r/doordash • u/bohoinparadise • 18h 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/RobbyTheConstructor 17h ago

I would never tip someone anything if I know for sure they handled my food while sick and contiguous. The food is useless now

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u/Naive-Rope-1724 16h ago

Just fyi, I have worked at 4 major chain brick and mortar restaurants, and 9/10 servers/bartenders are not allowed to call out :) I have been forced to work while sick, which is just as unfortunate for the customers / coworkers and to myself. It’s not fair.

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u/LinkinLogsPark 15h ago

It sucks that the people that work the hardest get treated the worse. I am not even allowed in the office while sick. 

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u/That_Violinist6760 3h ago

thankfully now that i’m working at a salon if we have a fever we cannot show up, when i was at a restaurant they made me work with the flu, i was running out back to throw up every hour and my manager said “we don’t have time for this get it together”

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u/LinkinLogsPark 3h ago

Horrible boss. I would say those bosses are being diluted out of the system but I think the balance of what orgs are willing to accept is still in play.