> It's idiotic. Just phone it in directly and go pick it up.

I don't have a car at the moment — am I just never supposed to eat outside of home-made food anymore? I've done that math many times, Ubering both ways to a restaurant is even dramatically more expensive than a delivery service.

If you don't live in an extremely walk-able place, sometimes it's the only option.

For some people, the tradeoff of cost:time is worth it.

I'll gladly pay $10-15 to not have to drive 10-15 minutes to the restaurant, wait a few minutes and 10-15 minutes back home. Especially in winter where I'd have to warm my car up for 10 minutes.

> It's idiotic. Just phone it in directly and go pick it up.

It's often hot or rainy out, or I don't want to get dressed yet, or the restaurant is far away. Paying a premium for time and convenience is far from "idiotic."

It is tough if you are addicted to restaurant food, video games, trash videos on your phone. Especially after years so the addiction has made you incredibly out of shape from not moving.

People even rationalize the addiction like every other addiction. "I make x amount of money per hour.."

"I could stop if I wanted to!"

That involves me phoning something in and going somewhere. Conveniences cost extra.