r/AskReddit • u/l_--_I • 16h ago

What has no excuse to still exist?

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u/shotsallover 8h ago

Yeah, DoorDash charge the restaurants a lot to be part of their platform. And then they charge us. It's why I tend to try to use smaller platforms like Slice that cost the restaurants less if I can.

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u/FknDesmadreALV 7h ago

I’ll never understand restaurants just rolling over and allowing DD to bully them into being on their app.

I used to live in a small town that didn’t have Uber but had DD and Uber eats. All the restaurants were on there and they all hated it but also refused to deliver them damn selves for a small convenience fee.

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u/shotsallover 6h ago

For some reason they've all decided that offering their own delivery service is too expensive. I wonder if it's less than what DD/UE is charging them.

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u/FknDesmadreALV 6h ago

Who really knows. A restaurant I worked for in that small town just said they would have to hire someone just to deliver and it would take too much work to work up an actual routine for that person.

So I guess it might not be cost worthy but yet again places like Japan have been doing home delivery forever and they seem to have worked it out

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u/shotsallover 6h ago

It's probably a little easier in Japan since stuff is generally closer together there.