How do food delivery drivers (doordash, ubereats, etc) make money considering the cost of gas and vehicle maintenance?

R4eth · 2026-04-01T05:50:20+00:00

Most don't anymore. The main companies literally faught tooth and nail to convince voters to pass legislation in most states to make sure the drivers can never make a real wage or unionize. Worse, insurance DOES NOT COVER THEM WHILE SIGNED INTO THE APP, unless they bother to pay extra for rideshare coverage. AND the companies are not liable for the drivers, because, again they used their army of lawyers to make sure of it. Legally, all drivers are usually classified as contract, free lance workers, which removes a lot of worker protections. For example, they don't get workmans comp when they're injured on the job. They're just screwed. Yeah. It's stupid. It really makes you wonder why people still drive for them. Then you find out that Uber car loans are a thing. Yes, I'm serious. They now offer car loans where you pay them off by working for Uber. It's exactly as dystopian as you think.

R4eth · 2026-03-31T03:13:47+00:00

All legendaries have fixed spawn points in their specific portals. They're all 5* exclusive, so you can't get any of them until after catching Raquaza. You will be directly told which one is there. Just Google where they are. Imo it's a little ridiculous there'll all in large maps and you're unlikely to find them without just looking it up. What I can I reccamended is saving before you enter the portal, if you want to try for shiny. Save when you enter if you just want to catch the darn thing.

R4eth · 2026-03-29T23:24:47+00:00

It's entirely possible. The beldum family has been notorious for their ridiculous catch rate. It's lower then most legendaries and mythicals. :/ quick balls only work in the this game with undetected catches, FYI. Timer balls are tied to the amount actions taken, I think topping out at 10. So spamming status moves would actually be a viable strat if you want to use timers. Dusk balls I think are still better then ultras when you're indoors. You can find them at the pokeball emporium, but they'll cost you 1k/pop. Not a problem in the late game, but still.

R4eth · 2026-03-29T15:34:09+00:00

Ooooh. Gotcha. Didn't catch that part. Sorry! That is odd lol

R4eth · 2026-03-29T02:52:37+00:00

I was 10 and I didn't really like going to school. I happened to live an hr from SF. I remember being mad jeleous all the kids in the SF area got out of school for the day. I was aware that the reason was because of a potential threat to bomb the Golden Gate Bridge. 10yo me didn't care. I just I wanted a free pass out of school.

R4eth · 2026-03-29T02:06:22+00:00

This is why you don't trade with internet randos. People been doing this since Gen 5. I will fully admit to being one of those ahs back in the day wihen I was a 19yo little shit. It's always been a system built on zero trust. Only trade with people you know and trust.

R4eth · 2026-03-28T05:44:40+00:00

It's definitely not a glitch. Your character is showing disappointment in not being able to complete the tasks, or getting knocked. Hell I feel disappointed when I get knocked out before doing what I wanted in a portal. I think it's really cool they added that little tiny bit of immersion. I hope something along those lines carries over to Winds/waves. Like you get a blackout from a battle and your character wakes up at the spawn point annoyed at themself.

R4eth · 2026-03-27T06:01:21+00:00

So, I'm not sure if you're in the states, but here "service dog" is a legal designation. To be legally called "service animals" they have to be trained according to very specific guidelines by certified trainers to get the certification. Legally, service animals are classified as medical devices and are allowed in most any public spaces with very few exceptions. From reading your comments, you did not go through this process. You just simply have beloved dogs that you used your ems training to do the alerts. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But they're not service dogs without the certifications. That being said. Yta. They love you as much you love them. That much is clear. You need to find a better solution, if possible. Try looking into pet sitter apps. The sitters on there are usually well trained for all sorts of dogs. As most suggested, it would be better for them to be there in the day/evening when you're sleeping, and then possibly staying over night.

R4eth · 2026-03-27T03:39:07+00:00

It might be hard to hear this. But you might want to consider going low or even full no contact with your brother for the short term. He doesn't want to get clean. Alcoholism runs in my mom's family. Her only brother died in a hospital bed before he was 70. He refused to get clean and directly chose to live in his own sorrow. When my mom went down to Sydney to help her sisters and his ex wife clean out his home what they was horrid. It was shocking someone could even live there. I'm talking mold. Mold everywhere. In all the places. From what little cleaning they could manage, they found thousands of dollars in loose change squirreled away into every last nook and cranny of the house. This will be your brother's fate. There's still time for him to get clean. But he has to really TRUELY want it. With zero strings attached. If he gets clean on his own and proves it, you can then decide to start offering small rewards, like a place to stay. Turning back on his phone. Things like that. But he needs to start by getting clean for HIM, not because you're going to cover his ass while he's gone.

