DoorDash is the latest delivery service to nudge customers who don't tip. It shows how intrusive tip requests are, and how important tips are to gig workers.

Tipping ‘nudges’ are now popping up on DoorDash. If you don’t leave a gratuity, you’ll hear about it.::DoorDash is the latest delivery service to nudge customers who don’t tip. It shows how intrusive tip requests are, and how important tips are to gig workers.

  • SCB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    11 months ago

    Any method of paying workers more necessitates customers paying higher prices. The money is always going to come from the customer

    Restaurants, specifically, have razor-thin margins.

    • Saneless@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      11 months ago

      You act like we’re not paying higher prices

      My sandwich isn’t 12, it’s 13.50. The drink wasn’t 4 it was 5.

      The higher prices are there but the owner doesn’t get taxed on it