Tons of people don’t tip Dashers or Shoppers

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Anonymous wrote:Our HHI is 800k and I can’t justify paying for food delivery + tip. I’m amazed that so many can afford it.

Let me guess, the nanny, housekeeper who shops for you, and gardner are all ok expenses? Not like you shop for yourself or do much else.

Jeez. DP with a similar HHI and we absolutely do not have any of these things. Weekly cleaning service, occasional nanny, not even a landscaping service. I don’t know how you think we could possibly afford 3 full time professionals paid in post tax income.

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Anonymous wrote:Why you should tip good delivery drivers/shoppers.

1. It's not a job. It's a contract. 30 minutes approx. The apps pay them a small fee for accessing your request. That money is not enough to pay them for the service you request.

If someone takes their personal vehicle, drives to the store , uses a pcard to get $150-500 worth of groceries , shops the items, bags them, loads them up , hauls them up stairs etc. the batch fee does not cover the extra work.

Yes, but keep in mind Instacart shopping of a big grocery order and delivery of take out food are way different. Should not tip them the same. I use to tip $20-40 for a 200-300 dollar instacart. The instacart driver takes 20-30 minutes to shop. Take out deiver just pops in and pick up a bag from reataurant, and often can do two take out orders in one trip. I tip 5-10 for take out delivery based on how long they are driving. If driving 5 miles the tip is 5. If 10 miles the tip is 10-14.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why you should tip good delivery drivers/shoppers.

1. It's not a job. It's a contract. 30 minutes approx. The apps pay them a small fee for accessing your request. That money is not enough to pay them for the service you request.

If someone takes their personal vehicle, drives to the store , uses a pcard to get $150-500 worth of groceries , shops the items, bags them, loads them up , hauls them up stairs etc. the batch fee does not cover the extra work.

Yes, but keep in mind Instacart shopping of a big grocery order and delivery of take out food are way different. Should not tip them the same. I use to tip $20-40 for a 200-300 dollar instacart. The instacart driver takes 20-30 minutes to shop. Take out deiver just pops in and pick up a bag from reataurant, and often can do two take out orders in one trip. I tip 5-10 for take out delivery based on how long they are driving. If driving 5 miles the tip is 5. If 10 miles the tip is 10-14.

And I know how long it takes to do the shops at Costco for instacart, because I can do the same shop in 20 minutes as a regular Costco member. only used the Instacart Costco during first year of Covid, and stopped because of the instacart markups.

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Anonymous wrote:Get another job if you need tips

Stop being lazy and get your own food if you are too cheap to tip.

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Anonymous wrote:I think its gotten hard for that gig as food prices have skyrocketed, PLUS the extra 10-15% markup per item that instacart adds...people just don't want to tip on top of that. Is it right? No. But it is what it is.

Did a $454 two cart order for Instacart on Wednesday and zero tip!

We have a local forum list of non tippers where we no to not take or decline the order.

There’s a catch though for people if they pay with WIC or EBT for example they cannot tip with that card on file. Cash is also rare for some to have on hand.

I'm sorry but people on welfare should not be wasting it on a luxury service - I would hope it is banned entirely

Or maybe they should have delivery fees waived.

No need to punish people because they are struggling financially.

If you can’t afford groceries, you can’t afford grocery delivery. Sorry.

And sorry you can’t understand that elderly and disabled people exist, and the same reasons that prevent them from working also prevent them from grocery shopping. But let me guess- your pro-starvation and ableist philosophy stems from your “pro life” beliefs, right?

So? You’re then asking delivery people to work for these people for a sub-minimum wage. That’s not right.

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Anonymous wrote:Why you should tip good delivery drivers/shoppers.

1. It's not a job. It's a contract. 30 minutes approx. The apps pay them a small fee for accessing your request. That money is not enough to pay them for the service you request.

If someone takes their personal vehicle, drives to the store , uses a pcard to get $150-500 worth of groceries , shops the items, bags them, loads them up , hauls them up stairs etc. the batch fee does not cover the extra work.

I think this is a really important point. Doordash and similar do not hold themselves out to be employers. They “contract” with delivery people, paying them a small fee and taking a large profit. This is not a situation where “the employer” should pay them more, because there is no employer.

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Anonymous wrote:Get another job if you need tips

Who would bring your food then, lardass?

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Anonymous wrote:Our HHI is 800k and I can’t justify paying for food delivery + tip. I’m amazed that so many can afford it.

Let me guess, the nanny, housekeeper who shops for you, and gardner are all ok expenses? Not like you shop for yourself or do much else.

