Here in Singapore. If I could work from home I would never need to leave home. I can get everything delivered already. A lot of same day delivery too.

That’s been the case in NYC for decades. A friend ordered a cup of coffe from the local diner and they delivered it without question.

Coffee...

I ordered bottled water a few times in London.

Do you not have a tap?

To be fair, I had a picky friend who would make fun of me for being wasteful with money.

So I would order bottled water from the takeaway and keep telling him how much I like Evian to keep him whining.

I do admit that I find buying bottled water from a takeaway quite amusing.

Water in London is very "hard". It crusts up your kettle, and some people don't like the taste.

This been the case for London for a while now.

That said I’m not sure it’s a good thing.

I'm in a wheelchair, being able to get groceries delivered has been hugely beneficial.

why? because something forces you to move?

The resources needed to transport stuff are not free, and they usually involve petrol instead of legs.

It is not that easy. One delivery truck delivering to multiple people can be more efficient over them driving individually.

A warehouse can be more efficiently cooled and enlighted than a shop for individuals.

A big kitchen preparing menu after menu can be more efficient than heating up the oven for a single use. A restaurant using larger supply packs can be more efficient than household sizes in packaging and transport.

It's a case by case thing, but average for a few domains might not be that bad.

Cooking meals at home probably takes fewer resources and creates less waste overall.

However, assuming that there's driving involved in either case, I wouldn't think having an order delivered from a big facility is much different from you going to a restaurant and picking up takeout.

Because I can literally never leave my house for anything at this point even late night booze and there is something eerie about that.

There is a certain "The Machine Stops" [1] sense to it. I have mixed feelings. I can get very little rapid delivery where I live. Sometimes, I wish I could just order some takeout, but it's not necessarily a bad thing that I get forced to either go out myself or make a meal at home.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Machine_Stops

Idiocracy seems more and more like a forecast.

We've been tracking it for decades now.

- reality TV star as president of the United States: check

- mountains of garbage: check

- The movie 'Ass' (The Kardashians): check

and probably many more bits and pieces.