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Having a live location of the delivery person makes total sense here though.

hliyan 1y ago
Why? What I would prefer is a "Notify me when the rider is [X] minutes away. Use ringtone [R]" feature. X is the time I need to go downstairs and open the gate. The customer need not have their brains cluttered with logistics details.
- Vinz_ 1y ago
  Because in a lot of cases, the driver isn’t in the correct place, and so if you have their location you can easily tell them how to get to you. I’ve had multiple deliveries where the Uber Eats app just could not tell the driver the correct location for my address, and I wouldn’t have been able to tell the driver how to get there by just them telling me where they were.
  - hliyan 1y ago
    For that, I would propose a feature where I can mark the directions to my home from a well known checkpoint on a map, one time. If the rider deviates in the last mile, they get notification. If they continue to deviate, I get a notification. The solution is not for me not constantly monitor the rider's location.
    - monsieurbanana 1y ago
      As this thread is about over engineering solutions, I can't help but wonder if this is satire
  - 6P58r3MXJSLi 1y ago
    > so if you have their location you can easily tell them how to get to you. So you work in logistics support, but you pay to do it?
    - sswatson 1y ago
      Yes. I’m happy to do whatever makes the most sense in any given situation. I have never in my life thought to myself “I could easily help solve this problem and make everyone better off, but I will refuse because problem-solving is work and work is only for employees.”
      - 6P58r3MXJSLi 1y ago
        > I’m happy to do whatever makes the most sense in any given situation What makes the most sense in this situation: you walk to the nearest pizza place, you buy your pizza, done. To an able-bodied person it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. Bonus points: you know the way back to your home. > because problem-solving is work You know who made someone else's problem a problem=solving problem? You. The delivery guy will eventually find your place or he's just taking a different route for whatever reason. How arrogant is it to think that you can tell people how to do their job, from your couch? You obsession for micro managing other people's actions it only says that you suffer from high anxiety, it is not in any way proof that you make everyone better off. That's just what you tell yourself.
        BlewisJS 1y ago
        This is a completely unhinged response to the idea of getting pizza delivered...
        6P58r3MXJSLi 1y ago
        > unhinged while wanting to monitor what the delivery guy does while doing his job and pretending to "help" him because you truly believe that having tipped a couple dollars makes him your butler, that's completely normal... alright... There’s a reason why everyone hates the USA right now — one major reason is that, unlike in much of the world, you truly believe that workers don’t have rights.
        cheikhcheikh 1y ago
- briandear 1y ago
  Is that what the average user thinks? HN has nerd bias — I bet many people here would prefer a TUI for Uber. My 65 year old aunt who doesn’t speak English very well might well prefer a graphical display of where her driver is. Plus it’s fun and adds to the experience of using the app. Not everything should have the succinctness or sparseness of an aviation METAR.

Why? What I would prefer is a "Notify me when the rider is [X] minutes away. Use ringtone [R]" feature. X is the time I need to go downstairs and open the gate. The customer need not have their brains cluttered with logistics details.

Vinz_ 1y ago
Because in a lot of cases, the driver isn’t in the correct place, and so if you have their location you can easily tell them how to get to you. I’ve had multiple deliveries where the Uber Eats app just could not tell the driver the correct location for my address, and I wouldn’t have been able to tell the driver how to get there by just them telling me where they were.
- hliyan 1y ago
  For that, I would propose a feature where I can mark the directions to my home from a well known checkpoint on a map, one time. If the rider deviates in the last mile, they get notification. If they continue to deviate, I get a notification. The solution is not for me not constantly monitor the rider's location.
  - monsieurbanana 1y ago
    As this thread is about over engineering solutions, I can't help but wonder if this is satire
- 6P58r3MXJSLi 1y ago
  > so if you have their location you can easily tell them how to get to you. So you work in logistics support, but you pay to do it?
  - sswatson 1y ago
    Yes. I’m happy to do whatever makes the most sense in any given situation. I have never in my life thought to myself “I could easily help solve this problem and make everyone better off, but I will refuse because problem-solving is work and work is only for employees.”
    - 6P58r3MXJSLi 1y ago
      > I’m happy to do whatever makes the most sense in any given situation What makes the most sense in this situation: you walk to the nearest pizza place, you buy your pizza, done. To an able-bodied person it shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. Bonus points: you know the way back to your home. > because problem-solving is work You know who made someone else's problem a problem=solving problem? You. The delivery guy will eventually find your place or he's just taking a different route for whatever reason. How arrogant is it to think that you can tell people how to do their job, from your couch? You obsession for micro managing other people's actions it only says that you suffer from high anxiety, it is not in any way proof that you make everyone better off. That's just what you tell yourself.
      - BlewisJS 1y ago
        This is a completely unhinged response to the idea of getting pizza delivered...
        6P58r3MXJSLi 1y ago
        > unhinged while wanting to monitor what the delivery guy does while doing his job and pretending to "help" him because you truly believe that having tipped a couple dollars makes him your butler, that's completely normal... alright... There’s a reason why everyone hates the USA right now — one major reason is that, unlike in much of the world, you truly believe that workers don’t have rights.
        cheikhcheikh 1y ago
briandear 1y ago
Is that what the average user thinks? HN has nerd bias — I bet many people here would prefer a TUI for Uber. My 65 year old aunt who doesn’t speak English very well might well prefer a graphical display of where her driver is. Plus it’s fun and adds to the experience of using the app. Not everything should have the succinctness or sparseness of an aviation METAR.