One of these is a government service and subsidized.
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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.
Sometimes, people really want their taco order to ride on its own private taxi.
the economic ignorance in this thread is astounding
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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Today we are learning about economies of scale, kids!
See the giant bag? He's got multiple orders in it.
Not as efficient as driving to every mailbox in a row, to be sure.
But it also doesn't cost Uber probably more than 25% of what they charge for an order, to pay the delivery driver.
A lot of it is about latency too. You're paying to have someone go get it right now and take it to you right now. Post services pick up stuff daily and get it there over the course of a week or so depending on where exactly it's going. If you were paying someone to come to you, pick it up, drive it straight to where it's going, well, it'd be faster, but cost a ton more.
This is a perfect illustration of why we should not privatize essential services.
"Essential" is your criteria? To be clear, you're saying that anything that's an actual human need, should be state run?
The mail is, yes.
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Look at that money on the table! Of course we should privatize the USPS!
(/s of course)
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.
Here is a real order from DoorDash recently. The post is exaggerating, but it is definitely a lot once you add all the cost of the fees and tip (spare me snide comments about American tipping culture and just view it as another weird fee we have to pay).
We don't, unless it's alot of food. So much food in fact that the equivalent sized package would cost more than $10.50 for USPS to take 3+ days to deliver.
I love USPS but this whole thread makes people look like they've been huffing markers all afternoon.
It's all a racket here. The cost off the food is typically higher than the restaurants menu price, then there's an upcharged service fee, separate delivery fee, and tip. So, by the time you're done, you just paid double for that $12-15 item, and Uber eats is the worst of the bunch.
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.
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.
I do, all the time.
My point was that most people are able to procure their own food without paying exorbitant fees for it; in their case, I consider it lazy and wasteful. That’s also my opinion, and people are free to apply their own judgement.
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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.
there are like subscription services that deliver partially prepared meals to your door
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USPS should not focus on profitability and fuck Uber and the gig economy.
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And somehow USPS can still pay their couriers more.
I honesty don’t understand how they are still a service. Who pays for that?
From personal experience living with a roommate that makes good money... People that can't cook, but have good money.
Wow you could almost cook your own meals at home for that. But uh-oh, it would be inconvenient.
How much is same-day courier service though?
Not just same day, same hour. That 1/3 cost comes with a 50x delay.
the postal system is significantly more efficient
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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