Ubereats, Temptation & The Tale of One Blind Man’s Cravings - Blessing? Curse? Or a delicious test of self-control?
There was a time—feels like another life—when the only food delivery available was from the dingy local Chinese joint down the block. You know the one. Food? Meh. Service? Worse. But if you didn’t want pizza, that was it. That was the reality of food delivery as recently as 2019. Image: Dirty kitchen with five men in chef hats and stained aprons preparing food. The counter is covered in food debris, and a large cockroach is visible on one of the plates. [ ] Now imagine being blind. You’ve got a craving for donuts. Or a juicy, dripping cheeseburger. But you can’t just hop in the car or stroll to the corner deli. Accessibility becomes a battlefield. And then... along came Ubereats. SkipTheDishes. DoorDash. And suddenly—hundreds of restaurants, right at my fingertips? Holy shit, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. Image: Blonde woman with angel wings and a glowing halo, wearing a white bikini, stands at a wooden door. She holds a Food Delivery bag and presses the doorbell. [ ...