Fuck the whole thing, and especially the tipping bit. You want a trip, read the subreddit /r/doordash, (back when I was on reddit that is). Some greedy ass MFs live in there swapping stories about how they'll gladly turn down jobs because the tip wasn't high enough.

Like what, am I supposed to tip you 30% just to have my food delivered? Fuck that. Tipping is supposed to be a thank you on top of it, not a bribe to convince you to do your job. Tipping should come after everything where I can decide how well you did. There are horror stories where they've texted asking for a higher tip and worse yet holding onto the food demanding a higher tip or the people don't get their food.

You're exactly right, I just get my ass in the car and go get it now. It had a purpose during covid, but now they can go pound sand. Last time I did it was exactly the same as yours, I watched my food get assigned to a driver who sat for a parking lot for 10 minutes before deciding he should go pick up my order (which was fast food, and ready immediately, and sitting there getting cold).

[–] Soulg@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those people are doing that to make money, if I see a trip that's 20-30 minutes total of driving but only get $4-5 for it, I'm declining it. If you think that makes me greedy, then I'm glad you've had such a privileged life.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's placing your anger and low pay on the customers, not the corporation that's holding 50% of your profits. You want to be mad, be mad at them, refuse to drive for them, demand a better share.

My last meal from door dash breaks down as:

Food: $58.80
"Delivery Fee": $3.99
"Service Fee": $8.82
Tax: $7.34
Tip: $8

So sorry I didn't want to tack on any more to my $85 dollar order for 2 people. "Recommended tip" would have put me over $95 dollars. Let me put it this way, if I paid $85 dollars for a delivery order and you only made $8, we're both getting screwed.

The fun thing, I'd be willing to tip more if they didn't ask for it up front. If I received my order in a timely manner and it's still hot, I'd gladly tip 20%. But being forced to choose ahead of time? No way I know how it's going to get there, that's why I call it a bribe. The driver isn't doing their job and I'm tipping them on a job well done, I'm bribing them to get my food quickly.

Granted that was the last time and I was disgusted with how much I paid, so I go and pick it up myself now, so I guess no money for anyone except the restaurant.

If you're only getting $4-5 dollars for 30 minutes, I'd suggest going to McDonald's. They're paying better than doordash.