Posted on 06/26/2024 10:50:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help. “
-Ronald Regan
Must not be familiar with Seattle traffic..
Politicians lookin’ out for da little people. ROTFLMAO!
I think “Economic” Nobel Prize winners should have to pay a “fee” of $499.99 to have Uber Bites to deliver their pizza.
The problem with that scheme is that customers who tip generously in cash (that the driver then doesn’t declare) appear to be just the same as customers who tip poorly.
I do, actually.
...Always in the way. A good whack into their supercarts with your cart always gets their attention.
It's great sport.
The “invisible hand” as described by Adam Smith at work.
The government can make all the laws and regulations they want but the market place will decide what works and what does not work.
Food delivery is not normally a necessity. It is a luxury item where the consumer decides if their time is more valuable then the cost of delivery.
Some think it is but as the cost goes up the value to the customer goes down.
Governments can regulate the charge but they can not force people to buy.
This is predictable as the sun rising in the east.
They are concerned with the reality of power.
Whatever keeps them in power is what is defined as "the good".
In the philosophy they espouse, everyone having an equal share of $10 is morally superior to a miniumum share of $10, with the average being $20 and the maximum unlimited. They view such an arrangement as fundamentally immoral, even though the worst off do as well and the average does twice as well.
“ What’s in a $20 burrito?”
Six bucks of stuff and 14 bucks of fees.
I agree!
Every union contract has a clause stating that the value of the contracted wages goes up in proportion to the minimum wage. Raising the wage is pandering to the unions. Is now, and always has been.
As an independent contractor in Pennsylvania, the state makes the company I work for pay time and a half for anything over 40hrs/week. I would gladly work for my regular rate, but because of this law, I never get overtime when working in Pa. Yea, liberals suck.
“Get off your butt and go to the cafe to pick it up yourself!!”
In parts of Seattle you might have to step over homeless people and needles to visit some cafes.
;-)
Deliveries are only desirable if they are considered a reasonable alternative to going to the store and picking the food up. For $4.99, I’d say that a lot of people feel like it’s a better choice to just go get the food. Or cook something at home.
Sometimes yes, but when you have to stay someplace being able to have food delivered is quite the blessing.
I have had food delivered when I was sitting with people who are ill, when I have had to work late, when I was waiting our turn before a judge and so forth. Leaving in all those cases was not an option.
… yet.
obama tried once.
What some sleazy customers do is enter a higher projected tip when placing the order, which induces drivers to accept their order, but then change it after delivery to zero tip. This is a common practices among certain ethnicities....
This is a big deal with food deliveries because the tip is often up to 50% of the order, sometimes more. That commonly happens when people order a small amount of food. So essentially, they're deliberately lying to drivers to get them to pick up an order that otherwise isn't worth their time.
Obviously, that's a different issue if the driver screws something up. But customers who always bait and switch on tips should have that exposed.
The reason that isn't done is 1) bad tipping has some "demographic" components, and the companies don't want to be accused of discrimination, and 2) the driving company gets their fee regardless of whether the drivers get tipped. I road along with my son when he was doing this one summer, and you can see the trends fast. But knowing that your customer has been highly rated by other drivers would be huge.
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