displaced. That logic doesn't work at all for Instacart.
or the effective $13-$33 charge per order from the major delivery apps, after up charge to be using it plus delivery?
Let’s make sure we’re talking about the same stuff, here.
You will find that people have worked hard and/or had kids for a while now.
And of course, the pizza place down the street does cheaper delivery than uber/insta anyways, but you conveniently ignore that.