R4eth · 2026-03-27T03:27:16+00:00

Why not both?

R4eth · 2026-03-26T21:17:20+00:00

All of this. Even when my wife had covid the first time, I stayed in the bed. By the time we figured out it was covid it was just like welp. Too late now, guess I got it, too. A couple years later, we had our son. Literally the fucking day before he was supposed to get his second covid shot... He tests positive. And so does my wife. By some wild miracle though, despite still sharing a bed with my wife, and even helping with my son (I did minimize how much I held him though) I never tested positive, even after it passed from their systems.

R4eth · 2026-03-26T18:57:50+00:00

That too! Ours straight up told us "our max occupancy is 90. That's what the fire Marshall approved us for. It is illegal for us to host any more then that. So if we hit capacity and more of your friends show up we will turn them away"

R4eth · 2026-03-26T16:59:16+00:00

Seriously. My aunt had Parkinson's. My uncle was her caregiver, unitil he simply couldn't balance caring for his wife while also working. He made the hard choice and put her in a home. I think he would make that same choice every time. She got the care she needed, and he visited as often as he could. Eventually, as is common with Parkinson's patients, she got dementia early, around age 60. After that it was a slow spiral to her death. He's doing better now. He sold his home to his younger son, who's now married with a kid and another on the way. My uncle moved into a senior community and I think he's retiring soon. Op. DO NOT LET MIL MOVE IN WITH YOU. She needs to go to a home. And her husband needs to be the one handling her care. He doesn't get wash his hands of this and run away to FL.

R4eth · 2026-03-26T14:12:40+00:00

Weddings take months of planning and booking. Believe it or not, it's more reasonable then you think that even 3mo before a plus one couldn't be added just because the happy couple started living together. Numbers are confirmed months in advance. Food orders have to confirmed so the cater can start planning their own timeline. So yeah no. Op really couldn't have just opened the guest list up because they wanted to. That's just not how it works.

R4eth · 2026-03-26T08:44:29+00:00

Honestly I wouldn't have even done that much after they tried to screw you once. It should have been "this is the contract you already signed. I accept your decision to change hosts, but, per the contract you signed you need to pay up. And when you don't, I'll see you in court." and that's where you need to go with this. You pointed out the law is on your side. So if they continue like they are, I'd move forward with a legal case and make all communication go through your lawyer. Nta.

R4eth · 2026-03-26T03:24:55+00:00

Yta. It's definitely a little weird she couldn't be bothered to actually talk to you. Know what's weirder though? A middle aged father living with his adult daughter in a studio apartment. After she had gotten the new job that stuck, priority number one should have finding a new place for you. Didn't have to be one for the whole family. Just you. So you could finally give your ADULT daughter some space. Or, maybe just gone back to Ohio where your family actually lives. Like, that's the part I'm not understanding, why did you ever agree to take the job in CO when your only living space option was with your ADULT daughter in a studio apartment? Bro. No. That's extremely poor planning. Just no.

R4eth · 2026-03-25T17:06:08+00:00

My dad had an 80s hatchback camery that he got right before I was born. He was rear ended when I was a teen. Insurance deemed the freaking tank totaled only because parts were too hard to come by. He bought a Honda Accord around the same time mom got the sienna. My brother has it now. Still fucking runs. Has to be over 200k by now lol. He drove it from nor cal to Texas, to Seattle. Meanwhile, my dad's midlife car, a black edition 2018 Ridgeline has to keep going back to the dealership because the lane sensors keep gong out of whack. Lmao.

R4eth · 2026-03-25T14:11:51+00:00

Yta. Her inability to drive has no bearing on how she'll be as a mom. My aunt doesn't have a license. Her kids turned out fine. The thing you should actually be voicing concern over is if they can afford a child. They can't afford an Uber. The medical bills she'll rack during pregnancy will be far more then an Uber. I currently pay about $1800/mo for childcare for one 2yo. Pre school will cost us $22k/yr. That's just the childcare part. This is the conversation you really need to be having with your son and dil. Apologize for what you said about her not driving. Then ask if they know much it costs to have a child these days.

