Deliveroo - and minimum age for cycle courier

[ChrisD]

My son will be 18 this week. He is still doing this work (between other jobs and A levels) which he has done since he was 16. I understand that now they are not taking on under 18's. Incidentally he is utilising the new "contract" to cherry pick peak hours when he can earn £12 to £15 per hour... he does cycle very fast.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Saw one picking up a load of KFC yesterday. Who is too fucking lazy to go and get their own dirty-bird? He stood around for fucking ages too, the food will be pretty cold by the time it gets delivered.




What's the fucking world coming to?

 

[campanula]

Yes, I always wondered about that - watching the 'food' bouncing around in a huge box while cyclist delivers to far regions of town - how can anything be remotely edible after that treatment (not to mention the grimness of most carry-outs anyway). Do people reheat it in an oven/microwave? Idle fuckers.

 

[Celyn]

If the customer is in the "far regions of town" and lacks bicycle, car, bus service, ability to walk quickly, I think I can see why they might not trot along and fetch it themselves.

Yeah, it's idle, but all sorts of shops would look very different if everyone was cooking everything from scratch every day.