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[quote=Anonymous]It is bonkers, but i can also see how it is a thing.  When we were relying more on doordash (covid, and for a few years after, it would be our friday night treat) it would always be $100 for our family of three to get a fairly normal meal of thai food or chinese or whatever. With some insane $20 service fee, a $14 tip, $7 in taxes, and a standard $50 of actual food.  So if a family is doing that 5-6-7 nights a week, then year, it will be $700 a week.  We still often get takeout or delivery on fridays, but we've shifted away from doordash as much as possible, and either pick up or use restaurants with their own delivery service.

My neighbors have a money spending problem. Well, he does.  He gets home from the hospital at 3pm every day.  She gets home from her dr job at 8 every night.  Her DH is apparently too lazy to cook, so every night, her husband and 2 teens have all typically ordered 3 different restaurants between them.  The dad thinks it's adorable that they all have such high standards for different foods. He also once told us his theory of making sure they always tipped like 40% "to teach my daughters the value of money".  ??? Meanwhile, his wife (my friend) tells me they are in debt up to their eyeballs and can't afford any of it, despite two doctor salaries.  I'm sure they're spending $100+ a night on food, and it's just a symptom of a bigger problem with spending and lack of financial accountability.  [/quote]

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