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Have You Ordered Food Since The Pandemic?
- Thread starter TaterTots
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I see it from another perspective: By ordering you at least provide the delivery people with a job, since they are probably also getting hit hard financially by this current crisis.
I think I've ordered out twice since the pandemic shutdown? I didn't order out much before it and preferred to make my own meals so not much has changed in that department.
only once but we decided its not worth the risk considering how many people delivery people get in touch with
Yes. Almost everyday. It seems safer than grocery stores at this point, I can stay inside and I support local restaurants who are hit hard by this crisis.
I don't get the 'my body is a temple option' by the way. Perhaps it's different here in the Netherlands, but you can order super healthy food as well. It's definitely not all pizzas and burgers.
I don't get the 'my body is a temple option' by the way. Perhaps it's different here in the Netherlands, but you can order super healthy food as well. It's definitely not all pizzas and burgers.
Yes. Pizza. We then put it in oven for a little while even just to be sure.
And we are ordering food online to door. Not going anywhere. Europe that is.
And we are ordering food online to door. Not going anywhere. Europe that is.
Quite a few times because we're supporting local businesses, and it means less shopping/having to leave the house for us.
Yes, I've been supporting my local businesses that have had to switch tactics to keep afloat. I want them to be there when the plague lifts. As long as we're keeping things clean and doing contactless delivery there's no problem.
I might consider it from an independently owned local takeaway such as a Chinese or Indian place where they care about their business, but Im not ordering shit from a chain like a pizza hut, kfc, or subway because i dont trust that there will be at least one disgruntled 17 yr old going "Corona virus challenge lolz".
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Acouple times, but if we're eating out, I'll just go get it myself. I've just been making orders ahead of time for a quick pickup.
I did last night, very much regretted it.
Getting everything out of the packaging felt like bomb disposal, and then once we'd done it we realised that as it had salad in it anyway then if someone was ill it could very well be transmitted via that anyway. Actually wanted to order Chinese, but every single one near me was closed. There's usually a choice of about 10. Not good. :(
But yeah, wont be doing it again. Also wanted to tip the delivery guy, but he noped the fuck out of there. They really should have an option in the app for that (I know deliveroo does it).
Getting everything out of the packaging felt like bomb disposal, and then once we'd done it we realised that as it had salad in it anyway then if someone was ill it could very well be transmitted via that anyway. Actually wanted to order Chinese, but every single one near me was closed. There's usually a choice of about 10. Not good. :(
But yeah, wont be doing it again. Also wanted to tip the delivery guy, but he noped the fuck out of there. They really should have an option in the app for that (I know deliveroo does it).
This, a sister island to us has banned take-aways outright a couple days ago.
I think it's an over-reaction, having to go out to stores amongst other people in confined spaces with staff that handle hundreds/thousands of items without swapping gloves is likely a higher risk than a fucking take-away right. Delivery drivers likely only contact is the bag it came in, stuck in their vehicles 99% of the time and drop it off with more zero contact.
Also delivery staff here and told to not make contact or take cash, the app lets us tip online and it shows clearly how much of the tip is for the driver.
As for cooks, you'd hope they'd take appropriate measure as they should always be handling food, but even more so.
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I haven't. Since I'm now stuck in the house more and there's no more 90 minutes of sprinting around a football pitch twice a week, even though I do a bit of exercise I'm trying to avoid eating too much junk food. Just to stay healthy.
Though I really am craving a fuck off disgusting takeaway... May cave.
Though I really am craving a fuck off disgusting takeaway... May cave.
I did burgers from a local burger joint a few weeks ago. I regretted my choice after realizing the packaging is basically contaminated.
I have done papa Murphy's a few times. I think the risk is somewhat mitigated since you bake the pizza. Plus I got a pretty good method for baking their pizzas.
I have done papa Murphy's a few times. I think the risk is somewhat mitigated since you bake the pizza. Plus I got a pretty good method for baking their pizzas.
At least once a week for me. I do wish I could avoid using the popular delivery apps like Ubereats or Doordash and just have the restaurant deliver directly themselves, but only few places are doing that (but glad my local pizza place is offering it). Most just default to the 3rd-party apps.
I've placed some orders but I've gone and picked them up; I never bother with delivery because of tipping and the fees. Or some of the places I like don't even do delivery so it isn't an option. A place I love reopened a week and a half ago after being closed for three months due to a truck driving through the building into their kitchen doing like $100K in damage. I've been craving one of their calzones this whole time, so I went and got one that may have been the best calzone I've ever eaten.
At no time while picking up the food, handling the container, or eating did Coronavirus enter my mind.
At no time while picking up the food, handling the container, or eating did Coronavirus enter my mind.
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But like, where are you getting your food from? I guess if you're getting frozen or dry goods.
If you're getting meats/fish/vegetables/fruits, then you run into a lot of people potentially handling/breathing on them. Not to mention being in the store, where it's pretty much impossible to stay 6 feet away from people.
Even people who do instacart have people handling your food. Though, probably safer than being out at the store.
Edit: I've been doing curb side pickup from certain places a few times a week. Some local and some chain. I imagine a lot of these places have been losing business over the past few weeks, so it's good to support them.
Yeah, we do it to support local restaurants that are hurting. Take all the food out of their containers, put it on a plate, wash your hands, your fine. I haven't seen a single expert say to be worried about your food.
I probably order out more than i usually did before all this. Have to support the community where i can.
Supporting local businesses is good. We ordered a few times before the lockdown really kicked in and we plan on doing so over the next few days.
Just take precautions and be considerate to those people that you're ordering from. I'm avoiding chain places as they're probably getting enough business at the moment and are probably getting the short end on social distancing.
Just take precautions and be considerate to those people that you're ordering from. I'm avoiding chain places as they're probably getting enough business at the moment and are probably getting the short end on social distancing.
It's an extra step of contact that doesn't need to exist.
Some people like myself need to minimize risk due to being more at risk.
I've ordered 3 times, twice from local places (Indian, and Pizza), and McDonalds. Mcdonalds was because we have breakfast from there on sundays usually because her parents give her a lift to work and we hang out with them for a while, so we ordered it for our video call with them... Kinda just to make things feel a bit more normal
