I’ve lost count of the number of people I know tangentially who complain about not having any money yet talk about constantly ordering DoorDash for some cookies or other frivolous crap.
Quick and dirty analysis of Doordash prices over the last I don’t care. Doordash recognized that they had two markets. A captive market (people who are stuck in their houses for whatever reason, for example) and an elastic market (lazy people who want tacos, for example). Depending on the day, I’m a little of column a, a little of column b so no judgements here. It just looks more and more like Doordash decided to take advantage of their captive market since their elastic market actually responds to price shocks.
My mother started using paper plates for everything except cereal and it bugs the hell out of me. I get it makes cleaning a tiny bit easier, but we already have good plates dammit.
it’s so much easier (on the water cycle and ecology and bullshit) to make fresh water than it is to make paper plates. we’ve had some heated discussions about it in the family (she’s almost as stubborn as i am) but like, it’s her money what am i supposed to do
CEO of big market chain in Spain (Mercadona) claims people will not have kitchens by 2050. They started selling ready meals some time ago and are now expanding it.
Yeah it absolutely baffles me as well. I tend to just cook for 4 days or something in one go. If I’m lazy I can even get pre-cut veggies, a pot is pasta sauce, some meaty and some pasta. It’s not that much effort and you could make enough to eat for days.
I was raised with the mentality that takeout or going to a restaurant was a luxury, which makes sense since it’s fucking expensive. And personally I feel like takeout is almost more of a hassle. You have to order on some site that is more advertisement than useful (or worse, call someone). Then you either have to wait till they bring it or get it somewhere, in which time you cannot really do much useful anyway, and on top of that its fucking expensive and often unhealthy.
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Are there people who almost exclusively eat takeout?
How do they afford it…?
By constantly complaining they’re broke.
I’ve lost count of the number of people I know tangentially who complain about not having any money yet talk about constantly ordering DoorDash for some cookies or other frivolous crap.
Funny thing is if they went and got it themselves they would save a ton. Sometimes the prices are almost double on doordash.
Quick and dirty analysis of Doordash prices over the last I don’t care. Doordash recognized that they had two markets. A captive market (people who are stuck in their houses for whatever reason, for example) and an elastic market (lazy people who want tacos, for example). Depending on the day, I’m a little of column a, a little of column b so no judgements here. It just looks more and more like Doordash decided to take advantage of their captive market since their elastic market actually responds to price shocks.
Thats interesting, I’m elastic, I’ll door dash when I’m lazy or don’t want to cook.
Yeah I have the luxury of time so I only doordash when my bike or my me is broken
My boss doesn’t even own silverware, he eats out 3 meals a day EVERY day.
Some people can afford it so they never cook.
My mother started using paper plates for everything except cereal and it bugs the hell out of me. I get it makes cleaning a tiny bit easier, but we already have good plates dammit.
My roommate started doing the same, it creates a lot of trash.
I’m not a fan at all of it too.
it’s so much easier (on the water cycle and ecology and bullshit) to make fresh water than it is to make paper plates. we’ve had some heated discussions about it in the family (she’s almost as stubborn as i am) but like, it’s her money what am i supposed to do
CEO of big market chain in Spain (Mercadona) claims people will not have kitchens by 2050. They started selling ready meals some time ago and are now expanding it.
Yeah it absolutely baffles me as well. I tend to just cook for 4 days or something in one go. If I’m lazy I can even get pre-cut veggies, a pot is pasta sauce, some meaty and some pasta. It’s not that much effort and you could make enough to eat for days.
I was raised with the mentality that takeout or going to a restaurant was a luxury, which makes sense since it’s fucking expensive. And personally I feel like takeout is almost more of a hassle. You have to order on some site that is more advertisement than useful (or worse, call someone). Then you either have to wait till they bring it or get it somewhere, in which time you cannot really do much useful anyway, and on top of that its fucking expensive and often unhealthy.
I know people that don’t even know how to cook. They come eat 3+ times at the restaurant my wife works at. She even has nicknames for’em.
Im more suprised people are ok with quality. Restaurants need to move inventory. You are never getting the most fresh stuff.
There used to be a Chinese takeaway near a place I lived who sold food so cheaply that it was cheaper than cooking at home
Depends where you live too. In some countries it’s almost the same price eating out as cooking your own meals.
Yea. It’s baffling here in Canuckistan, the price is chicken breast is like $20/kg.
I love cooking, but I hate having to cook, and the considerable meal ticket[^1] I get from my job allows me to basically never have to cook.
^1: Extra money I can only spend on food, equivalent to slightly less than ⅓ of my salary
yep.