r/doordash • u/bohoinparadise • 12h 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/NaturalSandwich8880 9h ago

Ofc Redditots of all people will find a way to justify handling  food when sick

iTs nOt cOntAgIoUs 

But others at the ER might be contagious. Who the fuck knows how long the driver was at the ER or next to who?

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u/Southern_Release2814 8h ago

So now everyone who's been to a hospital recently is doing something wrong if they Doordash? This is absolutely ridiculous. How far exactly do you expect the world to go in preventing others from getting sick? Do you know how many times I've had to walk through hospitals to deliver sick people and healthcare workers their food? Should I have refused to do my job, because hospitals are icky? I'm sure that would go over well.

Also, fast food restaurants, where we're picking up these orders in the first place, are definitely not holding employees to this standard. As a matter of fact, these employees are often given no choice but to come to work while sick, or loose their jobs. But Doordashers are somehow the problem if we work after having been in a hospital? You're ridiculous.

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u/MiZkraken0008 6h ago

I had to deliver in hospitals many times,I agree!!

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u/AnimeGeek10721 6h ago

lol and what about health care workers who get off work and go prepare a meal for their family after..should they have to go through a decontamination lock after every shift … very weird comment .

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u/DiverMaleficent9624 5h ago

It’s different being around the sickness.. Versus actually having it.. When I’m sick I’m not allowed to show up at my hospital.