If you work in a takeaway or other deliver business do you want me to order from you?

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The constant debate about supporting local businesses and protecting jobs vs the employees being 'forced' to work and risk themselves (I think ppl imagine restaurants etc can afford to simply suspend them on full pay and still not go out of business) is confusing.

During lockdown I have ordered a takeaway once a week and various non essential online items including a gin subscription, books, toys and an afternoon tea delivered by a local lady.

I think I'm doing the right thing by helping to protect jobs. I think people who work in these roles want the work. But I don't know as I don't personally know anyone in a delivery industry.

So if you work in one of these industries what would you prefer I do?

Thanks!

@Iamblossom 🤣 !

Directly indirect instruction- it's working well isn't it!

The carry case and car can only be as clean as the delivery driver is able to sanitise those areas on a frequent basis but when they are busy and rushing from place to place this might not be done to a satisfactory level. And also not many places can provide toilet and washing facilities for these drivers that dont involve them going into areas within the kitchen or prep stock area where food handlers are.

The kitchen staff and drivers could be symptomless and pass on the virus unknowingly.

Too risky imo! It's safer to cook your own food.

Local, family run businesses, yes

My DH has furloughed his employee but is still trying to run his business. Unfortunately he doesn’t qualify for any of the SE help as he missed the cut off by days, so he is offering contactless delivery. He’s doing OK. Massively down on usual turnover but just about paying the bills

Loads and loads of small, family run businesses round here have set up contactless delivery services in an attempt to keep afloat and make sure the business is still there when things start getting back to some semblance of normality.

Someone has set up a website for local business offering contactless deliveries, there’s all sorts on there - garden centres, food takeaways, companies selling helium balloons, cake makers, hardware stores, DIY stores, timber and builders merchants as well as local butchers, veg box suppliers, farm shops, etc.

I’ve been ordering stuff and discovering new businesses that I never knew existed. I want to support these businesses, I want them to survive and still be there in the future.

Big stores - Amazon, etc, I haven’t ordered from.

AFAIK it's all within the rules but I can only imagine my fate on the local FB group

Fortunately there's nothing in the new legislation requiring that we share everything legal, but that others might disapprove of or envy, that we're doing on social media.

We ordered a Dominos as a birthday treat - and I felt bad about it - the delivery guy literally had a face expression like someone was holding a gun to his head.

@Makeitgoaway - I had a tree surgeon to prune back some of our trees a few weeks ago (no birds were nesting in them). He worked alone, I unlocked the gate in advance, he didn’t come in the house and we didn’t go in the garden.

I got away with it FB shame free

I have trees that need attention too!

We have a small business. Dh has no income if people don't place orders. We've thankfully been very busy. And fortunately, it's entirely possible while social distancing. Dh works alone in a workshop and all couriers have very strict social distancing rules. He leaves parcels on the other side of a farmyard and the courier collects them and give him a wave and they don't get anywhere close to each other. Many couriers operate like a gig economy. If they don't work, they also don't get paid and I suspect many are grateful for the work. Certainly the ones I speak with across the drive and over the hedge when they have delivered have said they are glad they're so busy and have been getting lots of work. They also work alone and I would hope people are respecting the 6ft rule and staying far away when they make their deliveries.

I'm lucky as I am employed and my employment isn't affected by covid (as in I'm still paid my full salary no matter how much I'm able to work or not and I can work fully from home until things settle down). But we'd lose half our income if dh wasn't working as he doesn't qualify for any government support for self employed.

Love that lambblossom!!

Our local pub is offering takeaways now, but the messages they put on Facebook confuse me-they talk about please trying to order only if you’re vulnerable or vulnerable people won’t be able to get them, but then they keep urging local people to support them, so haven’t ordered one yet!

grufallosfriends some of the takeaways that my hubby have worked for as delivery driver. He would never eat from . Those that are on the Just Eat platform especially.. theres a reason why some of the owners would rather have their business being predominantly deliveries than collection (state of kitchen) generally more focussed on maximising profits through volume over quality. Most of the delivery driver my hubby knows eat at takeaways that don't do delivery service. They are generally nicer foods, better quality and more hygienic. My hubby can typically take 8 deliveries in one bulk. Means the house that got the 8th and last delivery from that run before he goes back to the takeaway to get the next bulk of deliveries, will have been prepared an hour ago.. not fresh and maybe luke warm...

@Iamblossom I am actually in hysterics

@lamblossom, that is the definite statement on The Rules isn't it?

@Iamblossom 😂😂😂 this is the best CV related post I have read. MN should pin in it to the top of the boards for those who want know The Rules.

@1984isnow isn't it awesome? Side splitting but also head in hands inducing.

We’re only buying food etc from small local companies - we’ve had sweets, Ice cream, beer, fruit & veg, cheese, meat etc all either delivered or no contact collections

We’ve always had a milkman but now getting. Fruit juice, yogurts, eggs from them.

Only done one Aldi trip in the last month for tins, dried food etc.

Love it. And love to support the awesome local shops and businesses.

Our local pubs are doing take away services and they really do want people to order from them and I am supporting them in that, it’s very kind of me.

@lamblossom - that is the funniest thing I have read in ages!

Is it all your own work? Bloody genius. Thanks for that

I agree, the post from lamblossom was brilliant 🤣😂

I've seen this "I don't want to order from amazon" quite a lot lately. Do people not realise that many many people rely on amazon for employment!? I don't understand how people cannot grasp that the 'lower' employees will suffer before the big bosses if orders fall.