[HN Gopher] California Pizza Hut operators laying off all delive...
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       California Pizza Hut operators laying off all delivery drivers
        
       Author : theflyingelvis
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2023-12-26 20:33 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (ktla.com)
        
       | hindsightbias wrote:
       | tech has all but made pizza extinct
       | 
       | https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/sf-little-star-pizza-cha...
        
         | ngoro7bd wrote:
         | VCs are rent seekers, like copyright holders
         | 
         | The aggregate have no physical obligation to propagate the
         | memes about their value to society. Their value is coupled to
         | nation state policy, not daily life support of others.
         | 
         | If we're just going to be forced to work for rich people 7 days
         | a week we may as well make our own stuff, barter with our
         | community 7 days week.
         | 
         | Let the rich help labor class by doing the work to serve their
         | real needs rather than externalize. I'm happy to turn a blind
         | eye to any rich who die sick and penniless, as they project is
         | acceptable way to treat others.
        
       | infotainment wrote:
       | Thanks to the magic of the Gig Economy, those people can still
       | deliver pizzas, but with the added bonus of making much less
       | money and having no benefits!
        
       | downrightmike wrote:
       | Time to seriously upcharge on those apps. See how inelastic the
       | demand is.
        
       | idbehold wrote:
       | This is unfortunate since Pizza Hut is quite possibly the best
       | pizza available in California. Does anyone from California know
       | why the pizza selection is so awful there?
        
         | icedchai wrote:
         | There are no independent pizza places? Here in the north east
         | US, I have at least 3 independent pizza places in walking
         | distance. They may outnumber the Dunkin Donuts.
        
         | blcknight wrote:
         | Whaaaat? It's been a while since I lived in california
         | (Monterey and later the Bay Area) but I found California to
         | have some of the best pizza anywhere...
         | 
         | Pesto and potato pizza in the Castro was amazing.
        
       | andy99 wrote:
       | Pizza hut (in Canada) is one of the only pizza places I'll order
       | from because they don't use uber and have their own drivers. I'm
       | sure this is inevitable though.
        
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