Fandango asks us:
DO YOU EVER USE A MEAL DELIVERY SERVICE SUCH AS DOORDASH (OR WHATEVER LOCAL EQUIVALENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN YOUR PART OF THE WORLD)? IF SO, HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAVE MEALS DELIVERED TO YOUR DOORSTEP?
“Mom! I’m starvin’! What’s for dinner!”
“Me too, Mom! I’m so hungry! I didn’t eat all day!”
“Well, I’m hugrier than both of you! I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!”
“So what! I could eat a hippo!”
“Big deal! I could eat an elephant!”
“Kids! Please! I’ve been busy cleaning the house and doing laundry all day. I forgot to take something out of the freezer for dinner. We’ll have to get something delivered.”
“Yeah! I want Smashburger. Let’s call DoorDash or GrubHub or Uber Eats!”
“No, Jimmy! We had Smashburger last night. I wanna get Panera Bread!”
“Well, too bad, Betty. Nobody wants Panera Bread except you, right Bobby?”
“Well, I don’t want Smashburger OR Panera Bread. I want Domino’s!”
“SMASHBURGER!”
“PANERA BREAD!”
“DOMINO’S!”
“SMASHBURGER! PANERA BREAD! DOMINO’S”
“SMASHBURGER! PANERA BREAD! DOMINO’S”
“Kids! Stop shouting! I’ve got an awful headache and I’m going upstairs to rest.”
“SMASHBURGER! PANERA BREAD! DOMINO’S!”
“SMASHBURGER! PANERA BREAD! DOMINO’S!”
“DADDY’S HOME! DADDY’S HOME!”
“Hey, guys! What’s all the shouting about? I can hear you all the way out in my car. What’s going on?”
“Mommy forgot to take something out of the freezer for dinner…”
“So we’re getting DoorDash or GrubHub or Uber Eats…”
“I want Smashburger, Betty wants Panera Bread and Bobby wants Domino’s.”
“All right! Calm down! Where’s your mom, anyway?”
“She’s got a headache.”
“Again!”
“And she’s upstairs resting.”
“OK, listen guys. I’m going upstairs to check on mom. Watch a movie and be quiet!“
“I wanna watch Spiderman!”
“You’re stupid! I wanna watch Mulan!”
“I hate you! I wanna watch Super Mario Bros!”
“MOM! DAD! MOM! DAD! MOM! DAD!”
“STOP SHOUTING THIS MINUTE!! MOM AND I HAVE DECIDED. WE’RE ORDERING FROM THE DINER SO EVERYONE CAN GET WHATEVER THEY WANT FROM ONE PLACE. SIT THERE WHILE I GET THE MENU.”
“Yay!! The diner!! The diner!! The diner!!”
“I want…….”
NAR © 2023
Author’s note: Bill and I have never used DoorDash or any of the other apps for meal delivery. I tried InstaCart once or twice but wasn’t happy with the produce and/or meat that was selected for me by someone else. We will occasionally order pizza or Chinese food when I don’t feel like cooking but I’d rather make my own pizza; it’s inexpensive, delicious and easy to do. Meal delivery is a wonderful service for people who have no other option. For us it’s an additional expense we don’t need.
The Elephant's Trunk 
I had fingers in my ears as I read it! I’m surrounded by take-outs, so for me, it’s just a matter of popping outside and going eeny-meeny-miny-mo!
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Haha! Your first line cracked me up!
How very convenient for you.
Someone on my street is cooking right now and the aroma is wafting through my window. Whatever it is, it smells divine! Time to eat!
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My sons’ family order meal all the time from delivery services or their local restaurant, but Peder and I haven’t even considered it. I can’t remember the last time we even had a pizza delivery. I buy frozen ones nowadays, and bake them at home. Is the food still hot when it’s delivered? Peder is cranky if the food isn’t hot. 🤣
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Don’t ask me if the food’s hot! Bill and I never use these apps … but I may or may not know someone who does. My lips are sealed! 😬
I have yet to find a decent frozen pizza. I make my own.
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That’s one of several things that I’ve never been able to master. Dominos works for us, or a frozen one, but we rarely eat pizza as it’s not good for Peder’s blood sugar levels. It makes it shoot sky-high.
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What a great story you told. It’s only the two of us (my wife and me) in our household, but our decision making process can be as chaotic as what you described with your kids in your tale.
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Hahaha!! Thank goodness this is not about me; it’s only Bill and me at home now. It may or may not strongly resemble the scene in the home of someone I know very well. That’s all I’m sayin’!
Thanks, Fan!
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It can be a production! You’ve recreated it well!
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Thanks, Michele! I’m glad I only have to plan cooking for myself and my mister!
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Welcome, Nancy! Bon appetit!
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What a funny take on a very real dilemma, what’s for dinner?
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Thanks, Bridgette! Appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
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We don’t order out anymore due too high prices!! CHINESE FOOD… omg for two of us it cost a few pennies under $40.. and we didn’t order much either. IT’S CRAZY!!!! I’m a good cook I’ve been told so I guess I’ll be doing a lot more cooking. It’s spaghetti night! Woo Hoo!
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Look at the price of groceries! It’s physically easier for us to go shopping twice each week for smaller purchases instead of one big purchase once a week. Almost every time we go it’s $75-100 for two bags of groceries. I can understand why people grow their own fruits and vegetables!
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I doubt we have any of those services in my rural area, we don’t even get pizza delivered here, but if we did I wouldn’t dream of using them!
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We have them all and I use none except for an occasional Chinese food delivery.
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I might be tempted with sushi which we get as take-out every now and then, when I feel like ignoring the sodium content…
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Hmmm. I’m on the fence when it comes to take out sushi. Could go either way. 🤣 🤢
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It is 15 minutes away, we pick it up with a cooler and ice pack, and all is well.
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I’m stressed out just reading this!
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Goodness! From what I’ve heard, this is a fairly frequent occurrence! 🤣
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