DoorDash, such a convenient service, but does the business model truly benefit people who are using it for gluttonous behaviors?
DoorDash was originally created as a food delivery service for when people weren’t able to leave the house. Following GrubHub’s footsteps; DoorDash was founded in 2013, gaining mass popularity around 2018, DoorDash became a public company in December 2020 (due to the pandemic’s huge impact on the company). Not just home in the United States, DoorDash is a dominant force in placed like Canada, Japan, and even Australia. Today, DoorDash is doing amazing in the food industry. DoorDash has since been used for straight gluttony–and believe me–I’m guilty of this as well. Recently, I attended the Colorado Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Aurora,where I DoorDashed food multiple times. My main reason was, our group typically got dinner from Chick-fil-A, which I can’t eat due to their usage of peanut oil in their products (I’m jealous). When I did DoorDash food, there would already be about 20 people waiting outside for their order to be delivered. I was appalled. Which is surprising because I literally make mukbangs on TikTok (@chewing.with.chase). Nevertheless, the food that these kids would get from their dashers was insane. I asked one person what he had, because his bags were stuffed, and he was bringing back two 100-finger-tailgate orders from Raising Canes (which, according to their website, each one feeds 27-29 people). When I asked how many people he was sharing with, he answered three. THREE?! Are we being serious? I genuinely thought I was being rage baited, but when I saw them later on, they gave me some left overs (thanks!)
There is also a setting on the app where you can have your dasher deliver straight to your doorstep, and only God knows how many people chose that instead of taking the elevator down to get their food.
Nevertheless, the DoorDash epidemic needs to stop. Countless dollars wasted, countless pounds gained, and the instantaneous post-DoorDash clarity. That’s really all you get from DoorDash. Thankfully, DoorDash isn’t available in Aspen, otherwise myself, and many others, would be absolutely cooked.
