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Fast fashion companies
I buy on Amazon only if I got some gift card (because im broke af and those are free money) but never with the fast shipment
Fast foods, Starbucks and similar
Delivery companies like Uber eats or Glovo
Meat
I don’t buy not-reusable products (like toothbrushes, razors, cotton) with a few exceptions, where I can I buy the eco or tech versions
Why Glovo?
Because they treat their riders like shit (not only Glovo, every delivery company) and they also take a big cut from the shops, so if I want to order some pizza for example I call directly the pizza guy from the pizzeria or the supermarket delivery But if you absolutely need to use a delivery service at least give a nice tip to the rider, unfortunately in my country tips are uncommon, very few people give it and usually is just some coins
Are you speaking from experience? What do you consider a decent tip and do they actually go to the riders?
Yes I was a rider for a brief period, your pay is calculated on the time and distance of your delivery but when you meet the client they can give you cash as a tip, you don’t have to declare it so Glovo wouldn’t even knew about it
Just a few euros are fine, only one time a woman gave me 5€, people here don’t use to tip but if they do they give you just the spare change from their pockets
Always feel bad as I soldem have cash to tip and depend on the in app tip feature. Guess it's not too much effort to have cash reserves if it's as bad for riders as you say.
Meat?!
Yes. I don't boycott it myself, because I fucking love meat, but we need to finda way to make it more sustainable and less cruel to animals. (Not the murdering part, of course, but how we treat them beforehand.)
I fully understand why somebody boycotts it.
Yeah, that would be awesome, but it would be against the principles of capitalism- profit over sustainability, so probably it won't happen soon.
Yep! You have to actually boycott it if you want anything to change.
I wonder if meat eaters think vegetarians don't like meat? I loved eating meat, I hanker for burgers and steaks as much as the next man. I grew up on a farm, I'm not some bleeding heart. But I figured I gotta put my money where my mouth is, I couldnt say I was an environmentalist and not do the one biggest thing an individual can.
Yeah I don’t know if it counts as a boycott, I’m vegetarian but I don’t buy meat for our family also, my husband eat meat only when someone gift him (we are in a rural area so it happens)
Never met a vegetarian?
Not really, no.