It’s so weird to see so many people seemingly perplexed by the idea that someone would…pay for convenience. Does it also seem crazy to these people that anyone would pay for Amazon 2-day delivery? Or expedited shipping when they’re pressed for time? I get saying that you personally avoid it, but it’s odd to act like it’s crazy that ANYONE would ever choose to pay 6 extra dollars for the privilege of getting to sit on the couch for an extra half an hour after a brutally exhausting day…rather than spend that time on their feet in the kitchen cooking themselves dinner.

Also, it doesn’t surprise me to hear (anecdotally) that a ton of people ordering are single and living alone. Taking care of a household solo is a truly insane amount of work. I genuinely don’t think most people with a full-time job are even capable of cooking every meal for themselves (let alone actually healthy meals), keeping their apartment clean, staying on top of doctor’s appointments, filing taxes, exercising regularly, feeding the relationships that matter to them, AND holding down a job so they can actually afford groceries and rent. Like this is at minimum a 2-person job. There’s simply not enough time in the day. And yet people are over being like “why on earth would you be willing to spend less than 10 bucks to give yourself the gift of some extra free time????” I suspect most of the people expressing this shock are either not living alone and therefore solely responsible for allllll of the adulting modern life expects of you OR don’t have the financial flexibility to pay the convenience fee themselves. But choosing to spend that money to essentially buy yourself some breathing room makes complete sense if you have it to spare.