Is Convenience Culture Making Us Lazy... and Less Human?

From Desperation to Doorstep Delivery

I used to remember when I was a kid and I’d forget to buy a political map or some project material or a printout till the night before school, I would tell my dad and there was nothing he could do. My only option was to go to school tomorrow and face the consequences of leaving things to the very last minute.

Today, that’s a whole different story. You can have anything you want delivered to you at any time, instantly. Whether it be Blinkit, Swiggy, Zepto, whatever. They all cater to this instant culture that has been growing at a rapid pace.

Amazon has to be credited for being the pioneers of this culture (whether that’s good or bad). We blankly scroll through their page, get wowed by some random product whether we need it or not, and voila, it’s there the next day or even the same day.

The Human Cost of Instant Convenience

But what are the consequences of this convenience culture? The middle class and the upper class can sit back and enjoy as we order things to us at the tap of a finger while the lower class work are underpaid to this. Amazon has already been exposed for their harsh work conditions and their treatment of employees which they do so they can increase their efficiency in catering to this convenience culture.

The Swiggy, Zepto, Blinkit drivers and packers or the Rapido, Uber, Ola drivers, are all underpaid and overwork themselves. The newer generation that grows into this culture lack a general sense of empathy because this is the only culture they know of.

The Psychological Toll of One-Tap Living

This convenience culture also creates an over-reliance on apps to do everything. Ranging from chatgpt writing our essays to urban company coming over to our houses to clean our toilets… The need to possess basic life skills like cooking, cleaning, even thinking is declining.

We program our brains to expect quick solutions to all problems, expecting instant gratification whenever we want it. This thinking is pushed further by capitalism and commercialism as we are brainwashed into believing this lifestyle is beneficial to us.

While it is nice to have these things, we must also understand the dark side to this. We cannot blindly enjoy having our food delivered to us during heavy rains while some underpaid worker delivers it to us. We need to be more empathetic to the people who work tirelessly to give us these instant satisfactions, ensuring they also get what they deserve.

When we do this, we automatically can also learn to be more self-reliant, as it is always useful to know basic skills to be able to survive anywhere. We have to resist the temptation to buy a bunch of products we don’t need, while it is okay to do it on occasion, we should try to live on what we really need and fight the capitalist mentality that has been ingrained within us.

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