To expect a takeaway to be delivered in the snow?

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Never done it myself.

I see the takeaway driver going put though and I think is this a necessity to get someone out in bad weather to deliver you food?

Dont you have something in the house you coukd eat?
They say dont go out unless you have too. Our local.police are saying this tonight.

Is a takeaway really
necessary? Food for thought.

You wouldnt want to go out and collect, but your happy for someone else to drive to you in bad weather?

This. Plus disabled or people recovering from flu etc might not be up to cooking a hot meal. If the shop is open for delivery it's not unreasonable to use it. If shop shuts delivery driver doesn't get paid.

They aren’t being forced to deliver OP😂

Maybe the delivery person can’t afford to not go to work cos of snow. Real life probs.

Have you actually got a warning not to go out in your area.

We're under an orange warning and at present all we have is some sleet...

The driver is choosing to deliver

They might be like those hardy folks that are doing the Spine race this week, that's still going on and looks like lots of snow.

Do people understand this is a job they are paid for and choose to do?

If no one orders, they don’t get paid.

They choose to drive in the snow.

Not everyone can take unpaid days off.

Privileged much? How do u know what people are like? reality is many many people live hand to mouth Ona daily basis. Or they may eat, but can’t heat. Or can’t put gas in their car to do the deliveries. Some people don’t have the luxury of not going out. Define necessary. Ffs

That’s ridiculous. It’s just snow. It’s not a tornado

A lot of the delivery people don't have the luxury of getting paid irrelevant of how many deliveries they do so some would indeed starve if they are not out delivering the amount they usually get per delivery would not allow them a big cushion.
Unfortunate but true.

If it's too unsafe to deliver then shops shouldn't offer it.

You can't complain about people making use of a service available to them!

Where is all this snow

I think it’s up to the employer to decide! And the driver for that matter.

I think you are forgetting a BIG thing here, the drivers may WANT and need to work! If they dont want to they can chose not to work that evening. They may need the money enough to want orders to be coming in.

Oh my sweet summer child

Being pedantic it isn't really a takeaway if you don't take it away yourself.

Somehow I am sure the drivers wont starve if they dont go out

What a privileged fucking comment. I've worked as a delivery driver on a food delivery app, going out for hours in the snow and rain because if I didn't then I didn't fucking eat.

You realise people live hand to mouth? People cannot always afford food and the ability to jump on their bike and spend hours delivering food is literally a way to feed themselves.

Dickhead comment

I mean you're right.

But. It also means the driver loses wages.

Yes I’ve got a neighbour who buys bread from the supermarket like a lazy entitled bitch instead of milling the flour herself.

Another one even uses a social media site called ‘mumsnet’ instead of writing letters or going out and meeting people on the village green. Lazy lazy lazy.

If the company/rider accepts the delivery then they clearly should fulfil it.
I'd definitely try and give them a nice tip.
Lots of people might need deliveries in the snow so it's great if someone can provide it.

The weather could be like this on and off for a couple of months, people can't just not work

Surely this depends on the snow level?

We've had 4-8ft drifts this week in NE Scotland no way is a takeaway getting through that some of the snow ploughs have struggled!

Many switched to collection only or closed with the heavy snow.

I'd never order in a storm or snow, I couldn't bear the thought of someone putting themselves at risk because I can't be arsed to go to the restaurant myself.
If it's raining I tip more to make up it a bit more bearable for them

Most delivery drivers won't get paid if they're not delivering. If they didn't want to be out they wouldn't be but they probably need the money.

Why is getting a takeaway “entitled”?