• inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I understand it for disabled people and I understand it for very busy people such as families with young kids but I don’t understand the majority of people who use it. Just go get it…

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      As someone with a family with young kids, it makes even less sense. Kids will order chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, or hotdogs or something, which are expensive at restaurants (>$5 usually), cheap at home (like $2), and easy to make (~10 min)

      It literally takes longer to order than to cook IMO. For each of those meals, here’s the process:

      1. Prep for cooking - about the same time as entering an order, less if kids get to pick drinks and sides
      2. Wait
      3. Finish (add sauce, mix, etc) - about the same as unpacking and distributing the doordash stuff

      And it costs less than half as much. We keep easy meals in the freezer if it has been one of those days and we need food to be ready in 15-20 min. I made orange chicken tonight, and with cooking rice in the rice cooker, active time was 5 min (wash rice, preheat oven, prep cooking sheet), and we had food about 25 min after starting. Total cost to feed 3 kids and 1 adult (SO was out) was ~$10. If I ordered the same thing, it would’ve been $30 if I picked up or $40-50 delivered. Oh, and no fighting about sodas, we just had water.