A DoorDash driver in New York went viral after a video of her rant, recorded via a Ring doorbell camera, was uploaded to Twitter yesterday, sparking backlash online.
In the clip, she can be seen berating the customer for only tipping her $8 for the trip, which she claims was a 40-minute drive, and that he needs to rethink his tip amount.
After the customer became irate at the door dasher arguing with him about the length of the actual drive (purportedly around 12 minutes in reality) and the tip amount, she then declared she was taking the food back, promptly picking up the bags and stomped back to her car, disappearing.
Welcome to America… I gave a woman $3 tip on Italy's version of Door Dash (GRAB) and she hugged me… pic.twitter.com/CL16OjsnYM
— Fight Haven (@FightHaven) February 14, 2023
In response, DoorDash said that the delivery driver's behavior was not allowed in the company and that she had been let go from Dashing in the future.
Karen Door Dash Driver Gets Punished After Going Insane Over Low $8 Tip – River City Post #KarensOfTheWorld https://t.co/0Csuzc1CPz
— Rafael N. (@rafaelodn) February 15, 2023
Forty minutes to drive twelve miles? Eight dollar tip…forty minutes, $12.00 an hour plus door dash pays her also. Better than minimum wage, not stuck inside, choose your own hours…yeah, she’s a Karen
— AveryandMe🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦❤️🐶💚💛 (@averyjean707) February 15, 2023
This, once again, renewed the viral debate around tipping on DoorDash, which was a controversy recently with the question of the tip going straight to the worker or being taken by the company to offset its employee payment being a significant issue.
Arguing over how much you're supposed to tip DoorDashers, or if you're supposed to tip them at all, was reignited on social feeds as the clip circulated online into today.
I wonder why anyone would accept a trip in the first place knowing the tip didn't match the mileage, but I have also heard that doordash doesn't tell drivers the mileage of the trips before accepting. Seems ridiculous. Uber is v much opposite so I haven't tried anything else.
— Rip Taylor, Friendly Ghost, Esq. 🐀 (@ShelbyWooStuff) February 15, 2023
since when was it mandatory to tip BEFORE getting serviced??? corny as hell; also seen a comment saying if u broke, don’t order doordash. a nigga not allowed to order FOOD if he’s down bad? the internet stinks sometimes lol https://t.co/6Lrm9Jy8zP
— 1/1 (@thisniggacappin) February 15, 2023
Blessed are the DoorDash drivers, without whom I’d be stuck eating a can of soup.
Fuck their working conditions though. Fuckin’ tip your drivers.— Erica (@applesplz) February 15, 2023
If you don’t have the means to leave a tip on top of the delivery fee, don’t order @DoorDash – people don’t work for free.
— Artist Daphné Essiet (@daphneessiet) February 15, 2023
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Nukegirl
Feb 16, 2023 at 05:29PM EST