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Deliveroo and Just Eat and the like make UK cities creepy and miserable

254 replies

Pavementworrier · 01/12/2025 00:32

Guys in balaclavas with no traceable identity (and often no right to work in the UK) racing around on electric bikes in the dark bringing shit cold food to fat lazy punters while cafes, bars and restaurants erode and hospitals fill up with diabetic foot merchants.

I wouldn't ban them but I'd make them treat every single takeaway bandit as a full employee with id checks, criminal responsibility, tax and employment rights.

And people who use them kind of make me sick.

OP posts:
Ghostmartin · 01/12/2025 00:37

Had a few drinks have you?

Order yourself a takeaway and then get to bed

PatThePenguin · 01/12/2025 00:36

Lol

margegunderson · 01/12/2025 00:36

You’re going to get your arse handed to you on a Deliveroo bike but there’s something in what you say. I’d insist on no face coverings, stop them cycling like lunatics and try to encourage people to eat less crap. Less fixed on the drivers’ work status than you but imagine if it was tightened up there’d be no service at all.

UserFront242 · 01/12/2025 00:36

I agree with your point about them needing to be properly employed.
But your point about the disgust at people who use them is off. Some people are housebound and are allowed to enjoy a takeaway. Some people are unable to prepare food themselves, and rely on these services to be able to eat.