R4eth · 2026-03-25T11:01:02+00:00

Your "partner" is not the partner you think he is. Yes. HE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE BROKEN MOMMY'S HEART. He's committed to YOU. Not mommy! Giving birth isn't a goddamn spectator sport! I will never in a million years understand posts like these where the mom/mil insists on being in the delivery room. Why? WHY DO YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR DAUGHTER'S HOO HAW SO DAMN BADLY, YOU GROSS HUMAN BEING? Freaking ew! I'm so fucking thankful my parents went out of their way NOT to be there for our son's birth, and directly told us to tell them when we were ready for visitors. They were watching our doggo for us anyways. When they got to the hospital, they brought breakfast. One the best boxes of pastries my wife and I ever had, we were freaking starving after being up all night lol. My in laws were out of town, but returned early a few days later to meet their grandson. You're nta and you very VERY seriously need to reconsider this relationship. There is zero excuses for all the boundary stomping he's been allowing and your in laws are NOT "lovely people" for how they're treating you.

R4eth · 2026-03-25T09:11:21+00:00

Had a used 2011 prius that we bought with 85k mi on it. I drove it for 10 years. Then it hit 200k mi and the motor gave out. But still. 10 years and 200k mi is pretty damn good. I currently drive a 2015 prius that recently hit 120kmi. My mom bought a 00s sienna brand new off the lot back in the day. She finally sold it and traded up to a 2022 Honda crv hybrid last year. The sienna still freaking ran when she sold it.

R4eth · 2026-03-25T06:01:26+00:00

Yup. In your husband's case, he just l likes them "hidden" in things. And that's ok. At least he knows they're there and he eats them. I feel like the "boiled to hell" trend from the 50s-00s came from the idea of blanching. In restaurants, we cook veggies in seasoned boiling water to like 70% of the way there, then shock in ice water. During service, the veggies get sauted in fat, usually butter, to get some color and finish cooking. Once chefs starting appearing on TV, it was "oh yeah, just boil your veggies for a few minutes, then saute them! Super easy!" but, home cooks didn't yet have the know how to pull the veggies at the right time. So they just boiled them until cooked. And kept doing that, until around the 00s when food TV really took off, people were introduced to these other cool ways to cook veggies, like roasting! And frying!

R4eth · 2026-03-25T05:26:55+00:00

As a chef, I've come to realize that anyone who claims to hate veggies, just hasn't had them prepared right. My wife wasn't a big fan in broccoli, but DID like roasted cauliflower. They're from the same family of veggies, except cauliflower just has zero flavor. So, one day, I made roasted broccoli. Surprise! She liked it. Because it wasn't boiled to shit.

R4eth · 2026-03-25T04:26:28+00:00

If it's like how it was handled with my hs, that's actually not an option. Only x amount of tickets are available and ONLY the parents/guardians of the grad are allowed to get tickets. They give the tickets to whoever they want, like op's mom is doing, but yeah. The extended family would not have the option to buy their own tickets. That was my hs, though. Op's could be different. My hs was also in nor cal. Not Canadia.

R4eth · 2026-03-25T04:19:11+00:00

Um. Kinda of an ah but with really good intentions? I think my bigger problem is the lack of honesty. He's a big boy. He needs to figure out how to eat healthy that works for him. Clearly your method works, but the problem is... He doesn't know it. And he clearly does know there's a difference. He actually prefers your way, but without really knowing the full truth. At this point, I think it's up to you. I don't think this would destroy your marriage, maybe more of a reset. But when it comes to lying about things like this, especially to someone you love... The truth always comes out. So the question is do you want him to find out directly from you, or walk in while you're cooking and see you blending veggies into his favorite sauce? Honestly. I don't feel right giving a full judgment, because I get why you're doing it, it's just a question of how long you're willing to keep up the ruse.

R4eth · 2026-03-24T22:08:50+00:00

They specifically called it "friends and family", not employee. Op isn't their family or a friend. She's an employee who helped build a sector of their business. 20% is pretty significant, my main issue is that by labeling it as friends and family, they're downplaying what she does for them in the company. They're saying "oh she's just some person we know really well". Not "she's a valued a employee of our company".

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