I prepare most of my food at home. I have never used door dash, or any service like that. I’ve never found the need.
I think a lot of people eat fast food. Besides fast food drive ups, what other reason would people have a lot of change in their car? Get change from the window, throw it someplace in the car. When I pay cash for stuff in stores, the change goes in my pocket, not the car. I constantly see people digging, and finding change. How does it get there?
Holy crap, I don’t blame you. Back in the late 90s some transit strike was about to happen. I was part time (weekends 16 hours), covering for someone during the week. Now off weekends and working 40 hours temporarily. Our manager told everyone, if they strike, our new schedules would be 10-12 hour shifts.
I told my supervisor on the side, if they strike, put me back on weekends. I’m not working that. They never went on strike. I don’t know how you do it.
People eating cheaper food is more true than you know.
Real discount stores like BJ’s membership and Aldi’s are expanding full throttle.
Others like Costco and Walmart are also experiencing growing sales.
Meanwhile, restaurants are closing shop left and right.
Retirees living on fixed incomes aren’t dining out it’s too expensive. We dine out maybe twice a month and maybe a pizza now and then. I grew up having family dinners and extended family gathering at the grandparents house for Sunday dinner. It was big Italian family big Italian dinner.
Sure miss that.
That’s a crazy trend.
Can’t trust people enough to eat out especially after covid pulled back the veil on how hard washing hands and covering coughs is for most people. Won’t even eat those prepared foods in the supermarket. Nope. Can’t unsee. Cooked every day since.
Tell the manufacturers to stop making furniture last a million years. 
Please tell me you have someone come over during the day to walk and play with your dog? 
A 10-11 hour day plus an hour to work and back, the dog’s bladder is probably bursting at the seams. Then walks the dog, pats it on the head and off to bed. Rinse and repeat. 
I can’t tell others what to do,
but I can offer suggestions.
Anyone in that situation
should strongly consider investing in a doggy door.
I was just joking. The situation is completely unknown to me.
We almost always prepare meals at home, dining out maybe two or three times a month and on special occasions. But we never eat at fast food outlets (we are fairly particular about the amount of fat and nutrition in our food as we age) or get take-out other than the occasional pizza or Tai food. Neither of us have ever been fast-food junkies. Even when we were both working and raising kids we never relied on fast food. Our decisions to feed ourselves in this manner have been primarily based on health and nutrition, but also, I can only imagine how much money we saved over the last 60 years by eating in.
He gets let out twice a day by my neighbor, nice lady.
Sort of the opposite. Used to buy furniture with solid hardwood frames, made in NC, the good stuff. Lasted a long time. Now? No more hardwood frames, the new crap falls apart in less than 5 years. So folks are holding onto their good stuff and just reupholstering them. If you want to buy the good stuff now, it takes 6 months to arrive and costs thousands.
You probably saved a ton. That’s 2000 pounds!!! In money, and probably in weight gain.
If everyone were like you and I, fast food dumps would be out of business in 6 months. But I didn’t stop for health reasons, I eat whatever is tasty, and often. I stopped because of the poor quality, and the product doesn’t justify the price. The only thing I monitor is salt intake.
I’m lucky. I’ve never had a fast paced hectic lifestyle. I’ve always made sure I had a lot of free time. But with that comes consequences as well.
That includes things like sausage and smoked meats which is often a staple in Northern Europe.
While she’s there, she should put a roast in the oven for you so it’s ready when you get home.
Just thinking out loud here…
