I can’t tell if these are meant as messages or just observations

Edit: I had not considered the third possibility: shitposts

Unfortunately it’s less about the motor and more about the metal cage you aren’t riding in.

I suppose this makes sense, since 3rd party delivery opened up delivery options that couldn’t/wouldn’t provide delivery on their own—because before you could get anything delivered, it didn’t seem like a realistic or necessary service line. Now that we’ve seen how quickly 3rd party goes to shit and how important delivery actually is, the dream would be for some restaurant chain to evolve its own delivery service and use their size to gain traction, somehow slowing down the 3rd parties enough to allow smaller restaurants to slide in with their own private or cooperative delivery. And a dream it shall remain…

What does fix it?

Does your city have suburbs/exurbs as well, or is the urban center surrounded by farmland?

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It also suggests you might be willing to walk away from an incompatible work situation, whether due to workplace toxicity or your own outside priorities, which can be scary to the person you’ll be reporting to.

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How have these answers been working out so far?

That sounds like it probably has a lot to do with your problem! Does it happen regardless of how you drink? Straw, cup, bottle, etc.?

This is a great start. You can even fill a glass before bed so it’s waiting on your nightstand when you open your eyes, like sizzling bacon on a bedroom Foreman grill.

(This should be fine as long as you’re not immunocompromised, in which case you may need to stick to temperature-controlled water.)

I wonder what that kind of quick response from Uber ends up costing restaurants and drivers in the long run. There are fraudulent claims to consider, but even when real mistakes are made, Uber has no way of knowing whether the order was complete when it was picked up. Probably makes it hard for restaurants to troubleshoot if there’s been a real error, because they don’t know that driver, so they can assume the driver is at fault and move on. I wonder jf Uber takes the refund out of its own slice or punishes both the restaurant and the driver?

(This is in no way about you and your refund, I’m just interested in how the policy ultimately affects quality in restaurant delivery.)

Isn’t that because of customers choosing to rely on third party apps instead of taking advantage of local delivery? This seems like it requires a conscious resistance on our part. If everyone keeps doordashing everything, local restaurants have no choice but to get on board, fire their drivers, and let us pay more for app delivery via underpaid gig workers.

Most of the United States is designed to be so hostile to alternative transportation that scooters and bikes are mainly reserved for trail exercise and suicidal thrill seeking. It’s simply not a practical recommendation, unfortunately; neither is public transit outside of a select few city centers. Many of us wish we had a way to ditch cars, but we don’t.

In the United States (which I’m mentioning because that’s the location of the survey we’re discussing), something like 85%–90% of people live in places that are car-dependent. It’s closer to 100% outside of cities. So a vehicle is an expense that can’t be avoided. We’re looking at loan payments (probably), insurance (definitely), gas, and repairs. The lower your income, the better the odds that all four of those expenses go up, as you’re less likely to have a good down payment or buy in cash, and more likely to have your options reduced to older and lower-end vehicles. That typically means lower gas mileage and guarantees more frequent repairs. You’re also likely to live in a lower income area with higher insurance premium rates.

Of course, despite the rate of car dependence, about a third of Americans do not have reliable access to a dependable vehicle. That’s some very unfortunate math.

It’s hard to be poor in the U.S.

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