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Anonymous wrote:I delivered for Uber Eats for about a year to help supplement income when this pandemic started. I'm not even going to lie; if I could tell from the location described that it was likely an apartment/building/hotel, I declined. It's just not worth the hassle for me to find parking and go to the unit/suite. The worst were the customers who didn't even add the directions and/or codes.

Please tip your delivery drivers. If you can't tip, go pick up your own food.

Out of curiosity, do you feel that any of the onus for paying drivers more should fall on these services? Or do they just get a pass? I know is probably likely that they don't GAF and will exploit any and every angle, but, from a driver perspective, do you harbor any ill will against the companies?

PP you're responding to. 100% yes. UE base fees are absolutely ridiculous. If I didn't get tipped, I was losing money. I don't blame the businesses and drivers who use the service though. We all have to eat and pay bills. I use UE about 1-2x a month for work and tip how much I would appreciate if I was the driver, having been on the other side.

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Anonymous wrote:I have written out directions for how to gain building access and find our unit very clearly. They are either not reading it or they are lazy. I think it is the latter. Without fail, no matter how much I tip or how nice the night is, they will call and announce that they're outside, clearly wanting me to offer to come downstairs. It is so lazy. The whole point is that you deliver ME the food. If I wanted to meet you outside I wouldn't select "bring to unit" and give you directions on how to get there.

Am I the only one who thinks that a person who is too lazy to go pick up food is complaining about someone else being lazy?

Unless the person that is ordering Uber Eats is sick, injured, elderly or isolating from a Covid exposure. Maybe the person ordering the food and paying for the delivery is the only adult in the apartment with multiple children or even just one sick child. I can think of all kinds of reasons why the person ordering food and PAYING for the delivery can not go meet the delivery driver at the front of the building. Delivery to the unit is what is paid for. Next time you order an new piece of furniture or appliance and pay for inside delivery are you going to be happy to meet the delivery driver downstairs at the gate and bring it upstairs yourself? No you won't because you PAID for the delivery service.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with OP on this. Maybe it’s from living in NYC for years, and apartment door delivery is (or was) standard there.

Yes I also moved here from NYC and it was expected that every delivery came to your apartment. I don’t understand the complaints.

Different expectations in DC. In NYC, the delivery guys are not dealing with trying to find parking for their car, worried about getting a parking ticket, etc.

Now you know.

-Former NYC resident for 10 years

We own a rowhouse. Even I meet delivery drivers at the curb so they don't need to walk through my yard. Who the hell is asking them to walk through their apartment building?

Ain't no one got time for that. You're lazy AF, OP.

And yes, these delivery services are completely exploitative of restaurants. I refuse to use Uber Eats, DoorDash, etc. The fees are atrocious.

Anonymous wrote:If you are consistently having this problem with all drivers, that probably means what you’re asking is unreasonable. After all, you are the common denominator.

No, it means the quality of Uber Eats type services has gone down. (Along with Uber cabs and everything else). Never had this problem a few years ago.

Anonymous wrote:I agree with OP on this. Maybe it’s from living in NYC for years, and apartment door delivery is (or was) standard there.

Yes I also moved here from NYC and it was expected that every delivery came to your apartment. I don’t understand the complaints.

Anonymous wrote:I agree with OP on this. Maybe it’s from living in NYC for years, and apartment door delivery is (or was) standard there.

OP is essentially being told "Accept a lower standard of service, but be sure to tip!"

I agree with OP on this. Maybe it’s from living in NYC for years, and apartment door delivery is (or was) standard there.

Anonymous wrote:I delivered for Uber Eats for about a year to help supplement income when this pandemic started. I'm not even going to lie; if I could tell from the location described that it was likely an apartment/building/hotel, I declined. It's just not worth the hassle for me to find parking and go to the unit/suite. The worst were the customers who didn't even add the directions and/or codes.

Please tip your delivery drivers. If you can't tip, go pick up your own food.

Out of curiosity, do you feel that any of the onus for paying drivers more should fall on these services? Or do they just get a pass? I know is probably likely that they don't GAF and will exploit any and every angle, but, from a driver perspective, do you harbor any ill will against the companies?

I delivered for Uber Eats for about a year to help supplement income when this pandemic started. I'm not even going to lie; if I could tell from the location described that it was likely an apartment/building/hotel, I declined. It's just not worth the hassle for me to find parking and go to the unit/suite. The worst were the customers who didn't even add the directions and/or codes.

Please tip your delivery drivers. If you can't tip, go pick up your own food.

Anonymous wrote:Some delivery people will spit in your food if you don't tip. Hope you have been enjoying those cheap meals.

Mostly they just don't pick up the no tip orders and your food takes longer to deliver and may be cold.

Random delivery people do weird things to orders even when there is a tip included. It's just a risk you assume for using the service.

Huge security risk. If I was a criminal, I would love the opportunity to learn to access all your buildings for a few hours of UberEats delivery.

I would complain to security if people were letting such drivers in my building.

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Please don't use Uber Eats or Door Dash. It's exploitative to restaurants.

If that were true, then the restaurant wouldn’t participate. But they want tge business so they do.

I don't use them but when I go to restaurants I'd like to "order in advance" too and just pickup. Should I ask the restaurants what they prefer? Sometimes the websites are confusing.

Some delivery people will spit in your food if you don't tip. Hope you have been enjoying those cheap meals.

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Anonymous wrote:You are the lazy one.

+1

I always meet my UberEats driver at the building door. Its enough they brought me the food - they don't need to figure out how to get around my building (and some DC buildings are incredibly warren-like - thankfully mine isn't)

OP is a bit picky/rude but your attitude is equally annoying. "It's enough that they brought me the food"? You literally paid for them to bring you the food.

Maybe it depends on where you live but it only costs me $3-$4 (going direct to the delivery driver) to get UberEats. If you live in the middle of nowhere and its a 30 minute drive and they're making more - sure. But I'm not making someone spend 10-15 minutes navigate a building post-parking for such a low payout minus tip.

Sounds like you’re tipping low. I always tip $6-10. I live in the middle of DC.

I tip $0 but I live in a house in MoCo, so they just do a contactless delivery and leave it at my front door. Sorry, these delivery services can’t tack on these huge fees so they can “treat their employees well“ and then expect me to tip on top of that.