#delivery restaurants

[sevenines]

i saw this tweet and found it interesting for two reasons. one is that some people base how good cartoon network would be to toh by how it treated su, and despite the fact that su’s treatment by the network was considered poor at the time, now its thought to be exceptionally good in comparison to modern shows.

two is how exactly su got impacted by a limited budget. a common criticism is how characters like connie, peridot, and lapis are left out of missions. but balancing a lot of characters is not only hard but also costly (extra animation, extra voices—it’s been revealed that the show is limited to a set number of characters per episode otherwise they’re over budget). animation mistakes are not uncommon since retakes cost extra. the entire reason the original show got cut short was due to loss of funding!

[arkarti]

I can't stop thinking about William and the Egos. I feel like he'd be utterly annoyed by Wilford while Wilford just enjoys getting on his nerves.

(Wilford would also argue that he's the better murderer)

ajhfdgkj valid 😂 Just slightly annoyed. He would not shut up~

[satans-knitwear]

What does a takeaway even cost?

I don't think many deliver round here unless you spend at least £20??? Some are more??

[teachanarchy]

How Uber Ruined Food Delivery

[thychesters]

it must have been so awkward working at the baratie the morning of zoro and mihawk’s duel. imagine you’re the opener and you’re already running late for work and there are these two dudes staring one another down and you’re immediately annoyed because you don’t open for 20 minutes. but there’s the warlord dracule mihawk outside your work at the crack of dawn and, well, that doesn’t happen a lot. you’re also pretty sure that one guy is the pirate hunter your co-worker likes to rave about. and you’re just like “??? okay” and go back to trying to inhale the rest of your bagel because you have to clock in in two minutes. and then you watch two other guys run to get out of the way as the pirate hunter guy, who you just remembered is roronoa zoro, draws his swords, and you’re too busy choking on your bagel to realize mihawk hasn’t drawn his sword, he has a penknife, and then your manager calls you like “remember what i said if you were late one more time” and you’re like “well yes however.” and then your manager comes out and roronoa zoro’s dead on the front step. you clock in late.

[the-grey-hunt]

still covid bored. I think the chicken kitchen is a front*. discuss

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_organization

[reasonsforhope]

Across New York City, delivery drivers are a ubiquitous sight: congregating outside big restaurant chains waiting to collect orders, zooming through the city streets with orders in tow. “The most chaotic time for deliveries is easily during lunch time,” says Elijah Williams, who delivers food for both Uber and DoorDash. “I’ve had up to four orders at one time.” 

Mayor Eric Adams recently announced a major change that will deeply impact busy workers like Williams: app-based delivery workers will be paid $17.96 an hour starting July 12th — and nearly $20 an hour by 2025 — marking the nation’s first minimum pay for such workers.

“Our delivery workers have consistently delivered for us — now, we are delivering for them,” he said. “They should not be delivering food to your household, if they can’t put food on the plate in their household.”

The Background

Mayor Adams made the announcement at City Hall, surrounded by delivery workers as well as members of the nonprofit organizations, Workers Justice Project (WJP) and Los Deliveristas Unidos.

Ligia Guallpa, executive director of WJP, expressed her excitement and gratitude.

“This first of its kind minimum pay rate will uplift working and immigrant families,” said [Ligia Guallpa of Workers Justice Project (WJP)] alongside Gustavo Ajche of Los Deliveristas Unidos. “[It will] ensure that workers who keep New Yorkers fed, are able to keep also their families fed too.”

WJP was founded in 2010, and coordinates numerous worker-led programs, including Los Deliveristas Unidos, that aim to improve conditions for low-wage immigrant workers across the five boroughs.

The Details

The current minimum wage in New York is $15 an hour. On average, service workers are paid $7.09 an hour, excluding tips. The new wage is in keeping with a law passed by the City Council in 2021, which requires the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to set a standard minimum rate for delivery workers.

App-based delivery workers are classified as “independent contractors,” which means they’re not entitled to the standard minimum wage that applies to salaried employees’ pay. Instead, delivery workers who work for the big food delivery services, like Uber Eats and Relay, are entitled to just $2.13 an hour before tips — a so-called “tipped sub-minimum wage.”

Research has shown that getting rid of tipped sub-minimum wages benefits not just the workers getting the raise, but the economy as a whole. A 2021 analysis found that states without a tipped sub-minimum wage saw 29 percent growth in their leisure and hospitality sectors, compared to just six percent in states that used the federal tipped sub-minimum wage of $2.13.

...For many of the workers who face hostile roads and unpredictable weather conditions to get New Yorkers their ordered goods, this is a life-changing development.

“This is my full-time job. I get up every day and do this,” says delivery driver Justin Martinez outside the Chick-Fil-A in Washington Heights. 

Martinez, 30, is originally from the Dominican Republic. His commitment to completing deliveries, he explains, is fueled by his love for his family.

“This is my way to contribute. I go out, 9, 10 hours a day, do deliveries, and then I can come home,” he says. Martinez first started driving for Uber in 2019 before transitioning to delivering food for Uber Eats and other apps in 2021. He’s excited for the pay wage increase: “Maybe now, I only [have to] go out for 6 hours.”

-via Reasons to Be Cheerful, June 30, 2023

[itsawritblr]

Friday night sophisticated writers get-together.

[agentscamander-romanoff]

Headcanon:Danny Rand sometimes forgets he is a billionaire

[thelcsdaily]

Pizza Craving

A quick comfort dish for people who don't want to cook, but still want a filling meal A calming, stress-free meal. Cooked, delivered, and ready to eat, and so simple to reheat

“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” ― David Mamet

[jcksnsellie]

miguel diaz, my favorite pizza boy. 🍕

[wutheringheights78]

just when you think everything is bad someone is kind to you

[lactosegremlin]

can i get the uh….the Curry & Cock please…??

[nr1-logo-design-inspiration]

Creative donuts logo design ♡♡♡

Need a logo? PM us for details! 💌

[insane-in-the-membranee]

Hey soo today was my 1st board exam and well it went really well so I decided to order some pizza to yk celebrate my happiness (tho it was English but still). Now I also ordered pepsi along with my pizza and I only got the pizza. There was no pepsi. So I thought of complaining (in the app as I noticed after the delivery guy was gone) but then I realised I'll have to talk and explain and just urgh. So I just decided to give it 1 star. And now I feel pretty stupid.

Yeah.

🫠🫠🫠

[miffyghost]

the way michael sheen said ‘you’re being silly’…… I haven’t stopped thinking about it