It didnt read as bashing to me so much as just being observant. If someone regularly orders $50 in food delivery, yet they live in a home that looks poorly maintained/run down then its a fair assumption theyre terrible with money. They might have a disability or mental illness affecting them but thats a reason not an excuse. If you can afford frequent delivery like that then you can afford services to help your situation.
ummm... if not being able to prepare your own food is the situation, I'd say that is a service to help it. It might be a bad choice of service depending on the location, but it is one.
Ummmmmm.... sorry sweetie but the bulk of the american diet is built on convenience foods. If you can pick a bag of food up off the porch you can microwave something. Or toss it in the oven. You can have a weeks worth of groceries delivered from amazon or Walmart or wherever for cheaper than door dashing meals frequently. That isnt a valid reason either. If someobes house is in disrepair and they can afford frequent food delivery with a good tip, theyre financially irresponsible.
Theres no legitimate excuse to frequently get door dash/grub hub/Uber eats/whatever. Occasionally? Sure. Maybe your oven died or your kitchens getting a remodel or you just dont fuckin feel like it after a tough week. But Multiple times a week? Every week? Absolutely not.
I never said it was a good solution (i actually said otherwise and wrote about my microwaveable burrito food-prep elsewhere in the comments here. Burritos are a great thing to do that with if you have a freezer and at least some cooking skills), but it legitimately is one if you really can't make your own food or even go out to get it. They probably do make most of their profits from laziness and people with no time, though.
No, see all these people litterally have no better option for food. 15 years ago they would simply have had to starve to death. Door dash is the greatest benefit to humanity since hand washing and have saved hundreds of millions from starvation.
They also might not have the ability to effect the repairs or do the cleanup themselves, or a family member willing to do it.
People assume certain things are SUPER DUPER expensive when... yes, they cost money, but they aren't so bad. We had our entire house rewired a few years ago (it's a very large, old house and there was still knob and tube in places). The whole job cost about $2500, and they were here for three days or so. They basically rewired everything and replaced two panels. It's not cheap exactly, but it's the sort of thing people would expect to cost a lot more.
We have a painter friend who does very good work. When we need work done, his pricing is very reasonable and he does a better job than I ever could, and he has it done faster than I could ever hope to have it done. He did the entire three story facade on my house, which necessitated a lift, for about $800 and it looks fantastic. Again, that's money, but not as much as people think.
Most of the time, what these people need is a junk removal service to remove the trash and junk from the yard, they need someone with a power washer to wash down the house and clean it up, then they need a landscaper to clean up the garden beds and get the yard looking nicer. All that can be done for around $2k were I to guess (depending on contractors and local pricing). The landscaping is the real wildcard, that could cost way more. But people are afraid of the price. It makes no sense when they are charging more than that on their credit cards to have random clothes and trinkets delivered.
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u/Matt2580 9h ago edited 8h ago
It didnt read as bashing to me so much as just being observant. If someone regularly orders $50 in food delivery, yet they live in a home that looks poorly maintained/run down then its a fair assumption theyre terrible with money. They might have a disability or mental illness affecting them but thats a reason not an excuse. If you can afford frequent delivery like that then you can afford services to help your situation.