I am amazed just how many people door dash for an $11 McDonalds meal. Doesn’t seem to pencil out for anyone yet somehow it works. I once heard that McDonalds and Chik-fil-a were the two most popular orders.
My SIL is an IT UX manager and makes close to 200k. He usually works from home, but he thinks nothing of ordering a Starbucks coffee in the middle of the day. A $5 drink ends up costing him $15. Blows my mind.
I don’t understand it either, but that’s just me. Reading this thread I can see some situations where it makes more sense - you’re ill, you’ve got a handful of toddlers to round up, you’re caring for someone, or you have a lot of food to order. Maybe it’s been a long day and you don’t want to suit up and drive in bad weather. I can see situations.
My wife likes the app - or more precisely she likes me to use the app for her. But I often refuse, or as I said I use it to find the food then go get it myself. It’s routinely $15 more to order a meal delivered, sometimes more depending on how much you tip. If she ever says “order what you want I’m not hungry”, I say good and open a can of soup or tuna or sardines. $3 meal. I load up on those when they go on sale. Crackers will do in a pinch if the bread went bad. McD and CFA are never on my radar. Obviously they are popular they do so well in the stores so I guess it makes sense they’d also be the tops on the apps. Personally I like to find the local restaurants.
But as for the tip, I’m not even sure what the established etiquette is. In a sit down restaurant it’s 15% give or take. For delivery? On the grubhub app the default tip amounts are $1 $2 $3 $4 and then other. $1 tip? Is that acceptable? I never thought to tip so low but apparently they don’t expect the kind of tips I’ve been giving. So maybe I need to find a subreddit or something and figure it out. I may be way over tipping.