DoorDash offers
Doordash Dashpass Members: 40% Off Your Next 2 Gift Orders (up to $10 off, $15 minimum) when you
Select a Gift Option During Checkout and use code
GIFT.
Note: You must use the gift option or the code will not work, even if you just send it to yourself. Offer is for delivery only deal.
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It's not like how wait staff has to deal with the needs of serving 4 people vs. 1 person.
I tip based on distance from the restaurant for delivery, not percentage of my order. The delivery service should be paying them a living wage, my tip should be for excellent service, but unfortunately things don't work that way in the real world, so I usually tip a minimum of $5 per delivery order regardless of the cost of the item.
If the items all fit in one bag and is not super heavy or bulky, I don't tip them any more if its 6 items or one item.
I could go on about this for hours, like how barbers charge you 20$ for a haircut and then still expect a tip on top of that, when they are literally just doing what you paid them to do. Even subway and dominos ask for a tip now on the credit card machine, when I'm literally going in to order and pickup my own food, they want a tip for just doing what they are getting paid to do. It's ridiculous.
The whole tipping them because they "only make like 2$ an hour" thing is really just bs, because I guarantee you, if you ask any restaurant server would they rather get 15$ an hour and no tips, or 2$ an hour plus tips, almost all of them would choose the tips. My brother is a waiter at Perkins, and he regularly makes 25-30$ an hour just off of tips. Sure there are bad nights but there's also nights where he makes 250$ in a couple of hours, and we are in the south, in one of the poorer states. Not sure how well the tips are with doordash and Uber, but actual sit down restaurants, servers make a good wage.
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My last DD order from Cheesecake Factory was missing a $10 slice. I texted the driver and asked if he might have forgotten another bag but never got a response. In hindsight I would've not tipped him as much as I did.
It's not like how wait staff has to deal with the needs of serving 4 people vs. 1 person.
I tip based on distance from the restaurant for delivery, not percentage of my order. The delivery service should be paying them a living wage, my tip should be for excellent service, but unfortunately things don't work that way in the real world, so I usually tip a minimum of $5 per delivery order regardless of the cost of the item.
If the items all fit in one bag and is not super heavy or bulky, I don't tip them any more if its 6 items or one item.
My last DD order from Cheesecake Factory was missing a $10 slice. I texted the driver and asked if he might have forgotten another bag but never got a response. In hindsight I would've not tipped him as much as I did.
I could go on about this for hours, like how barbers charge you 20$ for a haircut and then still expect a tip on top of that, when they are literally just doing what you paid them to do. Even subway and dominos ask for a tip now on the credit card machine, when I'm literally going in to order and pickup my own food, they want a tip for just doing what they are getting paid to do. It's ridiculous.
The whole tipping them because they "only make like 2$ an hour" thing is really just bs, because I guarantee you, if you ask any restaurant server would they rather get 15$ an hour and no tips, or 2$ an hour plus tips, almost all of them would choose the tips. My brother is a waiter at Perkins, and he regularly makes 25-30$ an hour just off of tips. Sure there are bad nights but there's also nights where he makes 250$ in a couple of hours, and we are in the south, in one of the poorer states. Not sure how well the tips are with doordash and Uber, but actual sit down restaurants, servers make a good wage.
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What if DD customer bought 4 drinks?
What if DD customer bought 4 drinks?
I could go on about this for hours, like how barbers charge you 20$ for a haircut and then still expect a tip on top of that, when they are literally just doing what you paid them to do. Even subway and dominos ask for a tip now on the credit card machine, when I'm literally going in to order and pickup my own food, they want a tip for just doing what they are getting paid to do. It's ridiculous.
The whole tipping them because they "only make like 2$ an hour" thing is really just bs, because I guarantee you, if you ask any restaurant server would they rather get 15$ an hour and no tips, or 2$ an hour plus tips, almost all of them would choose the tips. My brother is a waiter at Perkins, and he regularly makes 25-30$ an hour just off of tips. Sure there are bad nights but there's also nights where he makes 250$ in a couple of hours, and we are in the south, in one of the poorer states. Not sure how well the tips are with doordash and Uber, but actual sit down restaurants, servers make a good wage.
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As a customer who doesn't pay a delivery service subscription, the fees these companies charge are ridiculous. Caviar (now owned by DoorDash), for instance, serves higher-end restaurants while charging up to a 15% service and a $5 delivery fees. Your $100 fancy Sunday night dinner is now $140 after fees, taxes, and a $12 tip.
In my area, DoorDash pays drivers typically a $3 base pay plus tips. When someone orders and DOES NOT tip, these "delivery offers" are pushed out to drivers and passed over many times by them. Meanwhile, your food order is sitting out getting cold. DoorDash, GrubHub, and UberEats will raise base pay in $0.25 - $0.50 increments after a specific amount of time and continue to do so to entice drivers to delivery the order. During busy hours of lunch and dinner, they may raise base pay by a few dollars to lure more drivers on the road.
As a delivery driver, I don't care if an order weighs 1 pound or 10 pounds or is in three bags. The only thing that matters to me is my total pay and distance for delivering it. I can weigh every delivery offer pushed out to my phone app within two seconds.
All of these major delivery companies are publicly-traded in the stock market with valuations in the billions. They're all unprofitable on the books due to their massive spending on consumer marketing competing for market share. At their cores, these are data and logistic tech companies which also spend a great deal on research & development on new technologies. It's a highly competive sector. Amazon, not too long ago after acquring Whole Foods, attempted to get into this game but shortly bowed out.
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Yeah I usually guilt myself into a lil more because I'm somewhat out of the way. Doordash is such a shitty job.
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