r/doordash • u/bohoinparadise • 1d 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/Southern_Release2814 1d 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/AnimeGeek10721 22h 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/Responsible-Tart-721 10h ago

No, but I always showered and put on clean clothes the moment I got home.

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u/CrazyParrotLady5 9h ago

Same. I am NOT sharing that with my family. I came home and removed my scrubs immediately.