Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in San Diego

Re:Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in Sa... by wil421 on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:32PM (#20206002)

Serious question.

Why do people use Uber Eats? One of the benefits of living in an Urban area is the ability to walk places. I also get using Uber eats if you’re ordering in with family or friends.

That’s not what I see with Uber eats. I see people ordering one sub from Firehouse. Or a burger from McDonald’s. I’ve never felt so lazy I needed to tip someone and pay extra for McDonald’s or Chipotle and I can be lazy.

Same with grocery shopping. I’d never pay extra to have someone do it for me but it’s pretty popular in my area.

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Re:Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in Sa... by yellowapple on Monday June 17, 2019 @04:07PM (#20206804)

In my case, it's because I'm busy at work, and the time I'd spend walking from the office to some restaurant is time that could be spent actually working.

That, and the places from which I order sometimes ain't even readily walkable in the first place unless my employer's okay with me taking a multiple-hour lunch break to walk from the office (near The Embarcadero) to, say, MAC'D (near Van Ness, so a 30+ minute walk each way even assuming I'm of at least average fitness, which I am very much not).

Re: grocery shopping, I've never done it (aside from a couple tries with Amazon Fresh), but I can understand and appreciate the time savings.

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Re:Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in Sa... by jamesmp98 on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:47PM (#20206125)

> Why do people use Uber Eats?

I live in an area not very walkable, can't drive, and can't cook to save my life

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Re:Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in Sa... by rexer on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:49PM (#20206142)

I live in an area exactly as you describe. While stuff might be technically walkable, it still could be 20+ minute walk each way to the "close" places I want to go.

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Re:Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in Sa... by imustbeevil on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:52PM (#20206172)

30 minutes of your life should be worth more than $3.

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Re:Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in Sa... by wil421 on Monday June 17, 2019 @03:17PM (#20206377)

A lukewarm and soggy Firehouse sub is not worth 3 dollars.

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Re:Uber Eats to Test Flying Food to Customers by Drone in Sa... by konschubert on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:44PM (#20206102)

Well, I have, and I would.

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