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Tipping culture sucks, but don’t use being anti tipping as an excuse to screw over workers

Simply put, either don’t use said service or tip appropriately. I’m a doordash driver, and unfortunately the r/doordash sub is a great example of a toxic double standard. People will constantly say it isn’t their responsibility to but at the same time will still use the service. I have tried repeatedly to explain how we get paid. Doordash usually pays us 2.25-4 dollars a delivery, and so our main wages are from tips. When you try to explain that a 4 dollar tip when you live 5 miles from the restaurant and the order takes me 30 minutes to complete isn’t good, people lose their mind and ask why they should tip more, tell me to get a real job (I have a full time job) etc etc Does it blow that companies rely on tipping. Yes. The answer though isn’t to screw over the service worker though, and not…


Simply put, either don’t use said service or tip appropriately.

I’m a doordash driver, and unfortunately the r/doordash sub is a great example of a toxic double standard. People will constantly say it isn’t their responsibility to but at the same time will still use the service.

I have tried repeatedly to explain how we get paid. Doordash usually pays us 2.25-4 dollars a delivery, and so our main wages are from tips. When you try to explain that a 4 dollar tip when you live 5 miles from the restaurant and the order takes me 30 minutes to complete isn’t good, people lose their mind and ask why they should tip more, tell me to get a real job (I have a full time job) etc etc

Does it blow that companies rely on tipping. Yes. The answer though isn’t to screw over the service worker though, and not to mention a ton of jobs these days are exploiting workers so the find a new job is a toxic strawman.

Bottom line, either don’t use the service or tip. Don’t screw workers

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