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Why do people need those delivery services? Why can't they just cook meals at home like most people do?

by ghaff 8mo ago

jimbob45 8mo ago
Laziness. Grocery stores offer incredibly healthy, tasty, and cheap options now that take two minutes to cook and can be stored for a week.
bigstrat2003 8mo ago
Lack of experience cooking so they don't feel like they can, people are tired after getting home from work and don't have much energy to spare, just plain laziness. Pick one or more of the above.
- ghaff 8mo ago
  Laziness. I don't have much sympathy for a $50 food delivery. I've gotten takeout in my life--basically never delivery. ADDED: Not feeling like they can sounds like learned helplessness to me. Might not be a bad interview question.
readthenotes1 8mo ago
I have never eaten a meal that is worth the cleanup past the peanut butter and jelly sandwich
- magicalhippo 8mo ago
  That sounds depressing to me. Just had some nice betasuppe[1], a vegetable soup with meat sausage if you like. Just chop some sausage and vegetables (or easier use a bag of frozen stew vegetables), cook in pot with some stock, done. Minimal cleanup, no mess. Great tasting meal for a few cold days. Before that I had pan-fried salmon with broccoli, pasta and pesto. Just put the salmon in the pan with a dash of oil and season it, cook Fussili (rotini) pasta and toss in frozen broccoli once the pasta is nearly done. Serve with decent pesto. Done in ~15 minutes, no prep, just a pan and a pot to clean, no mess, lots of taste. Before that I made some Ceasar-ish salad. Fried some bacon and a seasoned chicken breast, meanwhile rinsed and prepared the Romain lettuce, I cheat and use some cherry tomatoes cut in half for flavor, dry bacon on paper towel on the plate I'll eat from while I cut the chicken. Skipped the crutons this time, served with a good Ceasar salad dressing from the store and some fresh grated Parmesan. Just a pan and the cutting board to clean up, no mess, lots of flavor. Just a few examples for illustration. I do make more elaborate meals, but mostly I'm lazy and don't like to clean up. But I find it easy to make great tasting meals at home, and doesn't have to be very involved. [1]: https://northwildkitchen.com/norwegian-betasuppe/ https://northwildkitchen.com/norwegian-betasuppe/ (I added some pearled barley, more fiber and adds texture and taste)
- 1over137 8mo ago
  Cleanup? They literally make machines that wash your dishes!
KittenInABox 8mo ago
Disabled people exist, even temporarily so (e.g. pregnant with a craving, broken ankle and can't drive, etc)! Also, sometimes some meals are arguably not worth the labor of cooking. Making proper pho takes at least a whole day. Pad Thai really doesn't function without the kind of intense heat of specific equipment. Etc etc.
- ghaff 8mo ago
  I certainly eat at restaurants. In general I find there are enough compromises associated with delivered food that it's not worth it. You're basically reheating lukewarm food whatever the packaging. (And I don't live in a city anyway.)
nradov 8mo ago
Or just go pick up your own take-out food. Like do these customers not have working cars or even bicycles? I understand that there are customers who are stuck at home due to disability or caregiver responsibilities but those are a tiny niche. I've seen able-bodied young people spending a fortune on delivery services, which is just stupid.
- suriya-ganesh 8mo ago
  I recently moved out of new york to new jersey. don't have a car. my options now are either buy a car, pay insurance, maintenance etc. north $1,500/mo for the convenience of going to the grocery store or, get a subscription for all these services ~ $200/mo. and save myself the time spent back and forth doing grocery shopping. I cook 90% of my food. not all solutions involve owning a car.
  - nradov 8mo ago
    You can't afford a bike?
  - FireBeyond 8mo ago
    > my options now are either buy a car, pay insurance, maintenance etc. north $1,500/mo for the convenience Huh? Decent car payment at $300-500/month, insurance at $200/month, and I'm wondering what $1,000/month of car "maintenance" looks like, considering $250/month will get you a full tank of a gas a week.
    - suriya-ganesh 8mo ago
      parking is another $200. not to mention the tolls. my point is, ~$1500 is grocery for a month for us. why would i spend that much on just a car?
- XorNot 8mo ago
  Delivery services are more efficient then having the same customer base all drive to the restaurant. Unless it's in walking distance, one driver can service many people using a lot less resources.
JumpCrisscross 8mo ago
> Why do people need those delivery services? Why can't they just cook meals at home like most people do? Because they don't want to and don't have to justify their wants and preferences. (Also, historically, most socieities had a communal element to food preparation. Every household cooking everything at home was for the rich.)

