There is supposed to be a cost of living crisis, and yet people are paying extra to get a KFC bucket delivered. I don’t understand the modern world.
(Mind you I don’t understand all these kids on my lawn either.)
Honestly not a fan of dodging multiple knobs on mopeds as they weave through traffic, over pavements and take up most of the pavements.
Wait, your Uber drivers actually park up in an ordely fashion rather than just abandon their vehicles however they want outside the takeaway?
I’d do a lot less angry muttering if they were that considerate around here.
People need to wake up to the hunger conditioning by the food industry and media
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” (To sell you cereals)
Going to the cinema? You need sweets, chocolate and popcorn!
Tired? You need an energy drink!
On the couch? You need to use this takeaway app!
It’s all a load of crap to make money from people
My god what a load of old moaning ninnies this thread turned out to be. Same old tropes about young people being lazy, spending all their money on takeaways etc. What nonsense.
Deliveries and take aways existed in your day too. There’s just more options now and that means more employment and it’s saved a lot of local eateries that would have gone bust without the delivery apps.
It’s called progress. Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean it’s not a good thing.
A packet of five condoms, they’re finger lickin’ good! Oh, wait…
Changing the look because there’s a line of bikes parked? Hardly a major change and is at least helping shops exist. Without delivery some shops wouldn’t get enough trade to stay open. Mopeds look better than empty shops which is the painful truth for most shops not selling food in the High Street.
As the CoL crisis worsens we may see these apps struggle which is awkward as the CoL will likely push more people to sign up as drivers to make ends meet as their job doesn’t pay enough. The High Street will suffer if spending continues to be tightened.
Would happily see all these fuckers rounded up and made to sledgehammer their mopeds/e-bikes into tiny pieces
South east London gang gang
I live next to a kebab shop. Constantly having to fight through drivers just to get in my door and they chat loudly on their phones outside until the place closes for deliveries at midnight.
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Do they still set other rivals mopeds on fire.
Do these delivery drivers actually make worthwhile money? I’ve seen a couple of youtubes from keen cyclists that gave it a go in London and they hardly made £5 an hour,
Thought I recognised Eltham! The high st and Yorkshire grey McDonald’s are jam packed with scooters all the time. Must be lots of fast food being ordered in the area to keep so many drivers busy.
Grrrr, there used to be cars parked there!! Now there’s a different method of transportation parked there!! What’s the world coming to?
We had an Indian for dinner tonight – first time we’d been to a restaurant since 2019 for various reasons (OK mostly Covid and its consequences)
Two observations:
1. I had never had a paratha until tonight and boy I’ve been missing out
2. They sold at least as many curries through Just Eat / Deliveroo as they did to sit down customers
I dunno how I feel about #2. It costs just as much but half the enjoyment of an Indian is going to a buzzing restaurant and talking to the overweight Cobra-swilling man next to you about the virtues of various dishes. Something has been lost.
Don’t blame the workers, blame the companies for their business model. They might drive like cunts for the most part but they are just trying to earn money at the end of the day, it is they who are being exploited by corporate greed. It is also the customers’ fault for encouraging a business model that exploits people like this.
The state of this country.
*the high stree*
High streets around the U.K. need to pedestrianise. They need to be places to travel to, not to travel through. This kfc may as well be on an industrial estate for all the benefit it gets from being on this high street: it’s no wonder it’s turned into a Deliveroo hub given the state of the surroundings. Nobody wants to actually go there. It’s just a through-road, not a high street at all.
I start work at 7:30am on Sundays and we’re next to a Subway. It blows my mind how many people order from there that early on a Sunday morning.
SE12 represent!
Good ‘ol Eltham high Street.
McDonald’s seems to be overwhelmed constantly with relentless delivery requests, the one on the yorkshire grey round about is especially horrible.
It’s also ruined the eating in experience with a lot of places that do the deliveries. Hordes of mopeds angrily waiting while they compile the orders with a priority of get it out the door first.
I use to do Uber eats on the side and it was hard coming out with nmw idk if it’s got better but it was silly.
GERMAN Döner Kebab!
That’s My local high street! So many bikes. (Eltham, right?)
