If you are over 50 would you deliver takeaways?

[Bluebellbike]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/over-50s-could-take-takeaway-27449088

The government seem very keen on getting those of us over 50 to carry on working.

@Samlewis96 thanks for that.I wonder how much the retailer gets. If you get £6 to £8 to deliver from a takeaway,then the site takes their cut, the poor retailer must get very little.

I am looking at the logistics of getting hire & reward insurance. My guess is that it's not cost-effective to have if you only work part time doing deliveries, like say 2 days/week.

I could really use a 2nd job but right now I'm living in multiple places, so it's hard to commit in advance where I'll be doing what.

The Apps take between 25 and 30% of the order cost from the restaurant/ shop. Hence why its more expensive to order on them even before the delivery charge. Most places put higher prices on the App. A few may not , don't think Waitrose is that much more expensive but most do

I am under 50 and wouldn't deliver takeaway food.

Oh and the delivery cost is paid out of the Apps commission not on top. So if some orders £60 takeaway and app takes 25% the shop gets £45. The cost of the delivery driver comes out of the £15 commission

Well, I'm very glad to hear the positive experiences of the people who've taken to making deliveries and suddenly found this thread.

Still not doing it.

Last night, over a boozy dinner, my partner and I were loosely discussing doing this a couple of evenings per week. Our discussion came from watching the delivery drivers coming in and out of the building and all looking quite happy with their lot .... jovial banter between them being the clue.

Then he spoiled it by pointing out it would be short-term thing as it won't be too long before drones are delivering direct from eateries.

Still, it gave us food for thought (pun intended) as we'd do it together - me driving, him delivering - with an audio book to focus our attention. The idea would be any funds made would go towards additional holidays.

I think it's a much safer gig these days as delivery people now rarely handle cash with everything being ordered/paid for via apps.

I'm sick to death of hearing about all these 50-somethings who need to get back to work. Where are these people? I'm late 50s and work full time. Don't know anyone who doesn't work full time.

I'll be working until I drop. I'm a single mum and have to work to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. I'd do whatever I had to do to keep us afloat. And have.

But I don't need anyone telling me to go and do a takeaway delivery job to keep my family fed. It's insulting that anyone thinks I'm sitting on my arse.

I wish I was one of the 50-somethings who didn't have to work. Good luck to them!

I'm 51 and was made redundant 6 months ago, so I'm one of the stats, but I need to find an income soon. I know a couple of people who retired mid-50s. Plus one who was medically retired after an accident.

They def exist though that's why the gov is pushing economically inactive over 50s to work. But who will do the caring of the elderly / childcare/ caring for the disabled if all the over 50s work full time or return to work? Although the stats generally can't tell us if these are the same people there must be overlap and 50s is the new sandwich generation, maybe 60s, when your parents are really elderly and your kids are still uni age or early adulthood needing support.

I think the stats include anyone that isn't state retirement age so DH and I are both included, we retired at 60 on final salary pensions (private sector) if we had wanted to we could have carried on with our jobs, part time, we wouldn't have left and delivered takeaways instead.

One of the regular deliveroo peeps round here is over 50. He seems to like it.

They are all young fit looking people on push bikes here. We do get people who are older doing supermarket deliveries, but they are in vans.

I couldn't handle the terrible air pollution, tbh, my elderly lungs don't deserve rat-run-side-of-motorists-rishi terrible air quality.

I have a crap sense of direction and don't like parallel parking. Also, I'm gucked up I'm delivering pizzas at 50.

Gucked up = funked if

FUCKED

I hate having to park if I just visit one place, I would hate having to do it lots of times, well obviously I would have to find the places first which I'm never very good at

There was an article in the Sunday Times last weekend by someone who does it - he's 57 and he said how hard it was, and how little he earned.

I wouldn't do it either, there are better paid options out there.

And I agree with the person who said if they want over 50s to stay in the workforce they need to make employers stop discriminating on grounds of age. Also stop office employers forcing people back to offices when they can work from home perfectly well - that helps people with health conditions or caring responsibilities.

Also agree why would you encourage people to deliver takeaways when we have an obesity problem. At least if people go out to get their own they are getting some level of exercise!

I know someone in his late 60's who does Deliveroo on his bike. He enjoys doing it as he just schedules to do it when he wants and it gives him a bit extra money getting some exercise