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[GeekyDad]

Isn't tipping optional?

And does she not get paid an hourly amount as well?

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Door Dash shouldn’t be showing what individual customers are tipping. It should just be an end of the day or week total. Now that I know they can see the tip amount I’ll never use them.

Uber Eats is the same. The driver or deliverer sess the tip about an hour or two later.

Last time when I ordered food from Uber Eats, the deliverer even messaged me a "thank you" for leaving her a tip about an hour after the order.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Isn't tipping optional?

And does she not get paid an hourly amount as well?

Tipping is optional but highly frowned upon if you don't.

If there's a certain amount in your party, it's no longer an option and becomes mandatory and called a "gratuity" at that point.

That is usually only at restaurants or bars.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Tipping is optional but highly frowned upon if you don't.

If there's a certain amount in your party, it's no longer an option and becomes mandatory and called a "gratuity" at that point.

That is usually only at restaurants or bars.

 

[GeekyDad]

Tipping is optional but highly frowned upon if you don't.

If there's a certain amount in your party, it's no longer an option and becomes mandatory and called a "gratuity" at that point.

That is usually only at restaurants or bars.

No, it was a rhetorical question. I just mean, to actually harass a customer because you didn't get the tip you wanted seems like stepping over that boundary. I waited tables during high school and all throughout college, and we only got $2.01 an hour. I got left some shitty tips or got stiffed altogether. I moved on. This person, I have to assume, gets paid a decent hourly wage (and perhaps even something for gas and vehicle usage). To me, it seems out of line to go to someone's door to harass them like that. I'm not saying perhaps the guy should have given more, but still, it's optional. He didn't (by law) have to give jackshit.

 

[teezzy]

Wait, don't drivers choose which deliveries they want? Or is that only Uber?

I thought it works like a ping goes out and nearby drivers decide to pick it up or not and see the tip beforehand.

That said, I feel bad when ordering long deliveries so I tip well. I actually asked on reddit before and everyone told me I tipped WAY too much. I tipped like 13 bucks for a 5 mile delivery, which IMO is pretty fucking far. And people were like dude, I'd do that for 7 bucks, 13 is insane, way too much.

So I cut the difference and now offer 9 bucks every 5 miles.

That absolutely is how it works. She accepted the order and carried it through and decided to blame him because it took longer than expected. An 8 dollar tip is solid. Shes a buzzard

 

[gosox333]

Man I'm sorry but I gotta side with the driver here. It's not only a shitty job, but a potentially very dangerous one. For all I know this is her only employment option.

There are circumstances where I would write her off, but these aren't them.

 

[GeorgPrime]

Based on that behaviour i hope nobody tips her in the future

 

[Peggies]

Did she really take the food with her again, wtf? She seems like a frustrated teenager who's never had a job before. $8 is a lot!

 

[bad guy]

How about a tip for ordering the food and getting up to open the door?

 

[gunslikewhoa]

Bringing the food all the way back and getting nothing is clearly the smart play here.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I'm glad that this pathologic practice is not popular in my country. Just pay the employee fair wages so that he/she won't have to survive the month based on how big tips they're getting.

 

[CrankyJay™]

I'm glad that this pathologic practice is not popular in my country. Just pay the employee fair wages so that he/she won't have to survive the month based on how big tips they're getting.

We tried that. People like waiters left in droves for old school waiting gigs because the tip ceiling was higher than the guaranteed income. Not sure why that would be different for gig workers for delivery.

 

[Evil Calvin]

For Uber Eats there's a delivery fee and a seevice fee and you're expected to tip.

All for cold food that often arrives with the wrong or missing items.

Which is why I won't use this shit anymore.

And if I do, I'm sticking to mom and pop joints that need the business.

We order food from a big chain grocery store and get it delivered. Not sure who delivers it (my wife orders it so i don't know), but she orders a few cases of water and they charge a 'large item' fee for bringing in the water. I don't think the driver gets that. But that is like 4 fees. Service fee, handling fee, large item fee and a tip. It's all a joke. I usually go to the store and buy it for her myself but sometimes she orders it. It's unreal.

 

[Kamina]

Wait, she got 8$ gifted and complains about it? WTF?

 

[oagboghi2]

DoorDash tells you the distance prior to taking an order
You can cancel the order mid-delivery if you decide to
I'd even straight up bailed on deliveries and took the food home with me to eat like a shithead. Doordash barely cares

This lady is a knob. People never want to claim self responsibility for their issues in life no matter how minimal

$8 is a nice tip. Lots of people who order DD didnt even bother when I was doing it in between jobs. DD also took a cut as well. Bitch needs a reality check

you stole people's food.

 

[teezzy]

you stole people's food.

I was a shithead, yes.

 

[Hydroxy]

Fuck tipping culture. Rich companies making consumers pay their employees wages.

 

[Classicrockfan]

 

[DarkestHour]

Fuck tipping culture. Rich companies making consumers pay their employees wages.

And to think all it would take is a minimal increase of prices for their products that nobody would notice. Also, what's with the fees tacked on for delivery? Why are we still having to tip AND pay a fee for something that has no cost to the employer?