Avoid the rush
Let's face it - when you've had a rough day at work and you're on your way home in bumper-to-bumper traffic, the last thing on your mind is cooking. A quick and easy take-away meal is generally a welcome relief to a hard day at the office and a hellish ride home.
When you get to your restaurant of choice, it's anyone's guess how busy it will be. In the perfect scenario, you might manage to walk straight up to the counter, order your food and leave within 15 minutes but, more often than not, you'll find yourself tired, hungry and standing in a queue while the person at the front reads each menu item from start to finish.
Mobile food ordering might not make your job better, or the traffic any faster, but you will be able to take control of how long you spend waiting around for food. There are a few companies that offer this service, but let's use GourmetMobi as an example. While sitting in traffic, you could simply send a text message to GMOBI on 33282 with the restaurant of your choice, and your order will be waiting for you when you get there.
Try something new
An SMS food ordering service like GourmetMobi offers a wide variety of restaurants to choose from, so instead of getting the usual from the most convenient on-the-way-home places, try something new and get it delivered straight to your door.
If you're not in the mood for being adventurous, you could even choose from a preset personally customized menu by typing one word - ordering fast food couldn't get any faster.
Stop counting your money
Don't have cash for the delivery person? Don't want to wait in a queue to pay for an order? Just pay for you order online with your credit card and settle everything beforehand. You can buy almost anything online nowadays, so why not food?
Almost everyone has used some sort of online payment system before - by using a payment gateway like PayPal, you could essentially SMS your food order on your way home, automatically pay using PayPal> and have your food order delivered to your door and waiting for you when you get there.
Embrace the future
It's often tough to change the way we think about our day-to-day routines, but with some things, there is no reason to be left behind. If something could make your life easier and give you a break from the boring and the mundane for just an extra half an hour, it would be well worth it.
