{"id":9077,"date":"2020-05-13T03:22:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T03:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=9077"},"modified":"2020-05-13T03:22:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T03:22:31","slug":"theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/misc\/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s no such thing as a free lunch delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the COVID-19 pandemic restaurants everywhere have pivoted to take out and delivery. While I personally prefer dining out, delivery&#8217;s fine with me in a pinch. Unfortunately those delivery fees start to add up after a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I was a little surprised when the salad wizards at Sweetgreen announced they&#8217;d be doing <em>free <\/em>deliveries. With all this sitting around at home I could really go for something healthy &#8212; especially if I don&#8217;t have to pay for delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I went ahead and placed an order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2833-1024x643.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2833-1024x643.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2833-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2833-768x482.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2833.jpeg 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There you go, free delivery! But wait &#8212; what&#8217;s this &#8220;service fee&#8221; included in the price? That sounds an awful lot like a delivery fee, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately you can tap on the service fee for an explanation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2834-1024x467.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2834-1024x467.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2834-300x137.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2834-768x351.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2834.jpeg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the image says above &#8220;This is a fee that allows us to provide our delivery service.&#8221; So the service fee is a delivery fee&#8230; they just don&#8217;t call it that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other news <strong><em>I AM GIVING AWAY FREE $100 BILLS!<\/em><\/strong> (However, you will owe me a $200 service fee for each $100 bill.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the COVID-19 pandemic restaurants everywhere have pivoted to take out and delivery. 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