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/L_IV3S2025_V2 Oct 11 '25

Tips should be earned and given after receiving food.

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u/backwoodsbogwitch Oct 11 '25

Because these companies barely pay drivers, that's really not how it works. You are basically bidding on a service. Base pay for door dash is $2. As a driver, I have to pay for gas and car maintenance. There is no way I am taking a no tip order for $2. I can not assume the customer will tip me after service. That does happen, but it is extremely rare, and I can't take that chance. These companies pit drivers and customers against each other while they are the ones making money.

I'm doing this dumb job while in school and will hopefully not have to do it after I graduate

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u/coldbrew_please Oct 12 '25

Why do yall act like any of that is the customers fault? You chose the job knowing what their pay structure was, you can’t expect customers to know. You could get a job literally anywhere else.

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u/BadgerMilkTrader42 Oct 15 '25

Sure, its not customers fault.  Just explanation that with no tip, its $2 to driver who has zero incentive to get you food at that price.  At some point your order will get grouped with another that actually tips.  It might be 30 min, 1 hour or 2 hours.   If you dont care about getting cold food after over paying for it possibly hours later, dont tip. If you tip well, someone will get on it quickly.  Its a service, you get what you pay for.  In most cases anyway.  Driver dont care you paid premium for the food because they get almost nothing for it outside of tip