Contradiction 4

Food delivery makes people more lazy

My forth contradiction is that food delivery makes people lazier. This is a contradiction because it is a service that is meant to make life easier for us, but it is actually doing more harm to people than good.

When doing research into this topic I realised that it is not just an issue with food deliveries but with these types of services in general, such as UBER, Postmates and Deliveroo.

Research

In America there is an app or service for virtually anything, such as Postmates for food or shopping, Homejoy for cleaning your house, and HopSkipDrive to take your kids to and from school.

One UBER driver even said:

 “On my most recent outing, I was preparing for take-off and noticed that my GPS was telling me the destination was only one minute away. I confirmed the location with my passenger and she said, "I have a car, but sometimes it takes me a couple minutes to find parking, and what's the point if it's only $4?"

With on-demand products it has become ‘Now, or I go to the next guy’ when it used to be ‘Within a day, or week’.

In 2015, Amazon launched a button that when pressed will order and buy a certain product for you.

The buttons currently come for:

-      - Tide

-     -  Gatorade

-      - Fiji water

-      - Larabars

-      - Trojan condoms

-      - Kraft mac and cheese

Due to all these services being readily available for everyone it means that people are less inclined to leave their houses, or really do anything for themselves.