Jeez. DP with a similar HHI and we absolutely do not have any of these things. Weekly cleaning service, occasional nanny, not even a landscaping service. I don’t know how you think we could possibly afford 3 full time professionals paid in post tax income.

I hope you don’t go around saying things like this in public. We make a quarter of what you do and consider ourselves extremely comfortable. Pity the poor $800k householder!

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Anonymous wrote:Get a real job

Please enlighten us as to what is a “real” job?

A W2 job

So you better never read something a free lance reporter writes.

Also did you know many doctors are contract employees who get a 1099? I hope you have the guts to say that to their face.

Those doctors aren’t whining for “tips.”

Correct, but don’t forget to tip the mohel when he circumcises your son. He definitely works for tips!

Thank you, I’ll be here all weekend. Don’t forget to tip your servers.

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Anonymous wrote:Our HHI is 800k and I can’t justify paying for food delivery + tip. I’m amazed that so many can afford it.

Let me guess, the nanny, housekeeper who shops for you, and gardner are all ok expenses? Not like you shop for yourself or do much else.

Jeez. DP with a similar HHI and we absolutely do not have any of these things. Weekly cleaning service, occasional nanny, not even a landscaping service. I don’t know how you think we could possibly afford 3 full time professionals paid in post tax income.

I hope you don’t go around saying things like this in public. We make a quarter of what you do and consider ourselves extremely comfortable. Pity the poor $800k householder!

DP. You do realize how expensive it is to have one full-time employee? With benefits and everything. Then x3?

Could you pay 3/4 of salary and benefits for an household employee?

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Anonymous wrote:Get a real job

Please enlighten us as to what is a “real” job?

A W2 job

So you better never read something a free lance reporter writes.

Also did you know many doctors are contract employees who get a 1099? I hope you have the guts to say that to their face.

Those doctors aren’t whining for “tips.”

Correct, but don’t forget to tip the mohel when he circumcises your son. He definitely works for tips!

Thank you, I’ll be here all weekend. Don’t forget to tip your servers.

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Anonymous wrote:Our HHI is 800k and I can’t justify paying for food delivery + tip. I’m amazed that so many can afford it.

Let me guess, the nanny, housekeeper who shops for you, and gardner are all ok expenses? Not like you shop for yourself or do much else.

Jeez. DP with a similar HHI and we absolutely do not have any of these things. Weekly cleaning service, occasional nanny, not even a landscaping service. I don’t know how you think we could possibly afford 3 full time professionals paid in post tax income.

I hope you don’t go around saying things like this in public. We make a quarter of what you do and consider ourselves extremely comfortable. Pity the poor $800k householder!

DP. You do realize how expensive it is to have one full-time employee? With benefits and everything. Then x3?

Could you pay 3/4 of salary and benefits for an household employee?

My point is that no one wants to hear about a person who makes almost a million a year whining about their financial constraints. I mean, the first $800k person said they couldn't afford having food delivered to their house. That is utterly preposterous. They may not prioritize food delivery, but it is entirely within their financial means to do so.

[Anonymous]

Sorry but if you need or want that tip for doing your job or whatever you were contracted to be doing, you are not entitled to it. It’s the same for every other salaried or contract position in the workforce.

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry but if you need or want that tip for doing your job or whatever you were contracted to be doing, you are not entitled to it. It’s the same for every other salaried or contract position in the workforce.

Okay, fine, but you're going to push people out of these jobs, and then who will deliver your food? These companies aren't going to make up the difference, they'll likely just decide it's not a viable business model. Frankly I won't be sorry to see Grubhub, DoorDash, or Ubereats disappear. We got along without them before.

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Anonymous wrote:I think its gotten hard for that gig as food prices have skyrocketed, PLUS the extra 10-15% markup per item that instacart adds...people just don't want to tip on top of that. Is it right? No. But it is what it is.

Did a $454 two cart order for Instacart on Wednesday and zero tip!

We have a local forum list of non tippers where we no to not take or decline the order.

There’s a catch though for people if they pay with WIC or EBT for example they cannot tip with that card on file. Cash is also rare for some to have on hand.

I'm sorry but people on welfare should not be wasting it on a luxury service - I would hope it is banned entirely

Or maybe they should have delivery fees waived.

No need to punish people because they are struggling financially.

You mean when a family of 4 gets $939/month in SNAP benefits?

Yeah. That is a very “thrifty” amount for a family of four.

No need to punish people who are struggling.

No it isn’t. We have a record labor shortage and people want $12,000/year in free food.

More ignorance. There are work requirements for SNAP.

DP. Not if you have kids