Post takes days, weeks, even months. Food delivery is minutes, and point-to-point.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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Well one is a service and one is a business so...
One of these is a government service and subsidized.
Government vs private.
It's the same with healthcare believe it or not.
USPS is the most underappreciated thing in the world. In the shittiest areas I've ever lived it's still been fairly reliable. In a nice area, forget about it, perfect.
I figured out how to get my food with NO delivery fee: I get off my fat ass and get it myself. Novel approach, I know.
And sometimes you're too tired for that or want something you can't reasonably make at home. There's nothing wrong with ordering food.
Nothing wrong with it rarely or if you’re disabled, but paying $30 for McDonald’s or whatever on a regular basis is insane
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"Nothing wrong with ordering food" - correct
But there is something wrong with paying double to have it delivered - it's called wasting money. Do y'all have a lot of money to waste?
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I'm happy that you are physically able, that you have places within walking distance to pick the food up from, or if not that you own a vehicle and are not vision impaired or afflicted with some other ailment that would make driving impossible. I hope you reflect on how fortunate you are.
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This is a perfect illustration of why we should not privatize essential services.
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And yet you still keep ordering.
Well I deleted my Uber account ages ago so, no.
Oh that was more of a royal you instead of the singular
Fair point <3
USPS should not focus on profitability and fuck Uber and the gig economy.
yes! it is a SERVICE Americans already pay for in taxes, the need to make a profit on it makes no sense.
No we don't. The USPS is not tax funded, it is self funded by shipping costs and stamp sales.
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If most of that went to the driver I would be OK with it. I never use those services, they exploit workers
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the economic ignorance in this thread is astounding
And somehow USPS can still pay their couriers more.
Shhh, Musk might hear you and destroy it.
Don’t worry they already have a plan
Economies of scale and different expectations of timely delivery... Both of those prices are much more than I deal with here in the NL though
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I'm sure the food is cheaper if you ordered it more than 24h beforehand
If there was a service like this, I'd probably buy there every day. I can plan 1-2 days ahead what I'd like to eat, but more is harder. This would be perfect.
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the postal system is significantly more efficient
Sometimes, people really want their taco order to ride on its own private taxi.
Look at that money on the table! Of course we should privatize the USPS!
(/s of course)
One is not designed to generate profit. Nor should it be for that exact reason.
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Don't worry, they are already trying to get rid of the USPS so we can be charged ridiculous amounts for mail delivery.
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I think that if food delivery was treated how my last postal package was treated, then all food would be arriving as a soup, or maybe as a goulash.
You pay 30usd for the food delivery? In the UK it usually is few quid.
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Wow you could almost cook your own meals at home for that. But uh-oh, it would be inconvenient.
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