Deputy Sheriff: "I own your house."

[DoggyDaddy]

I fondly remember the good old days of Uber. Use the app get a great car in about ten minutes. Drivers were usually nice, would tell great stories, offered water, breath mints, and other pleasantries. Often they came in nice new cars sometimes in luxury makes.

No more! Over! Caput! Piece of crap cars, dirty, smelly, the drivers can barely understand enough to get you to your destination. Had a junk old dodge van come and the side door was seized shut and had to climb in back over the console after he broke down and was 45 minutes late.

I think the same thing is happening with UberEats (makes sense) and DoorDash. I only recently tried these services. To be fair, the delivery people were okay but the services themselves are sketchy (or "sketch" if you're trying to be hip and fit in these days). They offer "free delivery" or "$0 Delivery Fees!", but when you use them, 1) The prices on "their" menu for any restaurant are typically higher, and in some cases by 2 or 3 bucks. And 2) Even though they don't charge a delivery fee, they have a "service fee".

I've compared the cost of meals (for delivery) for the same restaurant for DoorDash, and ordering delivery from the restaurant directly. Ordering from the restaurant is still cheaper even when they use DoorDash to deliver for them! That's an ignorance tax if I ever saw one.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Oh man. I've derailed the thread from a bad cop encounter to food delivery services. My work is done here.

 

[sapper83]

Oh man. I've derailed the thread from a bad cop encounter to food delivery services. My work is done here.

use uber eats!!!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

use uber eats!!!

Hell no! A cop is likely to be following the driver just waiting for an excuse to kick his ass. And then my food sits there getting cold until another Uber driver can come pick it up from the scene of the arrest.

 

[racegunz]

For the record I’m not advocating for police accountability and less-no corruption because of myself. I am trying to get an audience that’s true so that peer pressure can be applied to stop the corruption and insanity posted every week if not daily perpetrated by the “beloved” police and doj.
Why I care is the real mystery, pretty sure most of the accounts on here are bots anyway.

 

[Ingomike]

I think the same thing is happening with UberEats (makes sense) and DoorDash. I only recently tried these services. To be fair, the delivery people were okay but the services themselves are sketchy (or "sketch" if you're trying to be hip and fit in these days). They offer "free delivery" or "$0 Delivery Fees!", but when you use them, 1) The prices on "their" menu for any restaurant are typically higher, and in some cases by 2 or 3 bucks. And 2) Even though they don't charge a delivery fee, they have a "service fee".

I've compared the cost of meals (for delivery) for the same restaurant for DoorDash, and ordering delivery from the restaurant directly. Ordering from the restaurant is still cheaper even when they use DoorDash to deliver for them! That's an ignorance tax if I ever saw one.

I once ordered a $99 meal through DD (not you DD ). After 30 minutes they cancelled it said the restaurant couldn’t do it. I immediately called the restaurant and they said my food would be ready in 25 minutes and the charge was $69. Nope! Not again…

 

[foszoe]

I fondly remember the good old days of Uber. Use the app get a great car in about ten minutes. Drivers were usually nice, would tell great stories, offered water, breath mints, and other pleasantries. Often they came in nice new cars sometimes in luxury makes.

No more! Over! Caput! Piece of crap cars, dirty, smelly, the drivers can barely understand enough to get you to your destination. Had a junk old dodge van come and the side door was seized shut and had to climb in back over the console after he broke down and was 45 minutes late.

how low is your Uber rating? You must be a horrible tipper.

 

[firecadet613]

I fondly remember the good old days of Uber. Use the app get a great car in about ten minutes. Drivers were usually nice, would tell great stories, offered water, breath mints, and other pleasantries. Often they came in nice new cars sometimes in luxury makes.

No more! Over! Caput! Piece of crap cars, dirty, smelly, the drivers can barely understand enough to get you to your destination. Had a junk old dodge van come and the side door was seized shut and had to climb in back over the console after he broke down and was 45 minutes late.

Uber Black for the win! Either an Escalade or a Suburban, not always available but in major metros that's how I roll...

 

[Ingomike]

Uber Black for the win! Either an Escalade or a Suburban, not always available but in major metros that's how I roll...

Wish I had your budget.

Kidding aside, I used them mostly at home to go out to dinner and back. It was like $9 each way. Every time I look it is now most of $20 each way, adding $40 plus to a dinner outing.

 

[dudley0]

I have to be sure when the wife orders from any delivery service that she uses a fake name.

I have at least two ex-tenants that deliver in my small area. That's not something I want to happen. Who knows what will end up in my food if they figured out I was the receiving person.

Just trying to help with the derailment.

 

[Shadow01]

No problem with that. It's obvious that should happen. But I'm not one for collectivism of any sort, particularly collective punishment.

As for the taxpayers paying...well, it's a government agency. It's completely funded by taxes. What do you expect them to pay settlements with?

The personal finances of those involved?

 

[Mr. Habib]

My wife's food delivery service of choice is me.

 

[Route 45]

The personal finances of those involved?

I’m sure the personal finances of a recently unemployed $50k/year beat cop will cover everything. For any cop not smart enough to put the house in both he and his wife’s name, of course.

 

[firecadet613]

I’m sure the personal finances of a recently unemployed $50k/year beat cop will cover everything. For any cop not smart enough to put the house in both he and his wife’s name, of course.

That risk would surely help with their recruitment efforts!

 

[sapper83]

Just holding them accountable criminally would be a great start!