But on top of everything else, I’d like to point out that nobody is making big bucks on this. Last time I checked, food delivery services mean the consumer is paying more, the restaurant is making less, and the delivery service itself would be lucky to break even. The drivers are making money, but it’s not a lot of money.
What does it all mean, though? Let’s look at it another way. What if, instead of hiring somebody to do that, you go out and eat at a restaurant? Basically, you’re doing all of this work of driving for free. It’s a hidden cost of the meal. It’s about $22 of work in this example. Just lost time. No physical benefit to driving a car.
You’d be much better off taking public transit or cycling.
The thing about all these delivery service is, i feel like they’re all using venture capitalist money to make the business seems lucrative, grow their userbase and business as much as possible, and then sell it off. Doesn’t even need to make big profit the time they run the businesses, just have to sustain enough to reach the point where they sell off. All venture capitalist funded business works that way.
A “Driver tip” isn’t a “fee”. It’s a tip.
But on top of everything else, I’d like to point out that nobody is making big bucks on this. Last time I checked, food delivery services mean the consumer is paying more, the restaurant is making less, and the delivery service itself would be lucky to break even. The drivers are making money, but it’s not a lot of money.
What does it all mean, though? Let’s look at it another way. What if, instead of hiring somebody to do that, you go out and eat at a restaurant? Basically, you’re doing all of this work of driving for free. It’s a hidden cost of the meal. It’s about $22 of work in this example. Just lost time. No physical benefit to driving a car.
You’d be much better off taking public transit or cycling.
The thing about all these delivery service is, i feel like they’re all using venture capitalist money to make the business seems lucrative, grow their userbase and business as much as possible, and then sell it off. Doesn’t even need to make big profit the time they run the businesses, just have to sustain enough to reach the point where they sell off. All venture capitalist funded business works that way.
Isn’t that obvious? If you don’t start with that assumption, then you’re not paying attention.
The reason I brought that up is that, if nobody else is making money, then the fees are not inflated and reflect the actual cost of the driving.