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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You know your life has gone to shit when you have to finance a pizza.

But most importantly, whichever corporate honchos thought preying on the ultra-poor was a decent thing to do and authorized this scheme should know they're worthless human beings.

[–] RaoulDook 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably related to the high prices of delivery services. Maybe people wouldn't think about financing a pizza if the cost wasn't tripled by delivery.

I don't use any delivery service, and I can drive 5 minutes over to Little Caesar's and get a pizza for about $6, or I can go to Pizza Hut and pick up a better pizza for about $10. But I hear that other people pay vastly higher prices for their unhealthy fast food when they use delivery services.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most pizza places offer free delivery. Don't use fucking Uber Eats to order a pizza.

[–] FontMasterFlex 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

uh, you should check your receipt. at least in my area, no pizza is delivered for free. it's always cheaper to go pick it up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

"Free delivery, with a 15% discount if you pick it up" is a common way to phrase they charge for delivery that plenty of people gloss over.