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For those that continually use services like Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, etc., how does justify using the cost?

With fees and tip added, it's almost double the cost, the food arrives cold and wait time is longer than you picking it up yourself.

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[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (21 children)

Save money with this one simple trick: Don’t Tip

This message was brought to you from britain, where tipping is rare, and definitely not to delivery drivers

Tipping is charity to employees because employers are underpaying

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

That doesn’t work here in the U.S., as tipping is built into the business model of gig delivery services like DoorDash. The base payment to the delivery driver doesn’t even cover their costs, and it’s the tip that provides the incentive to make a delivery through the app. With no tip, it’s likely that nobody will pick up your order and deliver it.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Then people should stop working for these companies until the business model changes.

A bad business model shouldn’t be supported by customer charity to employees

[–] peter@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If every employee in the US who got treated like shit by their employer quit then there would be chaos

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

there would be chaos

That's why you do it. That right there is the point.

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