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What? How??
Are people in TX bad tippers?
I would say that Uber is a shitty company. Tipping is bs, you should get paid a decent salary and it's your employer's responsability to do that.
Ok... Unfortunately, the current model is absolutely not that. So I'm not going to make the person making Uber deliveries to make ends meet suffer by stiffing them on the tip
That's a good way to perpetuate the cycle. Also, who tips BEFORE getting a service?
Someone who wants to order delivery food because they're pretty much forced to?
You can give the delivery driver a tip when they get there. I've been doing that for decades.
Yeah I know. I also imagine that's the #1 way they get stiffed on tips so might be less likely to accept the delivery
The only one being cheap here is uber, don't be thick.
I would love to live somewhere without tip culture, but I don't.
You're part of the culture. Just don't tip.
I live in a relatively low income area. The people who are turning to these delivery gigs to make ends meet are not the ones that I have an issue with.
In fact, if my tip was enough so that they could maybe stop work early that night, giving them time to spend with their loved ones, then I'd consider it a win.
Not gonna be a dick to those people. They didn't create this system.
But you are all perpetuating it. It sucks but it is a vicious cycle and you're in it.
"You criticize society, yet you participate in it. Curious! I am smart!"
Uhm, no? Participating in society does not require you to follow every "norm". If everyone did that, nothing would ever change. Don't be thick.
Yeah that's the point. That's why I put it in quotes.
I was referencing this meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat
That's a terribly misguided meme.
So you disagree with this
You think that only people who have removed themselves from society are allowed to criticize it?
I think the user decides how much to tip in advance, and the app conveys that information to potential matches. Orders with low tips tend to sit there unclaimed, because no driver wants to bother with that
I'm not sure if Uber does it that way, but Doordash does.
Yeah but how cheap is the delivery itself, if the total with tip is under $2?
I never go less than $5 when I use these apps, and I usually get pretty good service
But you're seeing a screenshot of an unmatched order that no driver has claimed yet. I'm saying that unless an actual match is accepted, that's not really evidence that people in a place don't tip well, just that some people don't get their orders filled.
If you never give less than $5, then any order you're involved in will involve at least a $5 tip. That may not be representative of the orders you're not involved with.
Right, I guess I assumed it was posted because it's a normal occurrence in that area.
I mean yes...? No shit?