[News] Never mind a nation of shopkeepers.........

Lenny Rider · May 9, 2024

Sitting in Broadwater having a coffee looking at the constant stream of Just Eat drivers coming in and and out of the KFC, have we turned into a nation of lazy f*****? :facepalm:

You'd have thought the luxury of takeaway delivery would have been one of the first victims of a financial crisis?

worthingseagull · May 9, 2024

you probably watched my order being collected

Change at Barnham · May 9, 2024

Look on the positive, it will increase their heart disease problems which will ultimately help your business.

worthingseagull · May 9, 2024

Change at Barnham said:
Look on the positive, it will increase their heart disease problems which will ultimately help your business.

What a collab

Is it PotG? · May 9, 2024

Bargain Bucket

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BBassic · May 9, 2024

Read a thing the other day about how Uber Eats / Deliveroo / Just Eat etc. usage has remained at lockdown levels rather than returning to pre-pandemic levels.

I know I still order a fair bit. WFH it's all too easy for me to order something in. But never that KFC though, it is terrible.

S.T.U cgull · May 9, 2024

Lenny Rider said:
Sitting in Broadwater having a coffee looking at the constant stream of Just Eat drivers coming in and and out of the KFC, have we turned into a nation of lazy f*****?

You'd have thought the luxury of takeaway delivery would have been one of the first victims of a financial crisis?

Undoubtedly yes.

Even worse (in my mind) is the addition of Sainsburys Local etc to Just eat to deliver the ‘essentials’, or more probably a few beers/wine and cigarettes..

thedonkeycentrehalf · May 9, 2024

Lenny Rider said:
Sitting in Broadwater having a coffee looking at the constant stream of Just Eat drivers coming in and and out of the KFC, have we turned into a nation of lazy f*****?

You'd have thought the luxury of takeaway delivery would have been one of the first victims of a financial crisis?

Could also be that many places that used to offer work canteens or equivalent have now closed them so people get together and treat themselves to a hot lunch delivery.

hans kraay fan club · May 9, 2024

el punal · May 9, 2024

Lenny Rider said:
Sitting in Broadwater having a coffee looking at the constant stream of Just Eat drivers coming in and and out of the KFC, have we turned into a nation of lazy f*****?

You'd have thought the luxury of takeaway delivery would have been one of the first victims of a financial crisis?

I do sometimes get peckish but I‘ve never had the urge to just eat a driver. :wink:

portlock seagull · May 9, 2024

Eating out is the third biggest sector so not sure it’s any surprise. People want it delivered (still counted as eating out before the pedants rush) often so can watch TV at same time. This is literally what has happened I kid you not. People cannot be bothered to even collect their food. Delivered service is expected, and if you’re not giving Deliveroo or Uber Eats etc half your profit for the privilege, then you’ll soon be out of business. Half of something is better than half of nothing. The independent restaurants are at their mercy. Fall in or fall out and go do something else instead. Consumers especially younger ones have a love affair with chains and their free this and free that. Of course the entire sector is riddled with exploitation as it is when anything’s overly cheap. But who cares about animal or human welfare so long as the product is cheap convenient hot and tasty? 99.9% don’t give a flying f*** after a long day’s work. Just bring me the CHICKEN NOW!!!

portlock seagull · May 9, 2024

hans kraay fan club said:

Ahead of its time and utterly true!

Cheshire Cat · May 9, 2024

The irony of somebody drinking an overpriced coffee, critising people buying overpriced takeaways.

portlock seagull · May 9, 2024

thedonkeycentrehalf said:
Could also be that many places that used to offer work canteens or equivalent have now closed them so people get together and treat themselves to a hot lunch delivery.

This has also happened. Business and Industry sector has been decimated by home working. Meanwhile School children order Deliveroo too instead of going to dining halls. See it daily. Mopeds going to gates all time of day, especially where 6th forms exist. Kids have loads of disposable income. Parents give them thousands, and many make hustle incomes too

portlock seagull · May 9, 2024

Cheshire Cat said:
The irony of somebody drinking an overpriced coffee, critising people buying overpriced takeaways.

Why is any of it overpriced? How do you know, and even if so, isn’t that so subjective it doesn’t warrant even debating. Price is what you pay, value is what you get and all that!

beorhthelm · May 9, 2024

Lenny Rider said:
Sitting in Broadwater having a coffee looking at the constant stream of Just Eat drivers coming in and and out of the KFC, have we turned into a nation of lazy f*****?

You'd have thought the luxury of takeaway delivery would have been one of the first victims of a financial crisis?

we can use these observations as indicator of financial health of an area. may be there's not so much crisis round there.

Badger · May 9, 2024

BBassic said:
Read a thing the other day about how Uber Eats / Deliveroo / Just Eat etc. usage has remained at lockdown levels rather than returning to pre-pandemic levels.

I know I still order a fair bit. WFH it's all too easy for me to order something in. But never that KFC though, it is terrible.

I used them a lot during the Pandemic but I rarely order delivery these days. Especially now the weather is nicer, I'd much rather go out to eat or pickup from the restaurant. I guess I'm exception though, given the constant stream of delivery riders going full speed along the pavements on their electric bikes with no concern for their own or other people's safety.

Not sure if this video is available in the UK, but John Oliver made some interesting points on his show. None of the parties actually make any money out of these delivery apps. The delivery drivers/riders make a pittance and have to meet ridiculous timing demands (hence the pavement speeding). The restaurants get charged huge fees to use the app, often making a loss from an order. The delivery companies themselves don't make any money because of all the licensing fees etc. Just another example of a tech company trying to "shake up the industry" by ruining it for most people involved.

The Clamp · May 9, 2024

I enjoy walking round to the takeaway place to collect my food.

Carrying a bag of Chinese or fish and chips, getting whiffs of the food as you walk home, is part of the experience for me.

Plus I f***ing hate the delivery cyclists and moped mob that occupy every street corner and pavement outside restaurants. I’m glad to deprive them of my custom.

Well, not the individual delivery people, they’re only trying to make a living. But as a concept, it goes against how I think humans should be behaving. Sitting on one’s arris, waiting for some underpaid, under-represented employee to deliver junk food is anathema to me.

They’ll be feeding us the food next.

Westdene Seagull · May 9, 2024

BBassic said:
Read a thing the other day about how Uber Eats / Deliveroo / Just Eat etc. usage has remained at lockdown levels rather than returning to pre-pandemic levels.

I know I still order a fair bit. WFH it's all too easy for me to order something in. But never that KFC though, it is terrible.

I'm not a big meat eater anyway but one thing I do love is a KFC chicken drumstick - just the drumstick. The bizarre thing is you can't order a bucket of them but can order a single drumstick .... but ... order more than one individual drumstick and the rest are 'breast' of chicken pieces rather than drumsticks :shrug:

clapham_gull · May 9, 2024

Westdene Seagull said:
I'm not a big meat eater anyway but one thing I do love is a KFC chicken drumstick - just the drumstick. The bizarre thing is you can't order a bucket of them but can order a single drumstick .... but ... order more than one individual drumstick and the rest are 'breast' of chicken pieces rather than drumsticks

I'd call the Police.

'KFC is closed - it's an emergency!': Police in Manchester issue 999 warning after 'ridiculous' call

Greater Manchester Police said it took their call handler almost a minute to get the "angry" KFC customer off the line.

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