I was thinking about examples of where things got worse over time. They include some common appliances that use water, due to water use regulations. No reason my dishwasher should take over 2 hours to run. But then there's other things like food delivery.
I used to deliver pizzas in the early 2000s. I would get paid
$4/hour (later bumped to $5 per hour)
$1/delivery (pass through to customer)
+ tips
I had good days / times where I was pretty much always busy and made around $20/hour by the end.
So delivery cost the customer $1 + tip (usually ~$3), cost the business maybe $40 a night (~2.5 drivers for 3 hours), and I made out pretty well.
I can't compare exactly but I feel like today the business pays more, the customer pays more, the drivers get paid less and it's all subsidized by investors to boot. Am I totally wrong on this? But I feel like delivery got so much worse and I don't know where the money is going.
I used to deliver pizzas in the early 2000s. I would get paid
$4/hour (later bumped to $5 per hour)
$1/delivery (pass through to customer)
+ tips
I had good days / times where I was pretty much always busy and made around $20/hour by the end.
So delivery cost the customer $1 + tip (usually ~$3), cost the business maybe $40 a night (~2.5 drivers for 3 hours), and I made out pretty well.
I can't compare exactly but I feel like today the business pays more, the customer pays more, the drivers get paid less and it's all subsidized by investors to boot. Am I totally wrong on this? But I feel like delivery got so much worse and I don't know where the money is going.