Delivery Drivers outside McDonalds Cork Road

They will be Just Eat or Uber Eats doing deliveries. Deliveroo do too, but I think they are only on bikes? None of them will be employed by McDonalds.

....happy days, free meal!

What is your problem with with foreigners? Your post history is full of attacks on non-nationals, migrants etc. I've never read so much shite in my life reading yor posts.

I wouldn't be so sure about the "All above board and legal" part.

There's a big issue with the Just-Eat/Deliveroo/UberEats model that most drivers are only operating on their personal motor insurance and are covered for domestic & leisure driving only. The rates that these drivers are being paid are far too low for them to be able to afford commercial insurance that would cover delivery services.

People think "leave them off" because they like getting their takeaway delivered on the cheap.

There's significant issues around the legalities of the deliveroo/ubereats model - but using it to have a pop off "dem foreigners" reeks of an agenda.

Any gig-type jobs such as these are likely to be cutting corners on laws and regulations, and often under-declaring their incomes - whether Irish or not. It's the nature of the type of job.

Ultimately - people would be more outraged if there was a swift crackdown on the food delivery industry with enforcement of regulations and tax-compliance, and the cost of getting food delivered suddenly doubled.

That's some impressive strawmanning right there - who claimed anything about "vouching" for drivers.

These drivers don't have an employer - they're all independent contractors, bidding based on lowest cost and nothing else.

Lowest cost is the only thing that customers are demanding, so there's no incentive for McDonalds or anyone else to change

well whatever about them blocking up the road and the layby and Macdonalds saying it is out of their hands, surely Macdonalds can patsy up a suitable waiting area for them. If you go in the door they have the whole area blocked up loitering at the main entrance. The space is tight enough as it is. This isnt just a pet peeve I have with macdonalds there is plenty of restaurants in town doing sit-down and take-away menus that allow the delivery drivers wait amongst the people dining in.

And yes this is a first-world problem.

My first thought would be :

Who the fcuk would get McDonalds food delivered ?!?!?!?!? 😣

If you eat it in the place , or straight after in your car from the drive through, it is barely warm at best, so how could you eat that stuff cold when it gets to you !!?!?!

Home microwaves have existed for nearly 70 years.

Not that I'd be getting McDonald's home delivery either.

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You are living under a rock if you assume delivery delivers don't get cash in hand.

Delivery is just a little job on the side lots of young men do while collecting dole etc.

Getting food delivered from McDonald's .. it's got to be the ultimate in laziness.

I think the delivery guys are working for less than minimum wage ... Is this legal? They all seem to have L plates. Why is this... No driving test slots available?

Another issue I've seen in McDonald's... People use the self service screens to order and pay, given a print out with order number, that staff never ask for. They call out order number, say there's no response... A head walks forward and collects somebody else's meal, then disappears... Neat trick.

My dad was saying he had a near miss not too far from here with a delivery driver on a bike, just cycled straight out onto the road without looking - coming from McDonalds he reckoned. Lucky he was a bit back and going slow so was able to slow down in time.

It wasn’t a slight at cyclists at all, both my dad and I are regular cyclists (road bikes for sport/hobby). It was at the inconsiderate behaviour of some delivery workers regardless of their mode of transport. The behaviour of many motorists is terrible also no hiding that fact.