I do Grab Food delivery and noticed that some shops purposely put different name on their Grab profile and actual signboard name. At first I thought it was just laziness or simply some people fucked up, an annoyance to us riders having to play hide and seek, but now I begin to feel like this is a deliberate ploy.

These are so called virtual kitchens. They don't actually exist, but just a front for some other companies/operations. Nothing wrong with that, even Nestle don't sell everything under the Nestle brand.

Where it gets insidious is when a single shop use multi terminals, spamming the marketplace. Customer don't realise that the vast choice they see on the platform are actually them getting more of the same, and platform owners don't mind because it makes their platform look thriving. This is just hearsay but it seems like the platform marketing people are also encouraging/facilitating this behind the scene.

For customers, virtual kitchens by brick and mortar restaurants is not

We all seen it happen at least once. Mention anything that touches stereotypes on our Indian community, and you will be bombarded with responses shutting down the whole conversation. Even if it is a genuine attempt to understand and learn.

Basically, "We don't talk about that"

What's most frustrating about this is not all the negative responses from people who don't even bother to read what you wrote, but the total absence of sane responses to balance it out. This is the internet, of course reactionists exist. But you would expect there should be at least some voices from the other side. In this case however, it is eerily silent.

So because no meaningful conversation can take place, people are left with their imagination, assumption, speculation.

And this piece is too is my own speculation.

How I see it is that our Indian community are very well aware that they are getting screwed, hard. Everything is falling apart, and things are fucked beyond repair. Insecurity is deep. And the

Not a fan of Airbnb myself due to having lots of sketchy properties on that site, but most people who say they don't want it in their neighborhood always say that they are a lot of trouble.

I am lucky to never experience this before, so I am curious to know what's your side of the story?

And what do you guys think about ori Aibnb concept of couch surfing with live in owner? Would it be more acceptable?