Why do people need those delivery services? Why can't they just cook meals at home like most people do?

by ghaff 8mo ago

Why do people need those delivery services? Why can't they just cook meals at home like most people do?

Laziness. Grocery stores offer incredibly healthy, tasty, and cheap options now that take two minutes to cook and can be stored for a week.

bigstrat2003 8mo ago

Lack of experience cooking so they don't feel like they can, people are tired after getting home from work and don't have much energy to spare, just plain laziness. Pick one or more of the above.

ghaff 8mo ago
Laziness. I don't have much sympathy for a $50 food delivery. I've gotten takeout in my life--basically never delivery. ADDED: Not feeling like they can sounds like learned helplessness to me. Might not be a bad interview question.

readthenotes1 8mo ago

I have never eaten a meal that is worth the cleanup past the peanut butter and jelly sandwich

magicalhippo 8mo ago
That sounds depressing to me. Just had some nice betasuppe[1], a vegetable soup with meat sausage if you like. Just chop some sausage and vegetables (or easier use a bag of frozen stew vegetables), cook in pot with some stock, done. Minimal cleanup, no mess. Great tasting meal for a few cold days. Before that I had pan-fried salmon with broccoli, pasta and pesto. Just put the salmon in the pan with a dash of oil and season it, cook Fussili (rotini) pasta and toss in frozen broccoli once the pasta is nearly done. Serve with decent pesto. Done in ~15 minutes, no prep, just a pan and a pot to clean, no mess, lots of taste. Before that I made some Ceasar-ish salad. Fried some bacon and a seasoned chicken breast, meanwhile rinsed and prepared the Romain lettuce, I cheat and use some cherry tomatoes cut in half for flavor, dry bacon on paper towel on the plate I'll eat from while I cut the chicken. Skipped the crutons this time, served with a good Ceasar salad dressing from the store and some fresh grated Parmesan. Just a pan and the cutting board to clean up, no mess, lots of flavor. Just a few examples for illustration. I do make more elaborate meals, but mostly I'm lazy and don't like to clean up. But I find it easy to make great tasting meals at home, and doesn't have to be very involved. [1]: https://northwildkitchen.com/norwegian-betasuppe/ https://northwildkitchen.com/norwegian-betasuppe/ (I added some pearled barley, more fiber and adds texture and taste)
1over137 8mo ago
Cleanup? They literally make machines that wash your dishes!

KittenInABox 8mo ago

Disabled people exist, even temporarily so (e.g. pregnant with a craving, broken ankle and can't drive, etc)! Also, sometimes some meals are arguably not worth the labor of cooking. Making proper pho takes at least a whole day. Pad Thai really doesn't function without the kind of intense heat of specific equipment. Etc etc.

ghaff 8mo ago
I certainly eat at restaurants. In general I find there are enough compromises associated with delivered food that it's not worth it. You're basically reheating lukewarm food whatever the packaging. (And I don't live in a city anyway.)

nradov 8mo ago

Or just go pick up your own take-out food. Like do these customers not have working cars or even bicycles? I understand that there are customers who are stuck at home due to disability or caregiver responsibilities but those are a tiny niche. I've seen able-bodied young people spending a fortune on delivery services, which is just stupid.

suriya-ganesh 8mo ago
I recently moved out of new york to new jersey. don't have a car. my options now are either buy a car, pay insurance, maintenance etc. north $1,500/mo for the convenience of going to the grocery store or, get a subscription for all these services ~ $200/mo. and save myself the time spent back and forth doing grocery shopping. I cook 90% of my food. not all solutions involve owning a car.
- nradov 8mo ago
  You can't afford a bike?
- FireBeyond 8mo ago
  > my options now are either buy a car, pay insurance, maintenance etc. north $1,500/mo for the convenience Huh? Decent car payment at $300-500/month, insurance at $200/month, and I'm wondering what $1,000/month of car "maintenance" looks like, considering $250/month will get you a full tank of a gas a week.
  - suriya-ganesh 8mo ago
    parking is another $200. not to mention the tolls. my point is, ~$1500 is grocery for a month for us. why would i spend that much on just a car?
XorNot 8mo ago
Delivery services are more efficient then having the same customer base all drive to the restaurant. Unless it's in walking distance, one driver can service many people using a lot less resources.

JumpCrisscross 8mo ago

> Why do people need those delivery services? Why can't they just cook meals at home like most people do? Because they don't want to and don't have to justify their wants and preferences. (Also, historically, most socieities had a communal element to food preparation. Every household cooking everything at home was for the rich.)