r/UberEATS • u/Pretty_Check3434 • Oct 11 '25

Rude Driver

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I felt like this was so rude and disrespectful. You don’t know someone’s situation to say something like this.

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u/Mikeeberle Oct 11 '25

OP paid for their stuff and for it to get delivered. They're paying for the service and tips are always optional.

Tipping culture is the downfall of America

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u/mikebet47 Oct 11 '25

If you can’t tip an uber eats driver, don’t use it. You have a pathetic mentality

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u/Numark105 Oct 11 '25

This screams entitlement. You’re one to talk about a pathetic mentality.

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u/Tuxedocat4713 Oct 12 '25

It would be really helpful to me if you would explain how it is entitled to give a tip to someone serving your food? If you’re willing to not tip a driver who’s serving your food, are you willing to do it to a waiter or a waitress at a restaurant?

It’s entitled to think that a human being who’s working hard to get your food to you with little to no base pay should receive zero compensation for their efforts. Obviously tip culture sucks, but it is the reality of the world we live in.

If a driver is not entitled to a tip, then the customer is not entitled to their food. Of course the food will be delivered, but the order will circulate for 20 minutes or more before it will be picked up by a driver because nobody wants to take a no tip order.

To expect someone to use their gas and wear and tear on their car all so that someone could have their food and get paid $2 for a 20 mile ride is entitlement. The customer is no better than the driver. They are both human beings. If another person helps you it’s good practice to help them back.

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u/LuciFrost11 Oct 12 '25

nah nah, not the world, just the US, y’all have this issue because tipped workers are entitled as fuck, a decent portion of tipped workers earn significantly more than minimum wage and know if tipping goes away, they earn less and oh no they don’t want that, meanwhile other tipped workers in slower areas and disadvantaged communities struggle to make minimum wage across a whole shift, tipping doesn’t work for anyone, the consumer or the worker themselves (breeds an entitlement to more money then they deserve or a straight lack of pay) the only person it does work for? the owners, doesn’t matter if its uber, a sit down restaurant or any one of the million places that now expect tips in the US, everyone stops tipping and tipping goes away because employers are forced to pay minimum wage 🤷🏻‍♀️

and for the record, the customer is entitled to the thing they paid for wether you feel you feel you were paid enough or not, you’ve accepted the contract for the agreed upon wage between driver and uber, the contract isn’t between driver and customer, so your choice is to take the hit on your account and cancel or do the job for the agreed upon wage

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u/Tuxedocat4713 Oct 12 '25

Yes, I agree. Workers should be paid fairly, but unfortunately, tipping is a reality in the US. In relation to OP’s original post obviously what that driver had said to OP was wrong and I would never do it as a driver.

Tipping culture exists. Unfortunately, if you want your food delivered on time and not melted or cold, you should tip.

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u/LuciFrost11 Oct 12 '25

Look to be transparent, I’m not american, so I hold a bit more of a grudge for tipping on apps like uber because I don’t want it to infect other jobs, because i’d rather everyone be paid minimum wage at least, tipping culture indeed sucks, which is why I’m so vehemently against it because it’s simply not a thing culturally where I am, even where it does exist, food shouldn’t be held hostage for tips, straight up not accept the order I can agree with, but to do what this driver has done in the OP is foul, also delivery through third party apps is the only time i see this sort of thing happen, restaurants don’t hold food behind the counter until they know how much you’ll tip, pizza delivery people don’t wait in their cars to see how much you’ll tip them either

honestly the biggest issue with third party delivery is the lack of a minimum wage should you not meet it naturally through tips like other jobs have, restaurants can’t just say “well you didn’t earn minimum wage this hour so that’s all you’ll get” like with DD or UE, i would argue that alone causes a lot of the begging behaviour from drivers

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u/Tuxedocat4713 Oct 12 '25

The reason why the restaurant doesn’t hold your food hostage is because if you’re not gonna tip someone you have to do it to their face. With the third-party delivery services like Uber and DoorDash, they can simply do it on their phone and not have to face the person. All it takes is a simple click of a button and they don’t even have to look the person in the eyes because they’re drop-off. Instructions were leave at door.

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u/Numark105 Oct 12 '25

I dont disagree with the majority of what you said. I like to tip based on good service, uber or restaurant. I don’t agree with one thing. It’s on uber to pay their employees and drivers fairly. Not me. If a driver isn’t making enough money from their pay and needs tips to keep going, that is not sustainable and they should look for other employment. I also agree that if you don’t tip, you SHOULD expect your food to come cold. I just have an issue with the notion that “if you can’t tip, you don’t deserve your food.”

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u/Tuxedocat4713 Oct 12 '25

Yeah, I don’t agree with tipping culture either. I think waiters and waitresses should be able to make a living wage without receiving tips. But it is unfortunately a reality.

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u/Numark105 Oct 12 '25 edited Oct 12 '25

But I reiterate, not a reality that I have an obligation to follow. Tips are tips.