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Door dash pay per mile11/22/2023 ![]() But if you do, understand that it’s a scammy service and that if you want to take care of the folks who deliver your food, you really need to think in terms of hourly wage and not a percentage of your meal cost (and do note, that means you may tip less than 15-20% in some Maybe you don’t know but I have an EU citizenship and a Brazilian one. On the other hand, I understand there is something so flawed about a business model that charges a delivery fee and then expects a massive tip on top of that. But while the “nice house” quip was totally inappropriate, I can understand the frustration of the driver that he received very little, actually, for his time. On the surface, it seems a driver is insane for complaining about a 33% tip because the customer had a nice house. > Read More: Out Of Control Tipping: Enough Already! > Read More: Is Uber Eats Always This Bad? But that would create more taxable income… That would remove ambiguity and eliminate this weird tipping game we play. I wish someone would develop an app in which drivers were paid a reasonable amount based upon distance traveled from the restaurant to the delivery point and that it was included. So while sympathetic to the driver here, his disgust was more properly directed at DoorDash then then the doctor who probably really thought that his 33% tip was quite generous, especially when there is a delivery fee and processing fee and higher prices for the same menu items already factored in.įinally, I hate tipping. He knows that time is money and that spending 20 minutes going back and forth to a restaurant is worth a lot more than $5. ![]() I find the message totally inappropriate, again confirming why I don’t use these delivery services anymore and feel bad for the bitter people who take these jobs and then complain about people leaving a tip in the amount exactly as suggested by the app.īut this is a doctor. If a customer has not left a tip bribe in advance, you take the risk of a mediocre tip. My understanding is that drivers can see their payout and tip before accepting a job. What is not appropriate is that the driver passive aggressively complaining about it. ![]() $5 for 20 minutes is not all that much when you consider he has to drive back as well and pay for gas. I don’t like the business model or our tipping culture at all, which is why I no longer use any service to deliver food.Īt the same time, I get it. Thus, is a 15-20% tip appropriate for a cheap Taco Bell order? Probably not. The takeaway in that discussion was that that whether you have a $100 order or a $10 order, it takes the delivery driver the same amount of time and almost the same amount of effort to bring it. One thing that draws me to this story is our long discussion over Uber Eats and tipping we had last year. ♬ Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod & Kevin The Monkey tipping going too far? #doordash #doordashdriver #tipculture #tipping #tip #tips #food #trending #fyp #millennialrx ![]() The doctor was flabggerstaed, taking to TikTok to share his story and saying that as former restaurant industry worker, “I know how hard others work so I try to give more since I’ve been there.” But apparently not enough. Nice house thanks for the 5$ for 20 min ride But he then received the following reply: DoorDash Driver Gets Huffy Over 33% Tip, Complains Customer Has A Nice House…Ī doctor ordered dinner, which came to $15 for falafel over rice with white sauce and a Snapple lemon tea drink. In this case, I am neither siding with the doctor nor the driver. A doctor in Rhode Island was offended when a DoorDash driver called him out on his 33% tip for delivering dinner. ![]()
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