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I like the sound of German Doner kebab
There is supposed to be a cost of living crisis, and yet people are paying extra to get a KFC bucket delivered. I don’t understand the modern world.
(Mind you I don’t understand all these kids on my lawn either.)
Honestly not a fan of dodging multiple knobs on mopeds as they weave through traffic, over pavements and take up most of the pavements.
Wait, your Uber drivers actually park up in an ordely fashion rather than just abandon their vehicles however they want outside the takeaway?
I’d do a lot less angry muttering if they were that considerate around here.
People need to wake up to the hunger conditioning by the food industry and media
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” (To sell you cereals)
Going to the cinema? You need sweets, chocolate and popcorn!
Tired? You need an energy drink!
On the couch? You need to use this takeaway app!
It’s all a load of crap to make money from people
My god what a load of old moaning ninnies this thread turned out to be. Same old tropes about young people being lazy, spending all their money on takeaways etc. What nonsense.
Deliveries and take aways existed in your day too. There’s just more options now and that means more employment and it’s saved a lot of local eateries that would have gone bust without the delivery apps.
It’s called progress. Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean it’s not a good thing.
A packet of five condoms, they’re finger lickin’ good! Oh, wait…
Changing the look because there’s a line of bikes parked? Hardly a major change and is at least helping shops exist. Without delivery some shops wouldn’t get enough trade to stay open. Mopeds look better than empty shops which is the painful truth for most shops not selling food in the High Street.
As the CoL crisis worsens we may see these apps struggle which is awkward as the CoL will likely push more people to sign up as drivers to make ends meet as their job doesn’t pay enough. The High Street will suffer if spending continues to be tightened.
Would happily see all these fuckers rounded up and made to sledgehammer their mopeds/e-bikes into tiny pieces
South east London gang gang
I live next to a kebab shop. Constantly having to fight through drivers just to get in my door and they chat loudly on their phones outside until the place closes for deliveries at midnight.
[deleted]
Do they still set other rivals mopeds on fire.
Do these delivery drivers actually make worthwhile money? I’ve seen a couple of youtubes from keen cyclists that gave it a go in London and they hardly made £5 an hour,
Thought I recognised Eltham! The high st and Yorkshire grey McDonald’s are jam packed with scooters all the time. Must be lots of fast food being ordered in the area to keep so many drivers busy.
Grrrr, there used to be cars parked there!! Now there’s a different method of transportation parked there!! What’s the world coming to?
We had an Indian for dinner tonight – first time we’d been to a restaurant since 2019 for various reasons (OK mostly Covid and its consequences)
Two observations:
1. I had never had a paratha until tonight and boy I’ve been missing out
2. They sold at least as many curries through Just Eat / Deliveroo as they did to sit down customers
I dunno how I feel about #2. It costs just as much but half the enjoyment of an Indian is going to a buzzing restaurant and talking to the overweight Cobra-swilling man next to you about the virtues of various dishes. Something has been lost.
Don’t blame the workers, blame the companies for their business model. They might drive like cunts for the most part but they are just trying to earn money at the end of the day, it is they who are being exploited by corporate greed. It is also the customers’ fault for encouraging a business model that exploits people like this.
The state of this country.
*the high stree*
High streets around the U.K. need to pedestrianise. They need to be places to travel to, not to travel through. This kfc may as well be on an industrial estate for all the benefit it gets from being on this high street: it’s no wonder it’s turned into a Deliveroo hub given the state of the surroundings. Nobody wants to actually go there. It’s just a through-road, not a high street at all.
I start work at 7:30am on Sundays and we’re next to a Subway. It blows my mind how many people order from there that early on a Sunday morning.
SE12 represent!
Good ‘ol Eltham high Street.
McDonald’s seems to be overwhelmed constantly with relentless delivery requests, the one on the yorkshire grey round about is especially horrible.
It’s also ruined the eating in experience with a lot of places that do the deliveries. Hordes of mopeds angrily waiting while they compile the orders with a priority of get it out the door first.
I use to do Uber eats on the side and it was hard coming out with nmw idk if it’s got better but it was silly.
GERMAN Döner Kebab!
That’s My local high street! So many bikes. (Eltham, right?)