Tacky or justified? The 1-coffee delivery tip debate is on

25.07.2025    Salon    3 views
Tacky or justified? The 1-coffee delivery tip debate is on

Food ordering and delivery have become increasingly popular in current years thanks to quick function apps like DoorDash Whether you re craving your favorite meal or in dire need of groceries DoorDash has got you covered Well at least for the the greater part part According to one DoorDash customer her Starbucks coffee order was declined by her driver who argued that a tip wasn t enough to cover traveling two blocks to pick up and deliver her coffee Screenshots of the heated exchange were posted to Reddit on July by the woman s husband user u Tikkity Tok A message from the Dasher whose name is shown as Goga read I m not going to serve homeless people in this rain Cancel the order I won t bring it to you If you don t have money you should make coffee at home The woman responded Homeless people What the f I am reporting you to DoorDash The driver replied Accordingly you have to pay if you want your order to be delivered or you will suffer from hunger to which the woman wrote How can someone homeless order from DoorDash It was already paid you can t order if you don t pay first You should not have accepted the order if you didn t want to deliver it Related Fair and transparent DoorDash to pay its drivers nearly million for pocketing their tips The driver then noted There are too multiple bad orders coming in every day I m not going to bring that is ridiculous This is crazy Taking bad orders out on a customer that really tipped almost for a two blocks away expedition time is unacceptable wrote the woman s husband on Reddit We are not the type to record or get people in trouble but this guy gets everything he deserves This isn t the first time ordering coffee on DoorDash has spurred a heated discussion on Reddit It s been a contentious topic amongst Dashers and consumers alike with specific users saying it s OK to do so while others believe it s lazy consumer behavior The debate has yet to be settled which once again begs the question Is it truly that absurd to order one coffee on DoorDash Ordering one coffee might seem absurd to various but in the age of hyper-personalized convenience it s hardly the preponderance extreme ask DoorDash is designed to deliver food regardless of size or value and it s not uncommon for customers to request everything from a single Hi-C orange to a handful of McDonald s dipping sauces A coffee Practically reasonable by comparison Want more great food writing and recipes Sign up for Salon s free food newsletter The Bite There s also the issue of what an appropriate tip is for such small orders In Business Insider interviewed Dashers based in New York City asking them what they held was a reasonable amount for tipping In one instance Business Insider used DoorDash to order a breakfast sandwich and an iced coffee from Starbucks tipping or percent on a total of with tax and function fees In a second order for an egg wrap and an iced matcha drink a tip or a little over percent was given on a total that came to The tip for the first order was described as good by the delivery driver because it was a small order while the tip for the subsequent order was deemed not enough by the driver who requested a five or six-dollar tip The general consensus amongst the drivers was that tipping should be based on the size of the order with weather and distance being additional factors A decent tip is between to percent of the total bill In a blog post Grubhub suggested customers tip percent which is the standard cost and noted to never tip less than five dollars However that s subjective because in the circumstance of the latest Starbucks coffee drama a tip falls below the five-dollar benchmark but is still over percent of the total bill It s a more than sufficient tip that the driver could have absolutely accepted or declined Because that same level of autonomy that s granted to customers is also granted to drivers In the same way that customers can order what they please drivers can also be selective about their deliveries based on the tip amount Newsweek released that the Dasher has since been banned while the happening is being investigated In a separate development DoorDash fired a delivery driver for cursing at a woman who tipped him five dollars on a order A growing tension between convenience practices and human labor is at the heart of this particular drama and so several others like it Delivery apps promise frictionless organization but the realities behind that promise are anything but seamless Whether it s a coffee a combo meal or a bag of groceries each order invites a quiet negotiation What s fair What s worth it And who gets to decide Read more about food delivery Safety predicament Food delivery s simmering violence challenge How to break your food delivery habit in Regulators target Grubhub s pricing shell contest in million settlement agreement The post Tacky or justified The -coffee delivery tip debate is on appeared first on Salon com

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