Tons of people don’t tip Dashers or Shoppers

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry but that is your job. No one tips me for my job

Cool. So go get your crap yourself.

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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 am an EBT card user and I am sorry but those on EBT have no business using it for delivery. Go and get your food from a store unless maybe you are disabled but how many on EBT are disabled?!

What if the EBT user is reliant on public transportation?

Then they eat the groceries they bought with EBT ar home.

[Anonymous]

Delivered a pizza 3.5 miles away from the restaurant on the way home last night. Had to wait 10 minutes at restaurant (not a chain). Customer doesn’t respond to text. Also doesn’t mention he lives in a gated guarded development. Gives instructions NOT TO DRIVE UP DRIVEWAY. Doesn’t mention it is a half mile long walk to door of his hugemongous house.

Make delivery where he wanted it, shot the photo and got confirmation of his $3 tip on his $60 order.

Cheap cheap cheap to those who serve him. I hope his home has termite damage one day!

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Anonymous wrote:You chose to do that OP. Go work at a clothing store if you would prefer to be paid an hourly wage.

Exactly. This applies to restaurant workers who complain about not getting a tip over 20 percent

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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!

I'm at around half that HHI and I consider paying for food delivery (with tip!) to be a very good use of my money. I cannot imagine doing my own landscaping with an $800k HHI. It just means you place no value on your time

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Anonymous wrote:Sorry but that is your job. No one tips me for my job

Are you in the service industry?

OP, I ordered from Instacart for about a year and tipped 20% every time.
If I am not willing to get in my car, deal with the grocery store, stand in line to pay, drive home, why shouldn't I reward someone for this service to me?

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Anonymous wrote:If a tip was required, it would be part of the invoice. I don’t tip bait, I let people know in advance the tip is $0. I’m upfront there will be zero extras for doing your job. Don’t get mad when the tip is $0, because I literally typed in $0 in advance, so you’d be aware!

Seriously hope your order sits in the incoming box and is not selected by anyone, ever.

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I’m just wondering if the non tippers felt the same when the only two options for food delivery were Chinese food and pizza.

There are a ton that of new drivers who think they have to accept every order. Personally my acceptance rate is less than 3% as I only pick up orders that pay 2 a mile for the total miles I have to drive to the restaurant to your house and back. I also get large catering orders that pay big tips.

There are four type of people who tip or not.

Apartment dwellers
Modest houses
Million dollar Plus homes
Mobile homes and trailer parks

Guess who tips the best of those four!

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I think a lot of it is posturing online about tipping and "being a good person," and actions not matching the online talk.

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Just returned from Europe where employees are paid living wages for things like being a server in a restaurant/bar. You don't have to tip and it is WONDERFUL.

There is ZERO reason not to do this here.

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I order my groceries through their online site.
They contract out with Door Dash or Instacart.
If i include a tip in my amount to the store does the driver get that tip? Or does the store keep it?
I can start giving cash instead of including it in my total.

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Ask yourself this - why did you become a dasher or shopper instead of taking a job as a waiter with reliable tips? Oh, is it because you can’t commit to working full time? Is it because you don’t want to have a boss to answer to? Is it because you would rather work when you want and set your own hours?

The reason that dashers and shoppers are not tipped as well as you would want is that there is no shortage of people who choose the flexibility of a gig job over a scheduled job. So you quit being a dasher because the tips are lousy - DoorDash doesn’t care. They can just hire the next person who comes along.

The bottom line is that your job is not valued. If not, they would raise the wage. Customers are sick of tipping on top of all the fees for delivery. Driving food from one place to another is not like waiting on someone in a restaurant. It’s not valued by DoorDash and it’s not valued by the consumer. And I’m sure you are about to write, “well then, I quit- go pick up your own food”. Sure, you can quit. There are ten more college students, wanna be actors, part time students etc who will take your place and no one will even notice.

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Anonymous wrote:Ask yourself this - why did you become a dasher or shopper instead of taking a job as a waiter with reliable tips? Oh, is it because you can’t commit to working full time? Is it because you don’t want to have a boss to answer to? Is it because you would rather work when you want and set your own hours?

The reason that dashers and shoppers are not tipped as well as you would want is that there is no shortage of people who choose the flexibility of a gig job over a scheduled job. So you quit being a dasher because the tips are lousy - DoorDash doesn’t care. They can just hire the next person who comes along.

The bottom line is that your job is not valued. If not, they would raise the wage. Customers are sick of tipping on top of all the fees for delivery. Driving food from one place to another is not like waiting on someone in a restaurant. It’s not valued by DoorDash and it’s not valued by the consumer. And I’m sure you are about to write, “well then, I quit- go pick up your own food”. Sure, you can quit. There are ten more college students, wanna be actors, part time students etc who will take your place and no one will even notice.

Keep trying to justify why you don’t tip!

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Anonymous wrote:Ask yourself this - why did you become a dasher or shopper instead of taking a job as a waiter with reliable tips? Oh, is it because you can’t commit to working full time? Is it because you don’t want to have a boss to answer to? Is it because you would rather work when you want and set your own hours?

The reason that dashers and shoppers are not tipped as well as you would want is that there is no shortage of people who choose the flexibility of a gig job over a scheduled job. So you quit being a dasher because the tips are lousy - DoorDash doesn’t care. They can just hire the next person who comes along.

The bottom line is that your job is not valued. If not, they would raise the wage. Customers are sick of tipping on top of all the fees for delivery. Driving food from one place to another is not like waiting on someone in a restaurant. It’s not valued by DoorDash and it’s not valued by the consumer. And I’m sure you are about to poop write, “well then, I quit- go pick up your own food”. Sure, you can quit. There are ten more college students, wanna be actors, part time students etc who will take your place and no one will even notice.

Exactly. Go get a real job

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Anonymous wrote:Ask yourself this - why did you become a dasher or shopper instead of taking a job as a waiter with reliable tips? Oh, is it because you can’t commit to working full time? Is it because you don’t want to have a boss to answer to? Is it because you would rather work when you want and set your own hours?

The reason that dashers and shoppers are not tipped as well as you would want is that there is no shortage of people who choose the flexibility of a gig job over a scheduled job. So you quit being a dasher because the tips are lousy - DoorDash doesn’t care. They can just hire the next person who comes along.

The bottom line is that your job is not valued. If not, they would raise the wage. Customers are sick of tipping on top of all the fees for delivery. Driving food from one place to another is not like waiting on someone in a restaurant. It’s not valued by DoorDash and it’s not valued by the consumer. And I’m sure you are about to write, “well then, I quit- go pick up your own food”. Sure, you can quit. There are ten more college students, wanna be actors, part time students etc who will take your place and no one will even notice.

Keep trying to justify why you don’t tip!

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Based on the number of shoppers that I see at the store, this job is highly valued.

No one is forcing you to use delivery services. If you don't want to tip, get off your lazy a$$ and buy your own stuff.