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[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I used to run a pizza place. Bad snow was some of the worst. Half the staff would call off and we'd have double the orders. We were in a mostly flat city on a grid, so we would cut delivery down to just the grid. People would be furious to be denied delivery pizza. "I just drove up the hill an hour ago! It's fine!" Yeah in your truck. My delivery driver is in a beat up twenty year old four cylinder.

One day I tried to take our car to work and immediately put it in a ditch. I called my boss while I walked to work. I said we can't do delivery today this is too extreme. He said oh just do the grid like usual. The only driver who showed up that morning wrecked his car on his third delivery. We always told them, take the topper off your car and hide it in your trunk. If insurance finds out you were doing commercial business they will not pay.

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 1 points 27 minutes ago* (last edited 24 minutes ago) (2 children)

Technically it's not the power of the engine but the AWD/4WD. You can floor your engine and just skid on ice. Subarus are pretty cheap 4 cyl boxer engines known for great handling in snow with some clever differential systems they have (viscuous coupling diffs, active torque split, etc.) But yeah a Ford Focus or Honda Civic or whatever with FWD only will leave you stranded. Not your main point I know.

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 1 points 18 seconds ago

With that said, a beater with snow tires and chains on the trunk (and a driver that knows how to put them on before they are needed) will do better than a Subaru with all season tires.

Source: Subaru forums, even a RWD like a BRZ/FRS with snow tires can be safe if driven with the car’s limitations in mind.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 minute ago

I just shake my head at people that think if you're spinning out on the ice, just press the throttle harder. Fucking idiots.

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 42 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

Man where do you live that an inch of snow is enough to call off going out?

And how much is rent?

[–] FPSXpert@discuss.online 1 points 53 minutes ago

Gonna likely be Houston about this time tomorrow. Good luck and godspeed to whoever braves the roads.

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 21 points 5 hours ago

Jamaica, if there's an inch of snow here, the chances are there will never be work again.

[–] Ostrichgrif@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

A few weeks ago Georgia (the state) got an inch and a half of snow and the whole state shut down for two days. It's for the best honestly no one has snow tires or snow driving experience, and very few places store salt for the roads. It used to only snow every couple years and that's turned into about 1 in 5 now so it's best to just shut down for a bit tbh.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

It irks me when people order delivery when the roads are unsafe - no one should have to put their life on the line like that. I know some people rely on it, though. The snow has been terrible here for days and Meals on Wheels has been canceled so I cooked a big pot roast today to share with elderly neighbors. We've all gotta look out for eachother.

[–] FPSXpert@discuss.online 1 points 51 minutes ago

We did do that once as bored teenagers on an off day back in maybe 2006. Though the pizza shop let us know it was going to take about two hours, which we were totally cool with, and tipped the driver like 20 bucks (on top of a $15 order) because we knew it was probably hell getting there.

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do, I get that. But if you're gonna be doing that, please tip your drivers very generously and give them plenty of time and don't be an asshole to them :)

[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I mean theres nothing that unsafe about the roads in the picture. Thats like regular for a lot of places and people don't just stop living. I worked as a delivery driver and had to drive in way worse conditions, whats shown wouldnt even have registered as a hazard at all.

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 hours ago

It's safe when infrastructure exists, people used to snow, and everyone has winter tires.

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, the delivery people need to get paid, right?

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Those dollars won't mean much when they're being buried. I lost an employee many years ago when the company insisted we go into the office during an ice storm and he swirved into a tractor trailer. It was an entirely senseless and avoidable death.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 25 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

That's kind of the cruelty of capitalism. You can coerce people do unsafe or unpleasant things, but it gets framed as a favour because hey they're getting paid.

Whereas if the person you were paying was truly comfortable and didn't need money for survival, there is a chance that they would forego working on that kind of night.

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[–] SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I don't see how that's the customer's responsibility. The order should be rejected by door dash if they can't safely deliver.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 hours ago

There's always someone else we can blame. Door Dash execs can just say if they don't deliver then one of their competitors will. Everyone's being shitty and it's no one's fault.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 12 points 7 hours ago

If youre driving for doordash you already aren't in a good financial situation. If they tip large (keep in mind on doordash a good tip is anything above $5 because tips on doordash are fucking garbage) youre going to be incentivized to take it to feed your family another day.

Source: I was a DD driver for 2 years and it sucked shit.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 97 points 12 hours ago (41 children)

I just got this beauty of an alert.

That's -34.44 Celsius for those not in the USA.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 20 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

30 below expected? What was expected?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 hours ago

30 below is expected.

[–] _____@lemm.ee 6 points 6 hours ago

Funnily enough meteorologists have all sorts of short phrases like that that I find equally confusing, it's like half broken English but it works

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 hours ago

"30 below [zero]" expected

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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 50 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

Sounds like a perfect time to have a minimum-wage worker bring you food!

(jokes aside I hope you're ok)

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 77 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Don't worry, they're not paid minimum wage. They're contractors so there's no such thing. 😊

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 119 points 13 hours ago

No tip though, cause I don't support the tipping culture.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 56 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (6 children)

I’ve seen an ad on German television (yea, yea, I still do watch it) whose whole point was that Saturday should be a [Edit: ~~free day~~ day off], but it’s marred by having to do grocery shopping. The climax of that ad was a woman shouting “Let’s take back our Saturdays” Braveheart style.

The ad is for a service that has people shopping for you. I wonder when their busiest day will be…

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 31 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'm a bartender. I work when other people are off work. I thrive on their days off. I have days off too, just not yours. Not everybody wants to work a 9-5.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

My years of hospitality were pretty darn convenient. Sure, it was hard scheduling things with people working 9-5, but errands were always a breeze. Virtually no lines anywhere, everything open, negligible traffic. I could swing by the DMV on a whim.

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 minutes ago

When I lived in New York I was flabbergasted any time I had to ride the subway during morning rush hour. I could never live with having to do that every day.

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