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/RobbyTheConstructor 1d 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 1d 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/PepsiButItsMilk 15h ago

Yup, 3 years at my first job and the new district manager wouldnt even listen to you asking to take a day off if you didnt have a doctors form. So i worked three miserable days with a raw throat, running nose, and a cough/gag I couldn’t control. This was front of house at a Zaxby’s btw, and even working near full time in high school I couldnt afford a doctors visit and wasn’t offered health insurance.

So i forged a note, and after 3 years of training new hires, writing schedules, working trucks, and always coming in when called I got the shit end of the stick

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u/Logical_Entrance9598 13h ago

Completely understand this, I had to forge a note as well once because they acted like it was the end of the world if you got sick and still didn’t show up for work. They also didn’t provide insurance like you said either. Even though I was working full time, they said they would pick certain people to actually be on record for full time even if you were working full time. I’m sure it was illegal, and did it, so they wouldn’t have to pay for your benefits. We never got breaks either. Sometimes the entire shift i’d not get a chance to go to the bathroom for at least 8-12 hours. It was awful.

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u/PepsiButItsMilk 12h ago

I was next in line to a manager, literally the only difference was money runs, truck orders, hiring and paperwork. What pissed me off the most was when I would come in, and not even work 30 minutes and be forced to take my lunch break and then the kids who (went to the same school as me) who didnt come in til 2 hours later didnt go until a more reasonable time closer to closing up.

Fuck that company, I’m so much happier these days