I wish that jobs like this were higher paid.

I’m disabled, and thus sometimes when I order food in this way, it’s because it’s literally the only way for me to access food. That means that in a sense, delivery workers are important components of the complex network of social care infrastructure, and that makes me all the more angry at how exploited these workers are.

I tip generously when I’m able to, but often that’s not something I can afford. There’s not very much that an individual can do to improve the working conditions for exploited workers, and that’s true regardless of whether the person ordering the food is disabled or has some other need for delivery or someone who is just doing it for the convenience. It is possible for people to be able to order food for delivery at relatively affordable prices, and for the delivery workers to be sufficiently compensated for their labour, but that will require political change to counter the systems of oppression. Systemic problems can’t be solved through individual action