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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 50 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dude outs himself as a 10% tipper holy shit i-cant

[–] Josephine_Spiro@hexbear.net 41 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Not only a 10% tipper as a millionaire, a 10% tipper on a delivery app

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 26 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Seriously. I don't want to be all "worker A deserves more than worker B" but you're not wearing down your car's engine if you're reaching behind the bar for a bottle. Gig workers should get a 20 for the smallest order or you should get it yourself.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 13 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

Tips should not even be asked for or expected with such services. Uber should be paying fair compensation based on number of deliveries and distance travelled. The customer is already paying a subscription fee and sometimes a delivery fee over that.

I've heard that Uber subsidizes low tips to make sure orders get fulfilled if they're not accepted by a driver in a reasonable time frame. Theoreretically the tip goes up gradually the longer the order sits in the unaccepted pool (with Uber paying the difference relative to the tip offered by the customer). Part of why they do it is to take advantage of FOMO from the driver who knows that there are others who may accept a lower tip and will feel pressure to accept lower than they usually would. Almost like a type of auction.

Would be curious if someone who drives Uber could confirm that. Somehow people who tip $0 still get their food so there must be something to it.

[–] TerribleHands@hexbear.net 9 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

I've heard that Uber subsidizes low tips to make sure orders get fulfilled if they're not accepted by a driver in a reasonable time frame.

Wait, is the implication here that you tip in advance?

[–] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 10 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Most delivery apps ask you to tip in advance and show varying amounts of information to the driver for them to make their decision on whether to accept it.

Some show enough to where drivers can intuit someone is tipping $0 or a low amount for something very far away. You can add more to the tip after, but not tipping upfront gets you slower service because the drivers then prioritize other orders.

[–] TerribleHands@hexbear.net 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Can you even call it a 'tip' at that point? It's more like bidding on a service charge.

[–] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 10 points 20 hours ago

Functionally, that's exactly what it is. Drivers get paid a criminally low base rate for accepting deliveries, which is what gets raised the longer an order sits without someone accepting it, as the other user mentioned. It works practically the same as states that have $2 wages for servers that get made up with customer tips. You can tip $0 if you're fine waiting an hour+ for someone to accept the order if you live in a larger city. There's no incentive for drivers to accept lower paid orders. The solution isn't to be Mr. Pink though, it's to not use delivery apps, tip a decent amount with the knowledge that the drivers don't get paid much, or work to regulate the industry to enforce reasonable minimums so that drivers don't have to rely on tips, just like with restaurant servers.

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[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Shake Shack is just Culvers on the BDS list.

[–] blakeus12@hexbear.net 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

wait is culver's not on it? hell yeah

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 12 points 21 hours ago

Cheese curds gang

[–] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 24 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

everybody talking about the tip like that "service fee" ain't right there

service deez nuts, shake shack

death penalty to all involved in "delivery fees" that don't get paid to the driver

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 5 points 16 hours ago

Drivers should be salaried, not tipped.

Service fees should be included in the price of the goods purchased and/or the delivery.

Taxes should be included in the prices posted to consumers.

[–] regul@hexbear.net 15 points 20 hours ago

The service fee is almost certainly the delivery app's cut.

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 23 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Who the fuck is blowing $38 on fast food? You could get actual high quality shit for less than that.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 23 hours ago

From the comfort of their own home - maybe he wanted to impress his wife?

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[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 25 points 23 hours ago

27.87 + 2.79 + 2.79 + 3.08 = 36.53.

TWO DOLLARS

[–] regul@hexbear.net 23 points 23 hours ago

Surely he didn't tip 10% for delivery?

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 23 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Matty doesn’t have a real job, he can fucking drive to shake shack himself if he’s gonna tip like that

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[–] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure Matt can afford a 20% tip

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 12 points 23 hours ago

Hail treatler

[–] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 12 points 23 hours ago

Shake shack is gross and so is Matt

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