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Thoughts on Uber Eats as a Takeout Server

What little patience hasn't been clawed off me from this horseshit job goes straight into this goddamned corporations pocket. I'm a minimum wage takeout server and the overwhelming majority of the orders I deal with are from Uber or Doordash. These orders, which range from one item orders to complicated >$150 orders with all the customizations you'd be embarrassed to ask for in someone's face, are always untipped. It's not even that customers are cheap—which I deal with anyways from regular orders—it's that Uber Eats has no option to tip the workers. This means I'm slaving through Uber Eats permarushes for $11/hr untipped and still expected to complete all of my usual tasks. On top of that, this place is understaffed to hell, so I'm essentially working two-person shifts alone, drowning in Uber Eats tickets, dodging thrusted phones because some drivers apparently have no experience interacting with humans. Not to…


What little patience hasn't been clawed off me from this horseshit job goes straight into this goddamned corporations pocket. I'm a minimum wage takeout server and the overwhelming majority of the orders I deal with are from Uber or Doordash. These orders, which range from one item orders to complicated >$150 orders with all the customizations you'd be embarrassed to ask for in someone's face, are always untipped. It's not even that customers are cheap—which I deal with anyways from regular orders—it's that Uber Eats has no option to tip the workers. This means I'm slaving through Uber Eats permarushes for $11/hr untipped and still expected to complete all of my usual tasks. On top of that, this place is understaffed to hell, so I'm essentially working two-person shifts alone, drowning in Uber Eats tickets, dodging thrusted phones because some drivers apparently have no experience interacting with humans. Not to mention those fucking green stickers that add another annoying step to rushes, free Uber from any liability in case the driver misplaces or steals food, and shifts the blame—and cost—onto me. I noticed last night that Uber Eats encourages customers to order until the very last minute of closing and I almost had a conniption. If I ever have to hear that vile little jingle again, I'm eating the fucking tablet.

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