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[–] 141 points 2 years ago

No tip though, cause I don't support the tipping culture.

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  • [–] 122 points 2 years ago (26 children)

    I just got this beauty of an alert.

    That's -34.44 Celsius for those not in the USA.

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  • [–] 66 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Sounds like a perfect time to have a minimum-wage worker bring you food!

    (jokes aside I hope you're ok)

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    IT'S GOING TO BE COLD OUTSIDE, BROTHER. MAKE SURE YOU DRESS APPROPRIATELY, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS BAD WEATHER, JUST BAD CLOTHING.

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    [–] 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

    I’ve seen an ad on German television (yea, yea, I still do watch it) whose whole point was that Saturday should be a [Edit: free day day off], but it’s marred by having to do grocery shopping. The climax of that ad was a woman shouting “Let’s take back our Saturdays” Braveheart style.

    The ad is for a service that has people shopping for you. I wonder when their busiest day will be…

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm a bartender. I work when other people are off work. I thrive on their days off. I have days off too, just not yours. Not everybody wants to work a 9-5.

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    [–] 55 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    It irks me when people order delivery when the roads are unsafe - no one should have to put their life on the line like that. I know some people rely on it, though. The snow has been terrible here for days and Meals on Wheels has been canceled so I cooked a big pot roast today to share with elderly neighbors. We've all gotta look out for eachother.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't see how that's the customer's responsibility. The order should be rejected by door dash if they can't safely deliver.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean, the delivery people need to get paid, right?

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    That's kind of the cruelty of capitalism. You can coerce people do unsafe or unpleasant things, but it gets framed as a favour because hey they're getting paid.

    Whereas if the person you were paying was truly comfortable and didn't need money for survival, there is a chance that they would forego working on that kind of night.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago*

    Those dollars won't mean much when they're being buried. I lost an employee many years ago when the company insisted we go into the office during an ice storm and he swirved into a tractor trailer. It was an entirely senseless and avoidable death.

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    [–] 49 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I made an order for the next morning... and the first heavy snowstorm hit overnight. I wrote it off as well im not getting that order.

    But the crazy driver actually delivered. I felt so bad for them! No tip though, cause I don’t support the tipping culture.

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    [–] 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Man where do you live that an inch of snow is enough to call off going out?

    And how much is rent?

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    A few weeks ago Georgia (the state) got an inch and a half of snow and the whole state shut down for two days. It's for the best honestly no one has snow tires or snow driving experience, and very few places store salt for the roads. It used to only snow every couple years and that's turned into about 1 in 5 now so it's best to just shut down for a bit tbh.

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    [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I used to run a pizza place. Bad snow was some of the worst. Half the staff would call off and we'd have double the orders. We were in a mostly flat city on a grid, so we would cut delivery down to just the grid. People would be furious to be denied delivery pizza. "I just drove up the hill an hour ago! It's fine!" Yeah in your truck. My delivery driver is in a beat up twenty year old four cylinder.

    One day I tried to take our car to work and immediately put it in a ditch. I called my boss while I walked to work. I said we can't do delivery today this is too extreme. He said oh just do the grid like usual. The only driver who showed up that morning wrecked his car on his third delivery. We always told them, take the topper off your car and hide it in your trunk. If insurance finds out you were doing commercial business they will not pay.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    Technically it's not the power of the engine but the AWD/4WD. You can floor your engine and just skid on ice. Subarus are pretty cheap 4 cyl boxer engines known for great handling in snow with some clever differential systems they have (viscuous coupling diffs, active torque split, etc.) But yeah a Ford Focus or Honda Civic or whatever with FWD only will leave you stranded. Not your main point I know.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Seriously are there people out there who don't OVER tip when the weather is horrible but they still get their delivery?

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ain't no one delivering to me out in the middle of bumfuck nowhere anyway.

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