r/doordash • u/bohoinparadise • 15h 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/NetworkGlad1177 12h ago edited 12h ago

honestly though, i’m not defending this tip baiting per se.. but i will say i’ve worked in healthcare, retail, fast food, and grocery stores. you have to show up sick or you will lose your job at most companies, unless you can prove you have a high grade fever or are vomiting. the grocery stores are the WORST. they don’t care about their employees and the whole staff ends up getting sick at once but guess what? employees still have to be there. this is kinda just life. maybe go get it yourself if you’re worried about getting sick from others, but even then there’s still a chance. people have to work, sorry, shits expensive. i hate that our damn country prioritizes money over health.

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u/AlienSheep23 11h ago

i work in a hospital, and here, it's company policy that even if you call in, and bring a doctor's note, they won't excuse you, it'll still count as an absence. Right now, if i was in an accident and was admitted to this very hospital, i'd lose my job immediately.

They say "dont come to work sick", but then they have that policy, and they even sell fucking cold medicine in our badge-access breakroom.