DidDunMegasploded t1_iuaizsb wrote on October 29, 2022 at 8:56 PM

What city has the violence occurred in?

My dad had a neighbor who worked for Doordash and he would often complain about him not getting a real job. But that's about it as far as hostility goes. I'm certainly not hostile towards food delivery workers--I'm more scared of them than they are of me. Social anxiety is a bitch.

But if the violence occurs in a sketchy neighborhood, that might be why you're getting flak. When you live in a sketchy neighborhood, nothing strikes fear in you like having a company send a random person to deliver you fast food who might, juuuuust might, scope the place out and decide to rob you later. Even if you ordered the food yourself and know what to expect..

Even if you're not that type of person, people don't fuck around with stuff like that.

eljefino t1_iubg9f0 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:16 AM

Why couldn't someone in that situation set up housekeeping so "the good stuff" isn't visible to solicitors at the front stoop? Or meet them just outside?

DidDunMegasploded t1_iubixp0 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:38 AM

They could hide their good stuff, but not a lot of people do because Maine is a low-crime state, and thus, it must be a safe state where burglaries are exceptionally rare when they aren't. Hiding your good stuff is just plain old common sense no matter where you live.

But they could meet them outside too, sure. It's just the act of having a complete stranger come to your house and on your property that throws people off and causes them to lash out. That, or they order the food and don't wish to be bothered, but delivery people bug them anyway because...well yeah, it's their job, and customers don't get that.