DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip::The app-based delivery service is alerting customers that drivers may not take their order in a timely manner if there is no tip included upfront.

  • BetaSalmon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Aren’t you supposed to tip for an exceptional service? Like if the food was supposed to be deliver in 20 minutes, but the delivery driver got it to you in 15? This just sounds like extortion.

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      1 year ago

      No, you tip for adequate service in America. You’d tip a lot for exceptional service. You’d only not tip if the service worker completely blew it. The only time I’ve not tipped was when a waiter bombarded me with a political candidate’s campaign spiel right before bringing me the check. Practically held me hostage. That fucking guy didn’t get a cent.

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          1 year ago

          It’s because of a legal exception that allows businesses to pay service employees below minimum wage. Then the customer subsidizes their wages with tips. So you tip service workers just for doing their job as a matter of course when you dine out. We don’t do it because it makes sense, we do it because we like eating at restaurants and that’s how eating at restaurants works. We could change it, but that would require a change in legislation and/or a mass boycott of all restaurants, and neither is likely to happen any time soon.

    • SCB@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Like if the food was supposed to be deliver in 20 minutes, but the delivery driver got it to you in 15?

      The delivery driver has 0 control over this.

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      1 year ago

      Usually yes, but then again, when you’re getting paid $7.50/hr, it’s essentially supplemental income.