Tuesday, February 03, 2026

DoorDash Is A Human Right - by Natalie Sandoval

Elite privileges have been repackaged as Basic Human Dignity. - Natalie Sandoval
The New York Times (NYT) is out with a profile of food delivery power users.
  • There’s 34-year-old Kiely Reedy, who gets spaghetti with marinara sauce delivered to her home on a regular basis. The dish isn’t spectacular, she tells the NYT, but it provides her “instant gratification.” Reedy makes $50,000 a year and spends $200 to $300 a week on food delivery.
  • There’s 39-year-old Kevin Caldwell, who, along with his husband, spends around $700 a week on food delivery. Caldwell has two young sons.
  • The NYT spoke to middle-aged women, Gen Z Ivy League students, an Uber Eats driver who began delivering food to “pay off his debt from ordering too much food delivery.”...
Those profiled by the NYT are liberal-coded. 
  • They’re concerned about the welfare of the drivers, the welfare of the planet, their own mental health. They’re mostly female (or gay).
“Nearly three-quarters of Australians (73%) and Canadians (72%), and 78% of Americans consider food delivery as self-care,” says Doordash.

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