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These are the kinds of armchair moralizing stories about the service industry that the consumer class actually believes about themselves. 99.9% of the time when

These are the kinds of armchair moralizing stories about the service industry that the consumer class actually believes about themselves. 99.9% of the time when people would say "If they would've done it, they would have gotten a tip for it..." it's just not true. Drivers are not getting tipped for spending 45 minutes walking around apartment buildings trying to find elevators and struggling to read the font-of-the-month printed on doors and they have to do this dozens of times every day in order to get $2.50, the base pay for a doordash order, and to make an annual salary that is a rounding error of the salaries of the people that they are delivering to. I get it, life is unfair, and not everyone can make the same amount of money. But don't act like we live in a paradise that doesn't have extreme inequality and class tension when you use an app that summons a member of the underclass to do your bidding for $18k per annum and they are rude or have a fucking attitude with you.

soulofmischief 3y ago
> when people would say "If they would've done it, they would have gotten a tip for it..." it's just not true Except the next guy completed the service as requested, and I handed him a $50 cash tip? > But don't act like we live in a paradise that doesn't have extreme inequality and class tension when you use an app that summons a member of the underclass to do your bidding for $18k per annum and they are rude or have a fucking attitude with you. Maybe you're projecting your own ignorance. The majority of my life has been spent in great poverty. I am part of this "underclass". My sister does Door Dash, and it doesn't pay her bills, and I have to compensate for the difference. I'm extremely aware of the exact economics behind Door Dash. I've usually been at the bottom end of this "extreme inequality and class tension". For you, this might be a realization, for me, it's a reality I've long known. Did it even occur to you that in this situation I obviously didn't have a car myself? This person was already one step above the economic ladder than myself, as they owned a vehicle. > and they are rude or have a fucking attitude with you. I spent my youth deeply broke, working as as server for the upper class of my state in a rural area with little economic opportunity. My mom can't hold a job, my dad is not in my life, and I was homeless at 15. All I knew was poverty and sickness for a long time. If I can not catch a fucking attitude while shaking my governor's hand and getting paid $12 an hour, then some guy who is getting $50 tip + fees for a 3-item order can shut the fuck up and do the job they literally accepted to do, instead of cursing at me and mocking me and intentionally sabotaging my order. I wish I got paid that kind of money back then. If they have a problem with their socioeconomic position, I'm not the guy to take it out on.

soulofmischief 3y ago

> when people would say "If they would've done it, they would have gotten a tip for it..." it's just not true Except the next guy completed the service as requested, and I handed him a $50 cash tip? > But don't act like we live in a paradise that doesn't have extreme inequality and class tension when you use an app that summons a member of the underclass to do your bidding for $18k per annum and they are rude or have a fucking attitude with you. Maybe you're projecting your own ignorance. The majority of my life has been spent in great poverty. I am part of this "underclass". My sister does Door Dash, and it doesn't pay her bills, and I have to compensate for the difference. I'm extremely aware of the exact economics behind Door Dash. I've usually been at the bottom end of this "extreme inequality and class tension". For you, this might be a realization, for me, it's a reality I've long known. Did it even occur to you that in this situation I obviously didn't have a car myself? This person was already one step above the economic ladder than myself, as they owned a vehicle. > and they are rude or have a fucking attitude with you. I spent my youth deeply broke, working as as server for the upper class of my state in a rural area with little economic opportunity. My mom can't hold a job, my dad is not in my life, and I was homeless at 15. All I knew was poverty and sickness for a long time. If I can not catch a fucking attitude while shaking my governor's hand and getting paid $12 an hour, then some guy who is getting $50 tip + fees for a 3-item order can shut the fuck up and do the job they literally accepted to do, instead of cursing at me and mocking me and intentionally sabotaging my order. I wish I got paid that kind of money back then. If they have a problem with their socioeconomic position, I'm not the guy to take it out on.