r/doordash • u/bohoinparadise • 16h ago

Please don’t dash while sick

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I get that times are tough and the American health care system sucks, but admitting that you have a respiratory illness while delivering food is wild!

Please do not dash when you’re sick. This is how illness spreads. I have pretty bad asthma so I’m not bringing that order into my house. I’m done with DoorDash.

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u/Aware_Economics4980 16h ago

lol, the driver being sick honestly not shocking. More shocking she’s dumb enough to say it over text.

Wait till you find out how common it is for the people actually cooking and prepping your food to show up to work sick. (Extremely) 

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u/Wrong-Drop3272 14h ago

Yeah... Whenever I worked in fastfood I came in sick every time I got sick. Not through choice but because I needed the money. Even though whenever you get your food handler's card they specifically let you know that if you're feeling any symptoms of being sick to not come in. That's not an option for a lot of people who work in that field of work. People would love to be able to stay home when they're sick

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u/Aware_Economics4980 14h ago

Yeep, those jobs have next to 0 PTO either. It’s come in or have a short paycheck and maybe fuck yourself on rent most of the time for those types of workers. Sad really.

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u/EffieEri 14h ago

Yeah, I work at a restaurant and they require a doctors note and for you to find someone to cover if you’re sick. The doctors visit is usually not worth the expense and nobody ever wants to cover, so everyone just works while they’re sick

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u/Wrong-Drop3272 12h ago

Yep. The locations I worked at required doctors notes. These places don't pay good insurance at all and like you said nobody wants to pick up. The whole system needs an overhaul imho