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Good for you not having children.

by earthboundkid 3y ago

exabrial 3y ago
There's a thing called a stove... I use it.
- earthboundkid 3y ago
  > If I'm making already poor decisions to eat fast food I might as well bike, walk, or drive to go get it and save myself another $10. Okay, the context that you established in your prior comment is you've already decided to eat take out food. We're not talking about home cooking, which obviously is the main solution for parents. There's no point to getting sanctimonious about situations that people find themselves in for practical reasons. Hauling kids to the shop to get take out is not always easy or desirable. Obviously, this is all very contextual. If you have teenagers, you can send them down to the shop and have them bring it back to you. If you live in a suburb, you can strap everyone into their car seats and go to the drive through. But for the context which is the point of the discussion -- a person who lives in an apartment with a small child and wants to get take out that night -- it's not crazy to want it to come to your door instead of having to go to the front desk. It might not be possible to haul N boxes of food and M children in the elevator as a single parent. Obviously, this is tricky because the delivery person also has the problem of not wanting their bike stolen. It seems like a good compromise solution is the deliveries mostly go to the front desk, but you can pay an extra fee to get them to come to your door, but again, this is all practical stuff, not a matter of getting snotty that how dare someone be too lazy to walk to the farm and pull up the carrots themselves, blah blah…
vel0city 3y ago
I have children and don't do delivery apps either. Its way more expensive per meal, generates way more trash, and in the end sitting hot and steamy in the packaging for 10+ minutes makes the food worse than if I had cooked it myself or we went out to eat it. If anything, having kids is a reason to not do delivery apps. Having kids is expensive enough I don't need to spend an extra $10 a meal just to have someone bring it to me. If we're talking convenience, its pretty much the same level of effort as throwing frozen foods in the air fryer or in the steaming tray of the rice cooker and coming back in like 10 minutes. Or reheat a meal-prepped food. Or cook one of the several quick recipes of things we usually have on hand. Or having fun slicing soft fruits and vegetables with plastic knives with the kids. Most of the time that we do order takeout its because one or both of us are already out and about and will just swing by some restaurant on the way home. Or we'll pick up food to go and stop by the park on the way home and have a picnic. So many options that are all massively better than ordering delivery foods from an app.

Good for you not having children.

exabrial 3y ago

There's a thing called a stove... I use it.

earthboundkid 3y ago
> If I'm making already poor decisions to eat fast food I might as well bike, walk, or drive to go get it and save myself another $10. Okay, the context that you established in your prior comment is you've already decided to eat take out food. We're not talking about home cooking, which obviously is the main solution for parents. There's no point to getting sanctimonious about situations that people find themselves in for practical reasons. Hauling kids to the shop to get take out is not always easy or desirable. Obviously, this is all very contextual. If you have teenagers, you can send them down to the shop and have them bring it back to you. If you live in a suburb, you can strap everyone into their car seats and go to the drive through. But for the context which is the point of the discussion -- a person who lives in an apartment with a small child and wants to get take out that night -- it's not crazy to want it to come to your door instead of having to go to the front desk. It might not be possible to haul N boxes of food and M children in the elevator as a single parent. Obviously, this is tricky because the delivery person also has the problem of not wanting their bike stolen. It seems like a good compromise solution is the deliveries mostly go to the front desk, but you can pay an extra fee to get them to come to your door, but again, this is all practical stuff, not a matter of getting snotty that how dare someone be too lazy to walk to the farm and pull up the carrots themselves, blah blah…

vel0city 3y ago

I have children and don't do delivery apps either. Its way more expensive per meal, generates way more trash, and in the end sitting hot and steamy in the packaging for 10+ minutes makes the food worse than if I had cooked it myself or we went out to eat it. If anything, having kids is a reason to not do delivery apps. Having kids is expensive enough I don't need to spend an extra $10 a meal just to have someone bring it to me. If we're talking convenience, its pretty much the same level of effort as throwing frozen foods in the air fryer or in the steaming tray of the rice cooker and coming back in like 10 minutes. Or reheat a meal-prepped food. Or cook one of the several quick recipes of things we usually have on hand. Or having fun slicing soft fruits and vegetables with plastic knives with the kids. Most of the time that we do order takeout its because one or both of us are already out and about and will just swing by some restaurant on the way home. Or we'll pick up food to go and stop by the park on the way home and have a picnic. So many options that are all massively better than ordering delivery foods from an app.