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As if the tip actually goes to the dashers. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Reason I don't use these services is the tip is expected in advance. Bring me my food hot and in a timely fashion and I'll give you a good tip. I'm not paying you ahead of time to take too long bringing me cold food. I'd rather pick it up myself.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Ubereats lets you set the tip after the delivery. afaik the others don't.

    Should be illegal to prompt a tip before services are rendered, including at those POS machines that ask you up front to tip even a small amount.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So little of that is actually under the control of the courier. I did that for a little bit, and generally the drive from the restaurant to the customer was the shortest part. You get an order for a restaurant that hopefully you're close to, but maybe you aren't. You get there and maybe the food is ready, maybe it isn't. Maybe it's been sitting on a shelf for half an hour. Maybe traffic is heavy, maybe the GPS gives you shitty fucking directions. Maybe you ordered from the wrong restaurant and instead of being 5 minutes it's 20. Sure, there are shitty couriers, but 9 times out of 10 your food is cold or late because of circumstances outside of their control.

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