Food Bank Time

[inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

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…

[w3dd1e@lemm.ee]

Also, it’s really hard to cook for one. I end up spending as much on food that goes bad before I can eat it as it would have cost me to get a $5 value meal.

[pika@sh.itjust.works]

I'm seeing that apparently but yeah, I'm up in Maine close to the border, almost every establishment that has those machines generally also have a sign that says no refill and I really can't think of any place here that advertises refills as free outside of coffee at dine in establishments.

[scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech]

Agreed. Amortized it much cheaper but when you have an empty kitchen with only a box of macaroni and cheese, getting groceries can feel very expensive.

[dan@upvote.au]

They usually have a coupon code for $7.99 for any footlong, which isn't too bad.

[swab148@lemm.ee]

You forgot about porn

[_____@lemm.ee]

I was taught cooking in school, graduated in 2014 is that far too long for your "taught anymore"?

[agent641@lemmy.world]

Damn straight. I could feed myself for a day on $5 easy.

I could even stretch it to a weeks worth of meals, if shoplifting is allowed.

[scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech]

I graduated in 2009 and my school didn't teach us

[agent641@lemmy.world]

My ex did, and was of limited funds. I think the answer is depression, apathy, and a good dose of financial illiteracy.

[rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Just when I’m drunk

[clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

$5.99 where I'm at. You're getting gouged.

[clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Definitely financial illiteracy.

I can afford it but refuse to use those services. They inflate the menu prices, add fees. I'm ok with tipping but not the rest of that.

Also, it's ridiculously inefficient compared to picking it up yourself. It's not just someone else is doing the drive for you. The delivery does work for the store so there is extra driving occurring, deadheading in trucker parlance.

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

I did mention cat / pussy videos

[frostysauce@lemmy.world]

I graduated over a decade before and was not taught cooking in school.

[frostysauce@lemmy.world]

Are you saying it is inefficient because the delivery driver has to drive from the restaurant to your house with food and then back to the restaurant without food? Because delivery drivers usually take more than one order or at a time.

[frostysauce@lemmy.world]

If I'm not at work I'm drunk and I'm not driving to pick up food drunk.

[inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Maybe work on the drunk part? Or at least work > pick up food > get drunk?

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

If shoplifting is allowed, you could go indefinitely...

[clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

That's going to depend on the location. I do not live in a heavily populated area so they are usually delivering one order at a time. The only time there was enough volume to stack orders was during Covid.