(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

  • Omega_Haxors [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Here's a fun idea: Just don't use delivery apps. If you're a leftist you have no right participating in one of the biggest unconsentuals against worker rights seen in human history.

    Here's a fun idea, and restaurants support this too: Use their delivery service. Seriously, you'll pay less, people keep their rights, and you're not feeding into the fucking gig economy.

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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      3 years ago

      Every grocery store and restaurant in my region just contracts with a delivery app now. They don't have their own drivers. You call the store, and they just send a doordash or skipthedishes driver with the stuff.

        • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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          3 years ago

          I'm sure that's not the case everywhere, but yeah. It's bad in a lot of places. It's even replacing accessibility services for the disabled and elderly. If you need groceries delivered, your only option is doordash. If you're too old to drive, you either have to keep driving or just use Uber. There already is no public transit, and now private accessibility and even volunteer transit are being replaced with Uber.

      • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        This also happens when you try to order stuff directly from a company. They end up just shipping it through Amazon anyways, ugh.

        Mitigation strategies are limited to just not buying the thing, retrieving it yourself, or ordering directly from China via super slow snail mail.