(yeah i know leftbook is generally bad and no i didn't expect anything better but still)

Yes, employers should be paying delivery drivers way more instead of other working-class people making up the difference. Yes, the US system of tipping and the fact that service workers rely so heavily on tips is fucked up. No, that doesn't give you an excuse to not tip the person who's bringing you your treats.

Multiple people called this meme "ableist" and "classist" :agony-shivering: and even more are saying "delivery driving's way easier than making the food and sometimes they deliver it to the wrong place!!! so they don't deserve to be paid more!"!!

If your arguments sound exactly the same as a chud's, you are not a leftist, you are a propaganda mouthpiece for billionaires that would love to see you drop dead. Shut the actual fuck up you PMC radlib swine. /rant

    • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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      3 years ago

      this probably helps the worker more honestly, also if you ever use groupon you can also call the company and see if they'll honor it directly. As a * 🤢 * small business owner myself, groupon takes a pretty big cut to where it's almost not even worth it. I usually do this if i need to use groupon for whatever reason.

    • KSOFM [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      There's nothing wrong with that, I'd just let them know in a note (which I think you're able to do?) that you'll be tipping at the door.

    • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Sounds good to me but I'd be worried that they'd drop it off before I could give them the tip.

      Edit: maybe apps let you change the tip later? Then there's a backup plan...

    • LibsEatPoop3 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I don’t think these delivery apps steal tips but I can’t see any downside to what you’re doing. I’d just ask the driver what they prefer tbh.

      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        One of them got in trouble for it though? Door dash IIRC, was paying X dollars for a delivery based on whatever criteria, and then if the tip was more than that they would just give the driver the tip and if it was less they basically would keep the tip to subsidize the regular payment that DD owed their driver, was my understanding.

        • LibsEatPoop3 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          A lot of restaurants do that. You can get away with paying your worker $2/hr if they make up the rest through tips. If they don’t, then you pay the difference.

          • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            As disgusting as the tipped minimum wage is, to me its different than what Door Dash did.

            I mean, they were successfully sued for tip theft.

              • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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                3 years ago

                I mean I mostly just avoid these apps due to how expensive they make cheap food.

                But honestly when I use them I still tip in app because the idea that someone might briefly think that I would stiff them is emotionally unbearable. Also never have cash.