The stark difference in tone between the beginning of this article and the end was startling. Judging from the set-up, I thought it was going to be a profile of a company working to improve conditions in rural areas, or for immigrants.<p>But the inherent mismatch between the depiction of  Tran&#x27;s very hard  early life resulting from the aftermath of war and logistical difficulties in a third-world country made the problem he&#x27;s facing now, how to make food for middle-to-upper-class households in America, seem laughable and trivial.<p>What problems are start-ups like Munchery trying to solve? Not the conditions that created Tran and many like him, but
the issue of those who don&#x27;t have home chefs.<p>I&#x27;m not saying clawing back time from the day and isn&#x27;t important and  isn&#x27;t valuable.  It most definitely is, especially for parents working in the &quot;second shift&quot;[1], after work.<p>But depicting the idea that Munchery is some great force with a vision while ignoring the larger systemic problems in the story (poverty, access to clean water, aftermath of war) that propelled Tran to arrive in America is a failure of journalism.<p>Let&#x27;s work on -  and shed light on -  the harder stuff.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Second_Shift" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Second_Shift</a>