Anonymous wrote:Why is there an epidemic of people who cannot get their own groceries or pick up their own food? Were you all starving before covid? How did you manage to survive pre-delivery services at these places?

I just started using Walmart. Back then, I had my health. I lost that and don’t leave home much. Not everyone is as blessed as you.

Anonymous wrote:Why is there an epidemic of people who cannot get their own groceries or pick up their own food? Were you all starving before covid? How did you manage to survive pre-delivery services at these places?

These delivery services have been around for a long time.

Anonymous wrote:Why should you get a tip? Instacart pays $20/h. You earn an hourly wage.

They do not pay $20 an hour!

Why is there an epidemic of people who cannot get their own groceries or pick up their own food? Were you all starving before covid? How did you manage to survive pre-delivery services at these places?

Anonymous wrote:I always tip at least 20%. These people are working hard and if I can afford DoorDash, I can afford to tip them.

Dumb.

The mason who fixes my steps also works hard and provides a service, should I tip them too? How about the mechanic that fixes my car? Tip them? Why not tip the doctor who provides a service while you're at it? Why does a bartender get $1 per beer poured while you tip some Uber driver 20%?

Just go ahead and admit US tipping culture is dumb and makes zero sense.

I'm so done with tipping. People need to do their jobs, and if they don't like the salaries then they can quit. That way the customer is no longer some stupid ATM machine expected to pay salaries for staff that the owners should really be doing.

Why should you get a tip? Instacart pays $20/h. You earn an hourly wage.

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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.

It seems like a ridiculous frittering away of money to allow use of WIC and EBT for marked up optional services like food delivery.

Some people are disabled and/or do not own a car.

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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.

It seems like a ridiculous frittering away of money to allow use of WIC and EBT for marked up optional services like food delivery.

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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.”

I have an app that works with all of the delivery apps. It takes info from non tippers, people who say they never got their order even with photographic proof and I can see at a glance if I want the order or not.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why people work as Uber drivers, DoorDash etc. I live close-in, in a dense neighborhood & don’t own a car. I would have to buy a car to be an Uber driver for example. I wouldn’t even begin to break even

Congrats. This is probably the dumbest comment I have seen today.

It’s the truth. Uber driving, for the wear & tear it causes on your car, doesn’t make any financial sense.

Nobody is purchasing a car to be an uber driver. I agree with the pp, dumbest comment I've seen today.

Tell me you don’t know any poor people without telling me you don’t know any poor people. There’s an industry devoted to providing cars to people to drive rideshares. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/01/08/5-ways-get-car-you-need-drive-uber-lyft/96214312/

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Anonymous wrote:Get a real job

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

A W2 job

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Anonymous wrote:My kid works for a major chain restaurant and delivers food on a bike. My kid says lots of people don't tip.

I tip, but I hate the system and wish we would do away with it. Just pay the people a living wage instead of confusing and guilting the customer. And recently, tip jars and software have been showing up in new and random places.

I get that restaurant servers are paid less than minimum wage; is that true for Dashers too?

How hard do you think they would try to deliver your order? Probably they would slack off

Are you tipped at work?

+1 Why is the default assumption that people don't want to do their job? Do you tip your doctor or your lawyer too? How do you know they're not slacking off?

Because you value a good job and don’t care for a crappy one

Exactly, so get Doordash to pay the delivery person a decent wage so it's not a "crappy" job. And yes, I understand that means the base cost of the service goes up for all. But that's a fairer system.

OP gets paid $15 an hour. Their complaining that they're not getting tipped enough on top of that. They don't want to waste their time on orders, if they're not getting a premium on top of the service they were already paid fairly to do.

No you idiot. This is the OP. That $15 an hour includes the base pay plus the tips. Just know, the first time I deliver to you and there is no tip, I log it and share it with others. Also if the restaurant makes me wait too long, I never pick up from there and others know it too.

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