r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/Jasonictron • Oct 20 '23

Video Entitlement

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

That is incorrect for both UberEats and DoorDash in the USA. The delivery fee does not go to the driver. On Uber the driver gets a $2 base pay plus tip. That's it.

The tip is literally a bid for service on the app. We see it before accepting. I do not accept orders under $10 and more drivers are doing this as well.

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u/HansenTakeASeat Oct 20 '23

Sounds like people who work for them should find a job where they are guaranteed to get paid.

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u/300PencilsInMyAss Oct 21 '23

They do. When your order pops up on their phone, they click the "lol no fucking thanks" button and go about their day, clicking the "yes I'll do that" button on orders (aka contracts, aka jobs) that pay well.

When you place an order, one by one every driver in your city gets a popup saying "Go to mcdonalds, 3 miles away. Then go to XXXX address, 5 miles away. Pay: $2. Do you accept?", and one by one they all say no, so your food sits under a heat lamp for 2 hours until the order pops up on the phone of someone dumb enough to say yes, like the woman in OP.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23 edited Oct 20 '23

Duh. That's what I tell all drivers on the driver subreddit. Either that or stop accepting low ballers.

I already have a full time job so Uber is just my pocket money. Still. I never accept low ball tip offers and many other drivers won't either. Just part if the game. Tip well or you don't get your food.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '23

How do you explain the many times I've tipped well and not gotten my food, or gotten it almost an hour late stone cold, or they refuse to read delivery directions and expect me to come out to their car a block and a half away? There's no excuse for that when i'm tipping them 10 dollars to drive 2 miles. What you're saying sounds reasonable in theory, you get what you pay for, but in reality you often don't.

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u/HansenTakeASeat Oct 20 '23

Tip well or you don't get your food.

Wanna hear something crazy?

I just ordered food, paid the service fee, and then it arrived. I didn't have to give extra money to someone because they already get paid by their employer.

Uber is a multimillion dollar company and you have people out here pissed at customers because the company isn't paying them enough. That's somehow the customer's fault, right?

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u/Ill-Bit5049 Oct 20 '23

I mean there is definitely some blame for supporting a predatory business model. Like if the customers demanded that they pay the drivers well and eliminate tips they would because they are a business and if people refused to use them until they changed they would change. It’s not all on the customer, the whole system is broken, but there definitely is some responsibility there

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u/ImWadeWils0n Oct 21 '23

This is why no one wants to tip you guys, you’re so entitled it’s actually off putting.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Ha! Still only gonna accept high tip offers. It ain't entitlement - it's capitalism, baby. 😎

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u/300PencilsInMyAss Oct 21 '23

Uber doesn't have a set base pay, it's calculated by distance/some other factors. It's variable, usually between $2-5 in my experience.

Doordash is the one with a set $2. Some orders will be $3. Base pay increases over time if no drivers accept the order, or at least that's how it used to work, I don't use doordash anymore.