It probably makes sense to do so. Not that I condone the FICO hustle. But small loans can add up quickly and delinquencies need to be measured for financial market stability.
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I can afford it but I don't use it because it's obscene.
I'm tempted to say that some people are poor because they're imbeciles with poor financial sense.
I live in a working-class neighborhood and it blows my mind how often DoorDash visits my neighbors (particularly considering there are dozens of restaurants within one mile).
The only time I encourage delivery service is when we're too intoxicated to drive.
Obviously I can’t say if this was the case for your family but a friend of mine pays for the premium dash pass subscription and this is exactly the kind of thing he would do, knowing that he won’t be charged the delivery fee. Dunno about tips but that’s optional anyway.
(Man, I sure hope that individual delivering the donut was paid for their time, though. No clue if the economics of Doordash’s subscription model actually allows for that but I can’t imagine how it would, with 3+ deliveries per day at [$10/mo](https://help.doordash.com/consumers/s/article/What-is-DashPa...). Gotta be a combination of some drivers getting screwed, Doordash losing money, and/or dash pass subscribers who rarely order. The order minimum does not apply everywhere. Maybe there are different payment tiers but that’s not detailed on their help page.)
Why do you believe this? Tips cannot go to the business, and businesses were closing during covid because they weren't making any revenue.
The tips helped servers sure, but so did buying food from their place of work such that they can continue to have a job, unless that job literally paid less than minimum wage or unemployment, which is its own atrocity.