I returned home from a little vacation late on Saturday night. I took a taxi home from the airport and I’d be getting home around midnight. You might understand that I did not have much in the way of food at home given that I was away for many days. I was also very hungry, with the time since my last meal verging on twelve hours.
To solve this problem, I did something that I’ve been thinking about doing for years: I was going to order food while en route from the airport. The apps give you a rough estimate of when you might get your order, so I made sure I didn’t order too early, since my food would just be sitting in front of my door, getting cold. Of course, there was nothing wrong with ordering food later into my drive home, other than perhaps needing to wait for it once I got home.
I managed to time it pretty well. The delivery driver buzzed my intercom about a minute before I got dropped off. When I got out of the taxi, my driver must have just left the area. When I got to my front door, there was a bag of food waiting for me, which gave me the best feeling, after a long day of travel.
The modern world sucks in so many ways, but I am glad we figured out some way for someone to order food on the way home from the airport.