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> I could have /walked/ 2.3 miles there and back, sat down for dinner in the restaurant, and still done it in less than 75 minutes while saving $14. The goal i
by foobarian 4y ago
> I could have /walked/ 2.3 miles there and back, sat down for dinner in the restaurant, and still done it in less than 75 minutes while saving $14.
The goal is not to save money -- cooking is even more efficient -- the goal is to trade money for time. Presumably you still could have worked all of those 75 minutes and gotten some value that way. Now the service could probably work better along other metrics but it does seem like the value delivered is non-zero.
- droopyEyelids 4y agoSeem to be missing the forest for the trees a bit, with this take
- akamia 4y agoNot necessarily. They're describing the benefit for me. I only really use these services during the work week for lunch. My wife and I both work from home and sometimes we didn't make something in advance or stop at the store to pick something up for lunch. We don't always have that 75 minutes to step out and buy something. It takes 5 minutes to order through the app and they leave it at the front door so we can plan to have it arrive during the time we're planning to have lunch. Then we can just focus on having lunch together before getting back to work.
- droopyEyelids 4y agoThis doesn't explain the value of eating cold, unappetizing food for a high price, though. If you're only trying to consume nutrition, there are any number of ways to do that both cheaper and faster.