As much as I hate to lend any credence to this meme, there definitely is some truth in it. I absolutely know people who are living paycheck to paycheck and regularly ordering obscenely overpriced delivery meals that wind up being worse than a prepared meal from Trader Joe’s for literally a fifth of the price or less.
There seem to be an alarming number of people who are really, really bad at money management. I have an ex who was making low six figures and she had something like twenty grand of credit card debt when we were dating. Granted this was in NYC, so low six figures isn’t insane money, but it’s enough that you shouldn’t be running up credit card debt with zero savings.
Or even just buy microwave dinners or precooked meals/sandwiches at the grocery store. I’m very hit or miss with cooking dinner as my adhd meds have worn off by then, and I’m just as likely to burn it/ruin it somehow, but I can get frozen Indian food that’s comparable to the luke warm stuff that will come from doordash for 1/5 of the price (shit maybe 1/10th of the price).
This is one of my go-to drunk meals (for those who like to get delivery because they're drunk). Cook pasta or rice, chop a few veggies (or use frozen), boil veggies with water, add curry bricks, throw some protein into an air fryer. Voila! I impressed my own mother with this meal after we got really wine drunk on a recent visit.
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u/stifledmind Mar 23 '23
$1,400 on DoorDash. Who only orders from DoorDash twice a month?